Gudrun Waadeland is a Norwegian actress and theatre director.

She was born in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, made her film debut in 1955 in Arne Skouen's Det brenner i natt!

Det brenner i natt!

Det brenner i natt! is a 1955 Norwegian drama film directed by Arne Skouen. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.- Plot :Tim is a proofreader at a newspaper in Oslo by day, and a pyromaniac at night. Only one other knows about Tim's dark side: his childhood friend and editor of the...

and her stage debut at Det Norske Teatret

Det Norske Teatret

Det Norske Teatret is a theatre in Oslo. The theatre was founded in 1912, after an initiative from Hulda Garborg and Edvard Drabløs. It opened in 1913, touring with two plays, Ervingen by Ivar Aasen and Rationelt Fjøsstell by Hulda Garborg...

 in 1959. She then worked in Fjernsynsteatret

Fjernsynsteatret

Fjernsynsteatret was a department of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation which produced plays for television broadcasting. It opened in 1960 , and operated until 1990, when a major reorganisation of NRK took place.Its first leader was Arild Brinchmann, who headed the theatre from its start...

 from 1960 to 1963, Riksteatret

Riksteatret

Riksteatret is a Norwegian touring theatre. It was established by law in 1948. Its first performance was in Kirkenes in 1949, with Sigurd Christiansen's play En reise i natten. The theatre plays on about 200 different stages throughout the country. Its first theatre director was Fritz von der...

 from 1963 to 1964 and 1970 to 1975 and Edderkoppen 1964 to 1965. She was then the director of Riksteatret from 1975 to 1988.