Britta Lech-Hanssen

Norwegian actress (1916–2007)

Britta Lech-Hanssen
Britta Lech-Hanssen in 1966
Born	(1916-02-10)February 10, 1916 Narvik, Norway
Died	February 22, 2007(2007-02-22) (aged 91) Benalmádena, Spain
Resting place	Western Cemetery (Vestre gravlund), Oslo^[1]
Occupation	Actress

Britta Lech-Hanssen (born Karin Anna Britta Ericsson; February 10, 1916 – February 22, 2007)^[2] was a Norwegian actress.

Career

Lech-Hanssen was engaged with the New Theater and then its successor, the Oslo New Theater, from 1947 to 1967. She also appeared in eight feature films between 1950 and 1970. She made her film debut in To mistenkelige personer.^[3]

Family

Lech-Hanssen was born in Narvik, Norway. She was the daughter of the ship captain Arnold Halfdan Ericsson (1886–1954) and Karoline Johanna Blix (1894–1922). She married the opera singer Gerhard Lech-Hanssen (1916–1968) in 1939.^[4] She was the mother of the actor Gerhard Arnold Lech-Hansen (1941–1995).

Filmography

1950: To mistenkelige personer as Anna
1953: Brudebuketten as the wife of the man traveling to Stockholm
1953: Den evige Eva as the maid
1955: Savnet siden mandag as Anna
1961: Et øye på hver finger as Mrs. Neslund
1961: Sønner av Norge
1964: Alle tiders kupp as Granlund's wife
1970: Døden i gatene

References

^ "Britta Blix Lech-Hanssen". Begravde i Oslo. Oslo kommune. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
^ Death notice. Aftenposten, February 27, 2007. p. 54.
^ Svendsen, Trond Olav (2020). "To mistenkelige personer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved May 26, 2022.
^ Studentene fra 1936: biografiske opplysninger, statistikk og artikler samlet til 25 års jubileet 1961. Oslo: Universitetet i Oslo. 1961. p. 320.