Randi Nilie Nordby Johnson (May 15, 1926 – March 28, 1991) was a Norwegian actress. She was engaged with the Oslo New Theater for many years. As an actress, she used her maiden name as her stage name. Career Randi Nordby started her career very early, and already as a child she was acting in Inga Bjørnson's children's theater. She made her stage debut at age 12 in 1938 in The Women (Norwegian title: Kvinner) by Clare Boothe Luce at the New Theater in Oslo. She made her adult debut in 1945 in Leonid Leonov's play Invasion at the Studio Theater, and she remained there until it had to close in 1950. She was then at the New Theater until 1963. She later performed as a freelance actress. At the New Theater she appeared in plays such as William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Ralph Benatzky and Robert Stolz's The White Horse Inn (Norwegian title: Sommer i Tyrol), and Eugène Ionesco's The Chairs. Later she performed on NRK's Radio Theater and Television Theater. Nordby made her film debut in Trost i taklampa in 1954. On radio, she became known in the role of Effie in the popular radio play Dickie Dick Dickens. Family Nordby was the daughter of the operator Otto A. Nordby (1899–1978) and Kirsten Nordby (née Aas, 1901–1968). She was first married to the Danish theater personality and writer Kaare Trolle Bing (1921–2016), and then to the Swedish film producer Eric Johnson (died 1991). She was the mother of the cultural historian Morten Bing. Theater roles 1938: Little Mary in The Women (Norwegian title: Kvinner) by Clare Boothe Luce at the New Theater 1940: Scrap in Dear Octopus (Norwegian title: Guldbryllupet) by Dodie Smith at the New Theater 1944: Åse in Det spøker på Klosterodden by Nils-Reinhardt Christensen at the New Theater 1944: The young girl in Blink går over alle grenser by Lars Levi Laestadius at the New Theater 1944: Evelyn in Jeg kjenner deg ikke by Aldo De Benedetti at the New Theater 1945: Nisse in Da kongen kom tilbak at the Studio Theater 1945: A Russian patriot in Invasjon by Leonid Leonov at the Studio Theater 1946: Agnes in The Beautiful People (Norwegian title: Vakre mennesker) by William Saroyan at the Studio Theater 1946: The daughter in The Skin of Our Teeth (Norwegian title: Familien Antrobus) by Thornton Wilder at the Studio Theater 1947: Luciana in The Comedy