The actress Gerd Nissen (also Gerd Egede Nissen) made her theater debut in 1910 at the National Theater in Oslo where she soon became one of the most important Norwegian stage actresses of her generation.
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Gerd Nissen's sister Aud Egede Nissen was also a famous actress.
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When she met the dramatist Nordahl Grieg - they got married in 1940 - she went to Denmark where she made her film debut with "En hofintrige - Das Geheimnis des Fürsten" (1912).
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In 1922 she shot one of her most successful movies in Norway called "Pan" (22).
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One of eleven brothers and sisters, most of whom became actors.