Guri Stormoen

Who was Guri Stormoen?

Guri Stormoen was a Norwegian actress.

She was born in Kristiania as a daughter of actor Harald Stormoen and his first wife, theatre leader Inga Bjørnson. She was a half-sister of Botten Soot and half-aunt of Svend von Düring through her mother's earlier marriage to Eyolf Soot. Also through her mother, Guri Stormoen was a grandniece of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. On her paternal side she was a relative of Hans Stormoen, Kjell Stormoen and Even Stormoen.

She took her education in ballet at the National Theatre of Norway and in theatre in Denmark. She made her stage debut in 1918 and film debut in 1921. She was a popular revue performer since the 1920s, and made her breakthrough in film in 1937. From 1953/54 she worked with serious theatre at Rogaland Teater as well as films.

She was married to Danish operette singer Povl Jensen for a short time. She died in November 1974 in Stavanger.