Birgitte Federspiel
Born: 1925-09-06 in København, Danmark
Died: 2005-02-02
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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). 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) and, in later life, as Martine in Babette's Feast (1987), while on TV she played Baroness von Rydtger in three episodes of Matador. She died in Odense in 2005, aged 79.
Filmography
2003
- Defense as Elna Bering
2001
- Kat as Gundine
1999
- Indien as Gammel dame
1998
- Little Big Sister as Grandmother
1997
- Barbara as Ellen Katrine
- Taxa as Fru Magnusson
- The Noodlepoop as Mormor
- Southern Comfort as Mormor
1996
- Looping as Nielsens søster
- The Bogey Man as Mormor
1995
- Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier as Interview Subject
1994
- Carlo and Ester as Viola
1987
- Babette's Feast as Martine
- Peter von Scholten as Dronning Caroline Amalie
- Final Act as Lotta Henderson
1984
- My Granny's House as Tante Laura
1978
- Holidays in jail as Cornelia Møller
- Matador as Baronesse Arense von Rytger
- Firmaskovturen
- Else Kant as Fru Hein
1977
- Watch Your Back, Professor! as Ægtepar i kunstforretning / kone
- Nyt legetøj
1974
- Nøddebo præstegård as Fru. Blicher
- Nineteen Red Roses as Louise Bech
1973
- The Olsen Gang Runs Amok as Ragna Quist
1972
- Z.P.G. as Psychiatrist
1970
- Og så er der bal bagefter as Astrid
1967
- The Red Mantle as King Hamund's Widow
1966
- Hunger as Her sister
- Søskende as Irene
- Dyden går amok as Ina, Edwards hustru
1964
- Death Comes at High Noon as Merete Lindberg
- Tine as Fru Berg
1963
- The Queen's Guardsman as Boel "Kulsoen"
- Hvis lille pige er du? as Fru Jansen
- Gudrun as The landlady
1962
- Drømmen om det hvide slot as Fru Strand
1961
- The Musketeers as Kulsoen
- Komtessen as Sonia Hardenborg
1960
- The Quiet Battle as Anne Sørensen
1959
- Charley's Aunt as Donna Lucia d` Alvadorez
- A Stranger Knocks as Vibeke
1957
- Cupid on the Phone as Misse, Liebergs kone
- En kvinde er overflødig as Ester, enkefru Tangs datter
1956
- Vi som går stjernevejen as Nanna, skuespiller
- Kispus as Dora
1955
- Ordet as Inger Borgen (uncredited)
1953
- Adam and Eve as Tove, antikvarboghandlerens kone
1952
- Kærlighedsdoktoren as Arkæologi-Magisteren Bente Berg
1951
1950
- Susanne as Doris Rudholt
1948
1943
1942
- Ta' briller paa as Birgit Ernst