Ada Kramm

Ada Kramm
Ada Kramm in 1966
Born	Ada Egede-Nissen (1899-03-14)14 March 1899 Vardø,Finnmark,Norway
Died	17 December 1981(1981-12-17)(aged 82) Oslo,Norway
Resting place	Oslo Western Civil Cemetery
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1916–1979
Spouse	Hugo Kramm ​ ​ (m.1920; died 1958)​
Children	Ilse Kramm (born 1934)
Parent(s)	Adam Egede-Nissen Georga Wilhelma Ellertsen
Relatives	Aud Egede-Nissen(sister) Oscar Egede-Nissen(brother) Gøril Havrevold(sister) Gerd Grieg(sister) Stig Egede-Nissen(brother) Lill Egede-Nissen(sister) Georg Richter(nephew)

Ada Kramm(néeEgede-Nissen,14 March 1899 – 17 December 1981) was aNorwegianstage and film actress whose career spanned more than six decades.

Early life and career

Born Ada Egede-Nissen inVardø,Finnmark,Norway,her parents were the Norwegian politicianAdam Egede-Nissen(1868–1952) andGeorga ( "Goggi" ) Wilhelma Ellertsen(1871–1959). She had ten siblings;six of her siblings,Aud Egede-Nissen(1893–1974),Gerd Grieg(1895–1988),Oscar Egede-Nissen(1903–1976),Stig Egede-Nissen(1907–1988),Lill Egede-Nissen(1909–1962) andGøril Havrevold(1914–1992), became stage and film actors.When she was eleven years old, the family moved toStavanger,where she began studying at the Stavanger Faste Scene (Stavanger Fixed Scene) theatre. She made her stage début in 1916 inSelma Lagerlöf'sDunungen.

In 1917, Kramm accompanied her two older sisters Aud and Gerd toBerlin,Germanywhere the three young women opened a small film production and distribution company called the Egede-Nissen Film CompanyThe trio used the studio to promote themselves in film roles directed by George Alexander from 1917 until 1920. Kramm appeared in a number of crime serials as the character Ada van Ehler beginning in 1917. In 1920 she married German violinist Hugo Kramm and began using her married name as a professional moniker and the young newly-weds returned to Norway.They later had a daughter together, actress Ilse Kramm (born 1934).

Ada Kramm in a 1930 promotional portrait for her role inDon Juanat Det Nye Teater.

From 1921 until 1924 Kramm appeared at theBergenand Den Nationale Scene. After her husband joined theOslo Philharmonic Orchestrain 1924 they moved toOsloand she worked atDet Nye Teater(The New Theatre) from 1925 until 1928, theCentralteatret(Central Theatre) from 1928 to 1934 and later at theNationaltheatret(National Theatre). She also returned to film, and appeared in roles in the 1928 Norwegian-German coproduction ofSchneeschuhbanditenopposite her sister Aud Egede-Nissen and Austrian actorPaul Richterand 1930'sEskimooppositeMona Mårtensonand again with Paul Richter.

Later career and death

Kramm spent the next several decades on Norwegian stages in productions byHenrik Ibsen,August Strindberg,Tennessee WilliamsandArthur Miller.At age 72 she appeared in the role of Aunt Julie inHedda Gableron a tour of Japan. After over six decades on stage, she went into semi-retirement and occasionally made appearances on Norwegian television. Her last role before her death was in the 1979Anja Breien-directed,Palme d'Ornominated dramatic filmArven(Heritage) withEspen Skjønberg,Anita BjörkandJan Hårstad.

She died on 17 December 1981 in Oslo at age eighty-two and was buried in theVestre gravlundcemetery.

Awards

• Teaterkritikerprisen (Norwegian Theatre Critics Award), 1947–1948 for her role as Amanda Wingfield inThe Glass Menagerieby Tennessee Williams
• King's Medal of Meritin Gold
• Order of St. Olav,Knight, First Class, 1977

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1917	Ein Detektiv-Duell
1917	Das Geheimnis der Briefmarke
1917	Der weinende Dieb
1917	Der Kampf um den Sturmvogel
1919	Erblich belastet	Tochter Mirjam Vandrey
1919	Luxuspflänzchen	Gerda
1928	Snowshoe Bandits	Eva Krohn
1930	Eskimo	Annie
1932	The White God	Anny
1951	Storfolk og småfolk	Husfruen
1979	Arven	Fru Marie Skaug	(final film role)

External links

• Ada KrammatIMDb
• Ada KrammatFind a Grave
• Ada Egede-Nissenat Women Film Pioneers Project