Wenche Foss
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Born to engineer Christian August Steenfeldt-Foss and Alfhild Røren, she was raised by an atheist mother and a devout Christian father, a mix she later said shaped her nightly prayers. After mezzo-soprano training with M. Hviid and K. B. Børresen, she made her stage debut in 1935 as Ingrid in the operetta Taterblod, then performed with the Carl Johan Teater and Centralteatret before becoming a mai…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
