Kari Diesen

Kari Diesen
Diesen in 1960
Born	Kari Heide-Steen (1914-06-24)24 June 1914 Kristiania, Norway
Died	18 March 1987(1987-03-18) (aged 72)
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation(s)	singer and revue actress
Spouse	Ernst Diesen
Children	Andreas Diesen
Relatives	Harald Heide Steen (brother) Randi Heide Steen (sister) Harald Heide-Steen Jr. (nephew) Anne Marit Jacobsen (niece) Andreas Melchior Seip Diesen (father-in-law)
Awards	Leonard Statuette (1971) Spellemannprisen Honorary Award (1980)

Kari Diesen (née Heide-Steen; 24 June 1914 – 18 March 1987) was a Norwegian singer and revue actress. She worked for the revue theatre Chat Noir from 1937 to 1953, and for the Edderkoppen Theatre from 1954 to 1959. She participated in 24 films between 1941 and 1985. Among her best known song recordings is her version of "Hovedøen".