Jan Voigt
Jan Voigt (24 June 1928 – 5 December 1997) was a Norwegian actor, dancer and museum director.
He was born in Bærum as a son of Charles Antonius Voigt (1891–1962) and Nathalie Reuter Sande (1896–1986). He made his stage debut at Centralteatret in 1950, and remained there for four years. He was then a freelance actor, mainly at Edderkoppen, Chat Noir and Trøndelag Teater. Films include I moralens navn (1954), På solsiden (1956) and Elskere (1963). He was also a dancer, and director of Ringve Museum from 1963 to 1993.
Voigt was also a presenter in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation television, hosting shows such as Firklang (1965) and Taushet er gull (1971). Voigt continued to be associated with Eurovision, by hosting the Melodi Grand Prix in 1967, 1968, 1971, and 1976.
Voigt was a board member of Norske kunst- og kulturhistoriske museer, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and Olavsfestdagene. In 1980 he received Sør-Trøndelag County's Cultural Award. He was appointed a Knight 1st Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1980. He died in December 1997 in Trondheim.
'Jan Voigt' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Mord in Eberswalde (2013)
Actors: Arved Birnbaum (actor), Martin Brambach (actor), Sergius Buckmeier (actor), Godehard Giese (actor), Damian Hardung (actor), Peter Harting (actor), Florian Panzner (actor), Ingo van Gulijk (actor), Ronald Zehrfeld (actor), Gerdy Zint (actor), Bettina Kenney (actress), Anna Katrin Klöpfer (actress), Sybille J. Schedwill (actress), Ulrike C. Tscharre (actress), Martin Zimmermann (producer),
Genres: Crime, Thriller,Monsieur Taurins (2011)
Actors: Markus Boestfleisch (actor), Adrián García-Landa (actor), Alexander Hahn (actor), Daniel Hahn (actor), Margus Leppmets (actor), Nicolas Neuhold (actor), Aleksandrs Petukhovs (actor), Jana Goba (actress), Jolanta Hahn (actress), Masha Maskina (actress), Maya Mikelsone (actress), Angelina Noa (actress), Angelina Noa (actress), Ieva Rubene (actress), Gundars Abolins (actor),
Plot: The economic situation in Latvia forces the unemployed German teacher Gunars Taurins (Gundars Abolins) to accept a strange job offer: He is asked to find a house in France for a rich Latvian. On his trip, he befriends the lovesick German Jan who is a proclaimed fan of nuclear power plants. Gunars enjoys the late summer and forgets to complete the task he came for. He gets fired and ends up broke at the seaside in the Bretagne. A highly optimistic film!
Keywords: latvia, multilingual, road-movieGenres: Comedy,
Voigt, Jan Filmography
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1976, role: actor , character name: Himself - Host
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1971, role: actor , character name: Himself - Host
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1968, role: actor , character name: Himself - Host
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1967, role: actor , character name: Himself - Host
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1963, role: actor
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1962, role: actor , character name: Sir Evelyn Oakleigh
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1956, role: actor
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1954, role: actor
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1953, role: actor
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1953, role: actor , character name: Carsten Løbner
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1952, role: actor
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1952, role: actor , character name: Forelsket
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1949, role: actor
