Mally Haaland

Lost her father in the age of four, and her family moved to Kristiania, now Oslo. On stage from 1908, she became an actress at Det Norske Teatret from the start in 1913, a leading actress there for many years. At her best in comedy, often with a grotesque way of acting, which made her very popular among the audience. From 1929 until her untimely death of a lung disease in 1934, she was engaged at Det Nye Teater, also in Oslo. Mother of actress Turid Haaland, (1908-1979) and sister of stage actress Mary Carenius Magnussen (1886-1969).