£5,000 for Larsen. In a Royal Ballet career lasting over fifty years, Larsen made her final appearance at Covent Garden in arguably her best-known role, that of Berthe, mother of the eponymous heroine in Giselle, on her seventy-fifth birthday. Personal life Larsen was married to the British dancer Harold Turner from 1944 until his death in 1962. They had one child together, a daughter, Solveig, in 1952. Death She died in London in her 80th year. References 1921 births 2001 deaths Entertainers from Oslo Norwegian ballerinas British ballerinas Norwegian emigrants to the United Kingdom Dancers of The Royal Ballet