Per Aabel(1902-1999)
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Norwegian actor, son of Hauk Aabel. Growing up in the world of theatre and
films, Per Aabel was groomed for a life in the arts. He studied ballet in
London and attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris. He followed this
with training with the great theatre director Max Reinhardt in Vienna. His
stage debut was in 1931 and he spent a number of years as a principal
actor and teacher with major theatre companies in Oslo. He did not
appear in films for nearly a decade after that, and his cinematic
output was not large. He prospered in the Norwegian theatre and became
one of its most respected comic actors.
