Birgitte Federspiel (6 September 1925 –February 2, 2005) was a Danish film, theater and TV actress.[1] She won two Bodil Awards for best actress in 1955 (Ordet) and 1959 (En fremmed banker på).[2]
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)[3] and, in later life, as Martine in Babette's Feast (1987),[4] while on TV she played Baroness von Rydtger in three episodes of Matador. She died in Odense on February 2, 2005, aged 79.[5]
Personal life
editShe was married to Danish actors Freddy Koch and Jens Østerholm.[5]
Selected filmography
edit- 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
edit- ^ Piil, Morten (2003). Danske filmskuespillere: 525 portrætter (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Gyldendal. pp. 103–. ISBN 978-87-02-02104-2. OCLC 66748504. Archived from the original on 18 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ Birgitte Federspiel Awards Archived 2016-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, 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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