Tuesday, October 10, 2023

RIP Lars Lunøe

 


Danish actor, and director Lars Lunøe died in Copenhagen, Denmark on October 9, 2023. He was 87. Born on April 19, 1936, in Copenhagen, he wasthe  son of High Court lawyer Erik Martin Lunøe and his wife Agnete von Bülow. Lars was educated at Aarhus Theatre's student school from 1960 to 1962 after first studying at law school for 2 years. He made his debut as an actor in the TV program " Retten er sat” (The Court is Set) in 1959. He went on to study acting in Berlin, Munich and Paris in 1964 and London in 1972. Lars Lunøe had his breakthrough in 1964 in his performance in "Gigi". In the late 60s, he left Aarhus Theatre for a freelance career - and later played on all the regional stages and in all the Copenhagen theatres. Lars Lunøe participated in a large number of plays, where he interpreted everything from Shakespeare to Ibsen and Holberg. He appeared in over 30 films and 20 TV series. Among the films were two Euro-westerns as Slim O’Hara in 1970’s “Tough Guys of the Prairie” and the sequel “Gold for the Tough Guys of the Prairie” in 1971.

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