Helle Virkner
Known for Acting · 61 credits
- Born
- 1925-09-15
- Died
- 2009-06-10
- Place of birth
- Gammel Rye, Aarhus, Denmark
- Also known as
- Helle Genie Virkner · Хелле Виркнер · Helle Genie Lotinga
Biography
Helle Genie Lotinga was born in Aarhus to Jewish rentier Moritz Lotinga and Ellen Larsine (née Rasmussen). Her parents divorced when she was 5, at which point she moved with her mother from Old Rye to Copenhagen. Her paternal family escaped to Sweden doing the occupation of Denmark in 1943. Helle changed her last name from Lotinga to Virkner in 1944.
Helle Virkner was married three times. First to actor William Rosenberg (1944–1949), then to actor Ebbe Rode (1949–1958), and her third marriage was to the then Foreign Minister of Denmark and later Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag (1914–1978), with whom she had one child, daughter Astrid Helene 'Søsser' Krag, a journalist and former model. Krag also had a soon from a previous relationship named Jens Christian Stephan Krag. Helle and Søsser lived together in sheltered housing in Charlottenlund in the last years of Helle's life.
Known For
TV Shows (5)
Movies (56)
Flickering Lights
2000
as Tante Beate
The Kingdom
1994
as Emma Mogensen
Søren Søndervold
1942
The Kingdom II
1998
as Emma Mortensen
The Olsen Gang in Jutland
1971
as Karen
Nineteen Red Roses
1974
as Marianne Durant
Den kære familie
1962
as Emilie
The Only Way
1970
as Ruth Stein
Dust for all the Money
1963
as Bodil Henriksen
Passer Babysitting Girls
1965
as Fru Henriksen
Kassen stemmer
1976
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
1972
as Fru des Staranwalts
Himlen er blaa
1954
as Fru Lauritzen
Our Home Is Our Castle
1971
as Ellen Olsen
Topsy Turvy
1983
Cupid on the Phone
1957
as Bitten, Josefs forlovede
Onkel Bill fra New York
1959
as Susanne Høj
Dust on the Brain
1961
as Fru Bodil Henriksen
På tro og love
1955
as Vera Gimmer
Kispus
1956
as Eva Møller
Cirkus Buster
1961
Revolution My A..
1970
as Frk. Nyborg
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
1973
as Hallandsens sekretær
Watch Your Back, Professor!
1977
as Fru Andersen
En pige uden lige
1943
Old Maids
1966
as Bettina Eriksen
Landmandsliv
1965
as Frida von Rambow - grevinde
For freedom and justice
1949
as Maria
Penge som græs
1948
as Anne-Marie
Englen i sort
1957
Still Dust on the Brain
1962
as Fru Henriksen
We Meet at Tove's
1946
Eight Chords
1944
The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte
1960
as Lillemor
Death Comes at High Noon
1964
as Eva Lindberg
Spurve under taget
1944
as En halvvoksen Pige
The Poet and the Little Mother
1959
as Lillemor
The bride from Dragstrup
1955
as Helene Dragstrup
Bertram og Lisa
1975
Mor skal giftes
1958
as Eva
Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør
1961
as Lillemor
Over alle grænser
1958
as Vera
Take What You Want
1947
as Britta Wulff
Tante Tut fra Paris
1956
as Tove / Lille Tut
Sunstroke
1953
as Mona Miller - Mannequin
Hendes store aften
1954
as Marianne Friis
Det var en lørdag aften
1968
Hvor er Far
1948
3 må man være
1959
as Elisabeth Halling
Frihed, lighed og Louise
1944
My Name Is Petersen
1947
Mor bag rattet
1965
as Lykke Jeppsen
Trækfugle
2001
as Elsa
Skide godt, Balling!
2005
Peters landlov
1963
as Minna Berg
Tjærehandleren
1971
as Elna, Verners kone
About Helle Virkner
Helle Genie Lotinga was born in Aarhus to Jewish rentier Moritz Lotinga and Ellen Larsine (née Rasmussen). Her parents divorced when she was 5, at which point she moved with her mother from Old Rye to Copenhagen. Her paternal family escaped to Sweden doing the occupation of Denmark in 1943. Helle changed her last name from Lotinga to Virkner in 1944. Helle Virkner was married three times. First to actor William Rosenberg (1944–1949), then to actor Ebbe Rode (1949–1958), and her third marriage was to the then Foreign Minister of Denmark and lat… With 61 credits spanning from 1942 to 2005, Helle Virkner has appeared in 56 films and 5 TV shows.
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- Flickering Lights (2000) — as Tante Beate
- The Kingdom (1994) — as Emma Mogensen
- Søren Søndervold (1942)
- The Kingdom II (1998) — as Emma Mortensen
- The Olsen Gang in Jutland (1971) — as Karen
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