Background
She was born in Østre Aker, and was a daughter of actor August Schønemann and dancer Dagmar Kristensen.
She was born in Østre Aker, and was a daughter of actor August Schønemann and dancer Dagmar Kristensen.
She started her acting career in 1945, and is probably best known for her role as Valborg Jensen in the Olsenbanden movies, as Marve Fleksnes" mother on the long-running Norwegian television comedy Fleksnes Fataliteter and as the janitor"s wife in the comedy film Skulle det dukke opp flere lik, er det bare å ringe (based on the play BusyBody by Jack Popplewell). In 1993, she was knighted in the Royal Norwegian Order of Street Olav. Her appearance in over 50 movies is supposedly a Norwegian record.