Occupation Actress Children Kat Medboe Eriksen Role Actress | Name Katja Medboe Years active 1968–1996 Siblings Wenche Medboe | |
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Full Name Katja Maria Riosianu Medboe Born 12 March 1945 ( 1945-03-12 ) Died November 13, 1996, Nordmarka Movies Wives, Wives – Ten Years After, Burnt by Frost, Blood of the Railroad Workers, Det var en gang Similar People Froydis Armand, Anja Breien, Knut Erik Jensen | ||
Katja Maria Riosianu Medbøe (3 December 1945 – c. 13 November 1996) was a Norwegian actress.
She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1968, and acted both at Den Nationale Scene and at the National Theatre. Medbøe was best known for her role in the Hustruer-trilogy (Wives), along with Frøydis Armand and Anne Marie Ottersen. She also released records with poetry readings set to music.
In December 1996 Medbøe's sister, Wenche Elena Medbøe, announced that Katja had been missing for three weeks, and made a public appeal for tips. As a result of a head injury she had experienced pain from the stage lighting. On 12 November she had left the hospital and not been seen since. On 3 May 1997 she was found dead in Nordmarka – a forest area north of Oslo. Medbøe had two children. The cause of death was, according to her daughter, Eline Medbøe, suicide
