Birgitte Federspiel

Personal Info

Birthday

September 6, 1925

Day of Death

2005-02-02

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

København, Danmark

Also Known As

Бригитте Федерспиль

Birgitte Federspiel

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.

Known For

Matador

Taxa

Defense

Babette's Feast

Ordet

The Noodlepoop

Z.P.G.

The Olsen Gang Runs Amok

Filmography

2001
Kat
as Gundine
1999
Indien
as Gammel dame
1998
Little Big Sister
as Grandmother
1997
Barbara
as Ellen Katrine
The Noodlepoop
as Mormor
Southern Comfort
as Grandmother
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
Else Kant
as Fru Hein
1977
Watch Your Back, Professor!
as Ægtepar i kunstforretning / kone
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
Søskende
as Irene
Hunger
as Her sister
Dyden går amok
as Ina, Edwards hustru
1964
Tine
as Fru Berg
Death Comes at High Noon
as Merete Lindberg
1963
Gudrun
as The landlady
Hvis lille pige er du?
as Fru Jansen
The Queen's Guardsman
as Boel "Kulsoen"
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
1950
Susanne
as Doris Rudholt
1942
Ta' briller paa
as Birgit Ernst