Birgitte Federspiel
Birgitte Federspiel (6 September 1925 – 2 February 2005) was a Danish film, theater and TV actress. She won two Bodil Awards for best actress in 1955 (Ordet) and 1959 (En fremmed banker på).[1]
Born Karen Birgitte Federspiel in Copenhagen, she was the daughter of actor Ejner Federspiel and Gunver Fönss. She had a notable film roles as Inger in Ordet (1955)[2] and, in later life, as Martine in Babette's Feast (1987),[3] while on TV she played Baroness von Rydtger in three episodes of Matador. She died in Odense in 2005, aged 79.[4]
Personal life
She was married to Danish actors Freddy Koch and Jens Østerholm.[4]
Selected filmography
- Jens Langkniv (1940)
- Ta' briller på (1942) - Birgit Ernst
- Jeg mødte en morder (1943) - Pige på cykel (uncredited)
- En ny dag gryer (1945) - Pige i venteværelse
- I de lyse nætter (1948) - Grethe
- For frihed og ret (1949) - Dronningens kammerpige
- Susanne (1950) - Doris Rudholt
- Familien Schmidt (1951) - Gerd Møller
- Kærlighedsdoktoren (1952) - Arkæologi-Magisteren Bente Berg
- Adam og Eva (Adam and Eve) (1953) - Tove
- Ordet (1955) - Inger Borgen (uncredited)
- Kispus (1956) - Dora
- Vi som går stjernevejen (1956) - Nana
- En kvinde er overflødig (1957) - Ester
- Amor i telefonen (1957) - Misse Lieberg
- En fremmed banker på (1959) - Vibeke
- Charles' tante (Charles' Aunt) (1959) - Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez / Lise Holm
- Den sidste vinter (The Last Winter) (1960) - Anne Sørensen
- Komtessen (1961) - Gevinde Sonja Hardenborg
- Gøngehøvdingen (The Musketeers) (1961) - Kulsoen
- Drømmen om det hvide slot (1961) - Fru Strand
- Dronningens vagtmester (1963) - Kulsoen
- Hvis lille pige er du? (1963) - Fru Jansen
- Gudrun (Suddenly, a Woman!) (1963) - Husværtinden
- Døden kommer til middag (Death Comes at High Noon) (1964) - Merete Lindberg
- Tine (1964) - Fru Berg
- Dyden går amok (1966) - Inga Forstmand
- Sult (Hunger) (1966) - Her sister
- Søskende (1966) - Irene
- Den røde kappe (Hagbard and Signe or The Red Mantle) (1967) - King Hamund's widow
- Og så er der bal bagefter (1970) - Astrid
- Z.P.G. (1972) - Psychiatrist
- Olsen Banden går amok (The Olsen Gang Goes Crazy) (1973) - Ragna
- Nitten røde roser (19 Red Roses) (1974) - Louise Bech
- Nøddebo Præstegård (1974) - Fru Blicher
- Den korte sommer (1976) - Silden
- Julefrokosten (1976) - Asta Asmussen
- Nyt legetøj (1977) - Anna
- Pas på ryggen, professor (Mind Your Back, Professor) (1977) - Ægtepar i kunstforretning / kone
- Firmaskovturen (1978) - Frk. Asmussen
- Fængslende feriedage (1978) - Cornelia Møller
- Min farmors hus (1984)
- Sidste akt (1987) - Tante Laura
- Sidste akt (1987) - Lotta Henderson
- Peter von Scholten (1987) - Dronning Caroline Amalie
- Babettes gæstebud (Babette's Feast) (1987) - Martine
- Carlo og Ester (1994) - Viola
- Barbara (1997) - Ellen Katrine
- Lykkefanten (1997) - Mormor
- Forbudt for børn (1998) - Grandmother
- Kat (film) (2001) - Gundine
References
- ^ Birgitte Federspiel Awards, imdb.com; accessed 8 May 2015.
- ^ David Bordwell (January 1981). The Films of Carl Theodor Dreyer. University of California Press. pp. 224–. ISBN 978-0-520-04450-0.
- ^ Adele Reinhartz (2013). Bible and Cinema: Fifty Key Films. Routledge. pp. 18–. ISBN 978-0-415-67720-2.
- ^ a b Birgitte Federspiel at IMDb
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