Birgitte Federspiel

Danish actress (1925–2005)

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

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She was married to Danish actors Freddy Koch and Jens Østerholm.[5]

## Selected filmography

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* Jens Langkniv (1940)
* Ta' briller på [da] (1942) – Birgit Ernst
* Jeg mødte en morder (1943) – Pige på cykel (uncredited)
* En ny dag gryer [da] (1945) – Pige i venteværelse
* I de lyse nætter [da] (1948) – Grethe
* For frihed og ret [da] (1949) – Dronningens kammerpige
* Susanne (1950) – Doris Rudholt
* Familien Schmidt [da] (1951) – Gerd Møller
* Kærlighedsdoktoren [da] (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 [da] (1956) – Nana
* En kvinde er overflødig (1957) – Ester
* Amor i telefonen [da] (1957) – Misse Lieberg
* En fremmed banker på [da] (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 [da] (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 [da] (1966) – Irene
* Den røde kappe (Hagbard and Signe or The Red Mantle) (1967) – King Hamund's widow
* Og så er der bal bagefter [da] (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 [da] (1976) – Silden
* Julefrokosten (1976) – Asta Asmussen
* Nyt legetøj [da] (1977) – Anna
* Pas på ryggen, professor (Mind Your Back, Professor) (1977) – Ægtepar i kunstforretning / kone
* Firmaskovturen [da] (1978) – Frk. Asmussen
* Fængslende feriedage (1978) – Cornelia Møller
* Min farmors hus [da] (1984)
* Sidste akt [da] (1987) – Tante Laura
* Sidste akt [da] (1987) – Lotta Henderson
* Peter von Scholten [da] (1987) – Dronning Caroline Amalie
* Babettes gæstebud (Babette's Feast) (1987) – Martine
* Carlo og Ester [da] (1994) – Viola
* Barbara (1997) – Ellen Katrine
* Lykkefanten [da] (1997) – Mormor
* Forbudt for børn [da] (1998) – Grandmother
* Kat (film) [da] (2001) – Gundine

## References

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ Birgitte Federspiel Awards Archived 2016-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, imdb.com; accessed 8 May 2015.
3. ^ David Bordwell (January 1981). The Films of Carl Theodor Dreyer. University of California Press. pp. 224–. ISBN 978-0-520-04450-0.
4. ^ Adele Reinhartz (2013). Bible and Cinema: Fifty Key Films. Routledge. pp. 18–. ISBN 978-0-415-67720-2.
5. ^ a b Birgitte Federspiel at IMDb

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