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Birgitte Federspiel

Acting Born Sep 6, 1925 København, Danmark 24 credits

Biography

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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.

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Known for

Taxa

as Fru Magnusson
Film

Babette's Feast

as Martine
Film

Ordet

as Inger Borgen (uncredited)

Full filmography

  • Taxa (1997) as Fru Magnusson
  • Matador (1978) as Baronesse Arense von Rytger
  • Defense (2003) as Elna Bering
  • The Noodlepoop (1997) as Mormor
  • Babette's Feast (1987) as Martine
  • Ordet (1955) as Inger Borgen (uncredited)
  • Z.P.G. (1972) as Psychiatrist
  • Hunger (1966) as Her sister
  • The Olsen Gang Runs Amok (1973) as Ragna Quist
  • The Red Mantle (1967) as King Hamund's Widow
  • Barbara (1997) as Ellen Katrine
  • The Queen's Guardsman (1963) as Boel "Kulsoen"
  • Komtessen (1961) as Sonia Hardenborg
  • The Bogey Man (1996) as Mormor
  • Southern Comfort (1997) as Mormor
  • Charley's Aunt (1959) as Donna Lucia d` Alvadorez
  • Vi som går stjernevejen (1956) as Nanna, skuespiller
  • Gudrun (1963) as The landlady
  • Indien (1999) as Gammel dame
  • Nøddebo præstegård (1974) as Fru. Blicher
  • Hvis lille pige er du? (1963) as Fru Jansen
  • Søskende (1966) as Irene
  • Looping (1996) as Nielsens søster
  • Kispus (1956) as Dora