Occupation Actor Children Anna Brandeby Role Actor | Name Lasse Brandeby Known for Kurt Olsson | |
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Full Name Lars Thorsten Brandeby Spouse Unni Brandeby (m. 1966–1993) Movies and TV shows Kurt Olssons julkalender, The Glass Devil, Pettson och Findus – Kattonauten Similar People Siw Malmkvist, Hans Wiktorsson, Ulf Dageby, Totta Naslund, Nikke Strom |
AMIGA Module: Kurt in Action
Reklame Rema 1000 Kurt Olsson (1993)
Lasse Brandeby (27 April 1945 – 20 November 2011) was a Swedish actor, comedian and journalist.
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Biography

Brandeby was born in the Majorna district of Gothenburg. After receiving his degree in journalism he worked for Radio Sjuhärad. He debuted as an actor in the early 1980s on Nationalteatern in Gothenburg. He was best known for his quirky character Kurt Olsson, around whom several TV-shows were made in the 1980s and 1990s. He was also known for his other comedic character Rolf Allan Mjunstedt in the TV series Rena rama Rolf where audiences also saw the breakthrough of comedian Robert Gustafsson.

During early 2007 he participated in the Swedish TV show Let's Dance with dance partner Ann Lähdet where he failed to reach the final three.

Brandeby died in Gothenburg on 20 November 2011 after suffering from prostate cancer. He was 66.