Anna-Lisa

Anna-Lisa (born Anna Lisa Ruud; 30 March 1933 – 21 March 2018) was a Norwegian-born actress who appeared primarily in American films and television series, until she returned to Norway in the early 1970s, where she became a puppeteer.

Anna-Lisa was born in Oslo, Norway as Anna Lisa Ruud, and worked there at the Central Theater. In 1954, she travelled to the United States to visit her brother, a travel agent in Hollywood.

In the late 1950s, she guest-starred in the Western television series Sugarfoot, Maverick, and Bronco, all of which were aired by ABC/Warner Bros. She guest-starred on the 1960 series, The Islanders, an adventure/drama set in the South Pacific, and on Bonanza (episode: "The Savage") and Gunsmoke (episode: "The Blacksmith"). She won a recurring role as Nora Travers in the ABC Western series Black Saddle, with Peter Breck and Russell Johnson. Her success in Black Saddle resulted in roles in two spaceflight-themed feature films: the 1959 Three Stooges comedy Have Rocket, Will Travel and a year later in 12 to the Moon. She continued to appear in such television series as GE True, hosted by Jack Webb, until she left Hollywood to follow a career on the stage. She appeared in an episode of The Millionaire in 1959; the episode ".45 Caliber" of Laramie; a 1963 segment of Perry Mason, "The Case of the Velvet Claws" as Norma Vickers; and the 1964 episode "The Village of Guilt" of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.[citation needed ]

In the early 1970s, she moved back to Norway. From 1976 until she retired from stage in 1995, she was a puppeteer at the Oslo Nye theatre in the Norwegian capital.

Anna-Lisa died in Oslo on 21 March 2018, aged 84.