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Helle Virkner

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Helle Virkner

Born September 15, 1925 in Gammel Rye, Aarhus, DenmarkDied June 10, 200955 films

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.

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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.

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The Kingdom posterFirst watchThe Kingdom19947.8as Emma MogensenAt The Kingdom, Denmark's most technologically advanced hospital, a number of strange and otherworldly events begin occurring, much to the dismay of its doctors and patients.View film

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Flickering Lights poster7.2Flickering Lights2000The Kingdom II poster7.6The Kingdom II1998For freedom and justice poster6.2For freedom and justice1949The Olsen Gang in Jutland poster7.0The Olsen Gang in Jutland1971The Olsen Gang Runs Amok poster6.9The Olsen Gang Runs Amok1973The Olsen Gang's Big Score poster6.8The Olsen Gang's Big Score1972

Filmography

55 films as actor
  1. 2001TrækfugleElsa
  2. 2000Flickering LightsTante Beate
  3. 1998The Kingdom IIEmma Mortensen
  4. 1994The KingdomEmma Mogensen
  5. 1983Topsy Turvy
  6. 1977Watch Your Back, Professor!Fru Andersen
  7. 1976Kassen stemmer
  8. 1975Bertram og Lisa
  9. 1974Nineteen Red RosesMarianne Durant
  10. 1973The Olsen Gang Runs AmokHallandsens sekretær
  11. 1972The Olsen Gang's Big ScoreFru des Staranwalts
  12. 1971The Olsen Gang in JutlandKaren
  13. 1971TjærehandlerenElna, Verners kone
  14. 1971Our Home Is Our CastleEllen Olsen
  15. 1970Revolution My A..Frk. Nyborg
  16. 1970The Only WayRuth Stein
  17. 1968Det var en lørdag aften
  18. 1966Old MaidsBettina Eriksen
  19. 1965Mor bag rattetLykke Jeppsen
  20. 1965LandmandslivFrida von Rambow - grevinde
  21. 1965Passer Babysitting GirlsFru Henriksen
  22. 1964Death Comes at High NoonEva Lindberg
  23. 1963Dust for all the MoneyBodil Henriksen
  24. 1963Peters landlovMinna Berg
  25. 1962Still Dust on the BrainFru Henriksen
  26. 1962Den kære familieEmilie
  27. 1961Dust on the BrainFru Bodil Henriksen
  28. 1961Cirkus Buster
  29. 1961Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumørLillemor
  30. 1960The Poet and Lillemor and LotteLillemor
  31. 1959Onkel Bill fra New YorkSusanne Høj
  32. 1959The Poet and the Little MotherLillemor
  33. 19593 må man væreElisabeth Halling
  34. 1958Mor skal giftesEva
  35. 1958Over alle grænserVera
  36. 1957Cupid on the PhoneBitten, Josefs forlovede
  37. 1957Englen i sort
  38. 1956Tante Tut fra ParisTove / Lille Tut
  39. 1956KispusEva Møller
  40. 1955På tro og loveVera Gimmer
  41. 1955The bride from DragstrupHelene Dragstrup
  42. 1954Himlen er blaaFru Lauritzen
  43. 1954Hendes store aftenMarianne Friis
  44. 1953SunstrokeMona Miller - Mannequin
  45. 1949For freedom and justiceMaria
  46. 1948Hvor er Far
  47. 1948Penge som græsAnne-Marie
  48. 1947My Name Is Petersen
  49. 1947Take What You WantBritta Wulff
  50. 1946We Meet at Tove's
  51. 1944Eight Chords
  52. 1944Frihed, lighed og Louise
  53. 1944Spurve under tagetEn halvvoksen Pige
  54. 1943En pige uden lige
  55. 1942Søren Søndervold