Per Aabel
Per Pavels Aabel (25 April 1902 – 22 December 1999) was a respected and honored Norwegian actor, artist, dancer, choreographer and instructor.
Biography
Per Aabel was the son of Hauk Aabel, a popular Norwegian comedian and actor in Norwegian and Swedish silent film. He studied at Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in London, after studying at the ballet teacher Enrico Cecchetti. He also attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris. He then embarked on training with the theatre director Max Reinhardt in Vienna before making his stage debut in 1931.
Aabel spent a number of years as a principal actor and teacher with major theatre companies in Oslo during the 1930s, and was the director of Carl Johan Teatret between 1933 to 1938. He did not appear in film until the late 1930s. He is more renowned though for his work with the Norwegian theatre. He was employed at the Centralteatret from 1938 to 1940 and the Nationaltheatret from 1940 to 1972.
In the public mind he is probably best remembered as an esteemed raconteur. After his retirement, Per Aabel was a frequent entertainer on television as a storyteller. He appeared frequently at national events and artist anniversaries. His statue, by Norwegian sculptor Nina Emilie Sundbye, was unveiled outside the stage entrance of the Nationaltheatret in 1999. He is buried at Oslo Western Civil Cemetery.
Aabel, Per Filmography
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1986, role: actor , character name: Knappestøperen
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1978, role: actor , character name: Narrator
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1978, role: actor , character name: Margaretha Munthe
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1976, role: actor , character name: Doktor
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1972, role: actor , character name: Harry
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1962, role: actor
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1960, role: actor , character name: Alexander Hassler
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1956, role: actor
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1954, role: director
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1954, role: actor , character name: Per Haug, provisor
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1954, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1954, role: writer
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1953, role: actor , character name: Høyland jr.
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1946, role: actor
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1944, role: actor
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1942, role: actor , character name: Fredrik Holm, doktor
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1942, role: actor , character name: Ole Grong, advokat
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1941, role: actor , character name: Anton Schack
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1939, role: actor , character name: Gregor Ivanow
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1933, role: director
Aabel, Per Filmography
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1995, role: actress , character name: Constanze
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1993, role: actress
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1993, role: actress , character name: Rich Woman
Per Aabel
ALBUMS
Born: 1902-04-25
Died: 1999-12-22
Power Play
What gives you the right? Hey you
To stand there and tell me what to do
Tell me who gave you the power?
To stop me from livin' like I do
Remember if you plan to stay
Those who give can take away
Don't bite the hand that feeds you
Just one time I'd like to be somewhere
Where none of your clever lies fill the air
I'm tired of your frozen smile and your voice of tin
Just might all gang up on you, turn the knob and do you in
Remember if you plan to stay
Those who give can take away
Don't bite the hand that feeds you
This never ending power play
'Tween jealous greed and vicious hate
Is grinding us like giant millstones
But it can't be our only fate
It's time we got our heads together
And let 'em know that we're awake
Those in the dark, you know they're no longer blind
They're breakin' from your strangle hold on their minds
Those who can see don't need no one to cross the street
Be careful who you're pushin' round, they just might find you obsolete
Remember if you plan to stay
Those who give can take away
Don't bite the hand that feeds you
What gives you the right? Hey
To stand there and tell me what to do
Tell me who gave you the power?
To stop me from livin' like I do
Remember if you plan to stay
Those who give can take away