Birgitte Federspiel
Actor
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.
Filmography
Ordet
as Inger Borgen (uncredited) 1955
For freedom and justice
1949
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
as Ragna Quist 1973
Z.P.G.
as Psychiatrist 1972
Hunger
as Her sister 1966
Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier
as Interview Subject 1995
Charley's Aunt
as Donna Lucia d` Alvadorez 1959
Barbara
as Ellen Katrine 1997
The Red Mantle
as King Hamund's Widow 1967
Holidays in jail
as Cornelia Møller 1978
The Noodlepoop
as Mormor 1997
Adam and Eve
as Tove, antikvarboghandlerens kone 1953
Kat
as Gundine 2001
The Quiet Battle
as Anne Sørensen 1960
Nøddebo præstegård
as Fru. Blicher 1974
Julefrokosten
1976