Hjørdis Bjarke，Stage debut in Oslo 1931. From 1934 - to 1982 at The National Stage in Bergen as a character actress.She appeared in several plays by Henrik Ibsen, among them "Peer Gynt" (as Solveig/and mother Aase) "Brand" (as Agnes) and "Hedda Gabler" (as Thea Elvsted). In 1970 she played against the famous Lillebil Ibsen in: "Arsenic and Old Lace".