Ragnhild Hilt
Ragnhild Hilt (1945-2014) was a Norwegian actress, employed of The Norwegian Theatre from 1971.
She was the daughter of the sculptor Odd Hilt and educated at The National Academy of Theatre.
At The Norwegian Theatre, Ragnhild Hilt made her debut as the main character Anne Boleyn in Anne of the Thousand Days by Maxwell Anderson in 1971. Later, among much else, she played the role of Ragnhild in Fellow Man by Olav Duun, the title role of Antigone by Jean Anouilh and several roles in the Beckett programme Seks Beckett* (Six Beckett) (1975).
Ragnhild Hilt interpreted the title role of Madame de Sade by Yukio Mishima (1989), Nurse Ratched in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (1992) and Hege in Vesaas' The Birds (1997). She acted the role of Gunhild Borkman in Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman (2000), the mother in Fosse's Beautiful (2001) and the woman in Fosse's Rambuku (2006). In 2012 she had the role of 3 in Jonas Hassen Khemiri's We Who Are Hundred and the mother in The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents by Lukas Bärfuss.
The 2014 version of Nothing grows by moonlight was the third version of the play with Ragnhild Hilt as the nameless woman. She had also performed the play in 1982 and 1996, at the same theatre. It became her farewell performance.
*Not yet translated into the English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
Information
(Objekt ID 8546)Object type | Person |
Born | September 20, 1945 (dead June 25, 2014) |
Functions | Actor |
Nationality | Norwegian |
Gender | Female |
Adresse | Oslo, Norway |
Ragnhild Hilt is known as a hard-working, warm and wise actress with a simultaneously intellectual and emotional approach to her work. She made her acting debut at The Norwegian Theatre in 1971, and has been an employee of the theatre since then. Among the roles having made the strongest impressions, we may mention the title role of Antigone, nurse Ratched in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Hege in The Birds and of course the role of the woman in Nothing grows by moonlight, the project that has run as a thread through her whole acting career."
In 2013 Hilt was nominated for the film award Amanda for the role as Grete Maigret in the movie I Belong.
SOURCES:
The Norwegian Theatre, www.detnorsketeatret.no, 17.03.2014, http://www.detnorsketeatret.no/index.php?option=com_play&view=play&playid=417
The Norwegian Theatre on Ragnhild Hilt, www.detnorsketeatret.no, 17.03.2014, http://www.detnorsketeatret.no/index.php?option=com_actor&view=actor&actorid=310
Store Norske Leksikon om Ragnhild Hilt, www.snl.no, 18.03.2014, http://snl.no/Ragnhild_Hilt
The National Academy of Theatre
Title | Premiere | Role |
---|---|---|
Nothing grows by moonlight (The Norwegian Theatre) | February 13, 2014 | Actor, Dramatised by |
Dei seksuelle nevrosane til foreldra våre (The Norwegian Theatre) | August 29, 2012 | Actor (Mora til Dora) |
We Who Are Hundred (The Norwegian Theatre) | February 24, 2012 | Actor |
Three little firemen (Teater Joker) | September 11, 2011 | Actor |
Hvorfor kommer du ikke inn til oss (Norwegian Drama Festival) | May 2009 | Actor (Lise) |
Nei eg får aldri nok (The Norwegian Theatre) | Navember 17, 2007 | Actor |
Rambuku (The Norwegian Theatre) | February 2, 2006 | Actor (Ho) |
Angerhøy (The Norwegian Theatre) | October 6, 2005 | Actor (Laila) |
Phaedra (Swedish Riksteatern) | March 12, 2005 | Actor |
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (The Norwegian Theatre) | September 11, 2004 | Actor (Ei eldre dame / Gamla / 5. tenestejente) |
Dama i luka (The Norwegian Theatre) | June 10, 2004 | Actor |
Juvikfolke (The Norwegian Theatre) | January 31, 2004 | Actor (Åsel, farmor til Astri) |
Ungkarsfesten (The Norwegian Theatre) | Navember 8, 2003 | Actor (Marie) |
Songs of the Beehive (The Norwegian Theatre) | September 5, 2003 | Actor (Mor) |
Tre Røyster* (Three Voices) () | May 6, 2003 | Actor (Moren i "Linedans") |
Orestien (The Norwegian Theatre) | January 23, 2003 | Choir |
Anna Karenina (The Norwegian Theatre) | January 12, 2002 | Actor (Grevinne Vronskaja, Alexej Vronskijs mor) |
Standard selection (The Norwegian Theatre) | August 29, 2001 | Actor (Laura, første kona til Lennart) |
Beautiful (The Norwegian Theatre) | March 28, 2001 | Actor (Mora) |
Fear Eats the Soul (The Norwegian Theatre) | Navember 9, 2000 | Actor (Paula) |
Pust og fem (The Norwegian Theatre) | September 13, 2000 | Actor (Røyst i Steg) |
Iphigeneia at Aulis (The Norwegian Theatre) | September 6, 2000 | Actor (Aphaia) |
EventyrForteljeTeaterStund* (FairytaleTellingTheatreTime) (The Norwegian Theatre) | Performer | |
John Gabriel Borkman (The Norwegian Theatre) | February 5, 2000 | Actor (Gunhild Borkman) |
The Birds (The Norwegian Theatre) | March 15, 1997 | Actor (Hege) |
Nothing grows by moonlight (The Norwegian Theatre) | October 9, 1996 | Dramatised by, Actor |
Salt (Norwegian Drama Festival) | June 1996 | Actor |
Nothing grows by moonlight (The National Stage) | May 22, 1996 | Dramatised by |
Besøk av ei gammal dame (The Norwegian Theatre) | February 10, 1996 | Actor (Doktor Nusslin) |
The Cherry Orchard (The Norwegian Theatre) | September 14, 1995 | Actor (Ranévskaja, Ljubov Andréjevna, godseigarinn) |
Krane's Café (The Norwegian Theatre) | January 5, 1995 | Actor (Frk. Thorsen) |
Forrådt (The Norwegian Theatre) | September 10, 1994 | Actor (Fru Ingstad) |
Cyrano de Bergerac (The Norwegian Theatre) | Navember 20, 1993 | Actor (Roxane) |
Gaukreiret (The Norwegian Theatre) | Navember 20, 1992 | Actor (Søster Ratched) |
Springnight (Passage Nord ProjectThe Norwegian Theatre) | February 5, 1992 | Actor (Kristine) |
Tartuffe (The Norwegian Theatre) | September 7, 1991 | Actor (Elmire, gift med Orgon) |
Ein utstoppa hund (The Norwegian Theatre) | January 17, 1991 | Actor (Linnea Cervieng) |
Adriana (The Norwegian Theatre) | October 31, 1990 | Actor (Ho) |
Barselstuen (The Norwegian Theatre) | May 5, 1990 | Actor (Ellen til kyrkjesongaren) |
Bérénice (The Norwegian Theatre) | Navember 4, 1989 | Actor |
Gjesten (The Norwegian Theatre) | September 2, 1989 | Actor (Lydia) |
Den bortkomne faderen (The Norwegian Theatre) | January 21, 1989 | Actor (Serina) |
Madame de Sade (The Norwegian Theatre) | January 5, 1989 | Actor (Renée, madame de Sade) |
Hei, Rappaport! (The Norwegian Theatre) | September 22, 1988 | Actor (Clara) |
Puntila (The Norwegian Theatre) | Navember 17, 1987 | Actor (Apotekarfrøkna) |
Gasell (The Norwegian Theatre) | March 12, 1987 | Actor (Yshilet) |
Det grenselause landet (The Norwegian Theatre) | January 24, 1987 | Actor (Genia Hofreiter) |
Pantagleize (The Norwegian Theatre) | Navember 5, 1986 | Actor (Rachel Silberschatz, jødinne) |
Nattverden (The Norwegian Theatre) | October 17, 1985 | Actor (Monica) |
Dei kallar det kjærleik (The Norwegian TheatreThe Norwegian Touring Theatre (Riksteatret)) | April 16, 1985 | Actor (Andre kvinne (Kjærleik) / Hilda Husso) |
Ivanov (The Norwegian Theatre) | February 7, 1985 | Actor (Anna Petrovna, kona til Ivanov) |
Life of Galileo (The Norwegian Theatre) | Navember 1, 1984 | Actor (Virginia, dotter til Galilei) |
Katastrofe av og til Havel (The Norwegian Theatre) | March 30, 1984 | Actor (Bim, i Kva Kvar / Regiassistenten, i Katastrofe) |
Vinteren rivnar (The Norwegian Theatre) | September 29, 1983 | Actor (Inger, ein sjømann og mor) |
King Lear (The Norwegian Theatre) | February 24, 1983 | Actor (Goneril, dotter av Lear) |
Nora Helmer (The Norwegian Theatre) | March 6, 1982 | Actor (Fru Krogstad) |
Nothing grows by moonlight (The Norwegian Theatre) | January 7, 1982 | Actor, Dramatised by |
Three Sisters (The Norwegian Theatre) | September 10, 1981 | Actor (Olga) |
The Wild Duck (The Norwegian Theatre) | February 21, 1981 | Actor (Gina Ekdal, kona til Hjalmar) |
Tidsnød (The Norwegian Theatre) | Navember 27, 1980 | Actor (Lone) |
Der storbåra bryt (The Norwegian Theatre) | August 28, 1980 | Actor (Kari, tenestetaus) |
A Midsummer Night's Dream (The Norwegian Theatre) | February 16, 1980 | Actor (Hippolita, amasonedronning, trulova med Tesevs / Titania, alvedronning) |
Plenty (The Norwegian Theatre) | September 6, 1979 | Actor (Susan Traherne) |
Heilage Johanna frå slaktehusa (The Norwegian Theatre) | September 28, 1978 | Actor (I Arbeidarkollektivet + Johanna Dark - alternerte med Grethe Ryen ) |
Det var engang (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's TV drama division) | October 4, 1977 | Actor (Anna) |
På felgen av fryd (The Norwegian Theatre) | August 25, 1977 | Actor (Kitty Carberry) |
Undine (The Norwegian Theatre) | January 15, 1977 | Actor (Bertha) |
Fellow Man (The Norwegian Theatre) | September 30, 1976 | Actor (Ragnhild, kona til Håkon) |
Dobbelsats og freske fraspark (The Norwegian Theatre) | January 1976 | Actor |
Unnskyld hvis jeg forstyrrer - scener fra et rekkehus (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's TV drama division) | December 2, 1975 | Actor (Elise) |
6 beckett (The Norwegian Theatre) | October 11, 1975 | Actor (Flo i "Kjem og går" / 2. kvinne i "Spel") |
Romeo and Juliet (The Norwegian Theatre) | September 5, 1975 | Actor (Fru Capulet) |
Den store barnedåpen (The Norwegian Theatre) | February 8, 1975 | Actor (Astrid, Sokneprestens datter) |
Antigone (The Norwegian Theatre) | Navember 14, 1974 | Actor (Antigone) |
A Doll's House (The Norwegian Theatre) | January 24, 1974 | Actor (Fru Linde) |
Small Craft Warnings (The Norwegian Theatre) | October 27, 1973 | Actor (Violet) |
Den gale frå Chaillot (The Norwegian Theatre) | September 6, 1973 | Actor (Irma) |
Brand (The Norwegian Theatre) | February 16, 1973 | Actor (Agnes - overtok etter Liv Ullmann da hun måtte reise til andre engasjementer) |
Skitne hender (The Norwegian Theatre) | October 6, 1972 | Actor (Olga) |
Ragnhildtreet (The Norwegian Theatre) | June 22, 1972 | Actor |
Rekviem for Janis Joplin (Volundar) | March 16, 1972 | Voiceover |
Dronning i tusen dagar (The Norwegian Theatre) | Navember 30, 1971 | Actor (Anne Boleyn) |
Marija (The Norwegian Theatre) | September 24, 1971 | Actor (Jelena, kona til Safonov) |
Nyheter fra provinsen - 12 adferdsmønstre (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's TV drama division) | September 22, 1970 | Actor |
Polly (The National Theatre) | April 23, 1970 | Actor (Damaris) |
Selma Brøter (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's TV drama division) | April 21, 1970 | Actor (Beate) |
The Sandbox (The National Theatre) | January 10, 1970 | Actor (Johanna, datter av faren) |
Det store smellet (The National Theatre) | September 30, 1969 | Actor (Greta) |