Thorleif Dymling Reiss (May 22, 1898 – April 14, 1988) was a Norwegian actor.[1][2]
Career
Reiss made his debut at the National Theater in Oslo in 1918. From 1931 to 1939, he was employed at the Carl Johan Theater, where he also served as co-director. From 1942 onward he was employed at the New Theater.[1][2]
Family
Reiss was the son of the lawyer, composer, and musicologist Georg Reiss and Elisabeth Dymling (1861–1920).[1][2] He was the brother of the pianist and cabaret performer Elisabeth Reiss and the father of the actor Helge Reiss.[2] He played opposite his son in the 1970 crime comedy Skulle det dukke opp flere lik er det bare å ringe.[3] His first marriage was in 1920 to Esther Colbjørnsen Dahl (1896–1941).[4][5] After her death, he remarried in 1944 to Gunborg Kristiane Skistad (1911–2001).[6]
