Elsa Lystad

Elsa Lystad (born 9 July 1930) is a Norwegian film and stage actress. She is a recipient of the Leonard Statuette and the Amanda Honorary Award. Career Lystad made her stage debut in 1956, and her breakthrough as actress came in the mid-1960s. She has since been a central actress in Norwegian film, theatre, television and radio. She was assigned to Det Norske Teatret from 1958 to 1964, and thereafter Chat Noir, Fjernsynsteatret, Oslo Nye Teater, and Den Nationale Scene until 1980. As freelancer she has later played for the theatres Nationaltheatret, Riksteatret, Chat Noir, ABC-teatret and Hålogaland Teater, as well as revue assignments. Her breakthrough came in 1965 at the revue theatre Lysthuset in Oslo, where she played in collaboration with Rolv Wesenlund and Harald Heide-Steen Jr. She was subsequently engaged with Einar Schanke at Chat Noir, and played with Wesenlund in the film Hurra for Andersens! (1966).