Helle Virkner
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 15, 1925
- Died
- June 10, 2009
- Birthplace
- Gammel Rye, Aarhus, Denmark
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.
Filmography
Skide godt, Balling! 2005
Actor
- Trækfugle
Trækfugle 2001
as Elsa
Flickering Lights 2000
as Tante Beate
The Kingdom II 1998
as Emma Mortensen
The Kingdom 1994
as Emma Mogensen
Topsy Turvy 1983
Actor
Watch Your Back, Professor! 1977
as Fru Andersen
Kassen stemmer 1976
Actor
Bertram og Lisa 1975
Actor
Nineteen Red Roses 1974
as Marianne Durant
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok 1973
as Hallandsens sekretær
The Olsen Gang's Big Score 1972
as Fru des Staranwalts
The Olsen Gang in Jutland 1971
as Karen
Tjærehandleren 1971
as Elna, Verners kone
Our Home Is Our Castle 1971
as Ellen Olsen
Revolution My A.. 1970
as Frk. Nyborg
The Only Way 1970
as Ruth Stein
Det var en lørdag aften 1968
Actor
Old Maids 1966
as Bettina Eriksen
Mor bag rattet 1965
as Lykke Jeppsen
Landmandsliv 1965
as Frida von Rambow - grevinde
Passer Babysitting Girls 1965
as Fru Henriksen
Death Comes at High Noon 1964
as Eva Lindberg
Dust for all the Money 1963
as Bodil Henriksen
Peters landlov 1963
as Minna Berg
Still Dust on the Brain 1962
as Fru Henriksen
Den kære familie 1962
as Emilie
Dust on the Brain 1961
as Fru Bodil Henriksen
Cirkus Buster 1961
Actor
Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør 1961
as Lillemor
The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte 1960
as Lillemor
Onkel Bill fra New York 1959
as Susanne Høj
The Poet and the Little Mother 1959
as Lillemor
3 må man være 1959
as Elisabeth Halling
Mor skal giftes 1958
as Eva
Over alle grænser 1958
as Vera
Cupid on the Phone 1957
as Bitten, Josefs forlovede
Englen i sort 1957
Actor
Tante Tut fra Paris 1956
as Tove / Lille Tut
Kispus 1956
as Eva Møller
På tro og love 1955
as Vera Gimmer
The bride from Dragstrup 1955
as Helene Dragstrup
Himlen er blaa 1954
as Fru Lauritzen
Hendes store aften 1954
as Marianne Friis
Sunstroke 1953
as Mona Miller - Mannequin
For freedom and justice 1949
as Maria
Hvor er Far 1948
Actor
Penge som græs 1948
as Anne-Marie
My Name Is Petersen 1947
Actor
Take What You Want 1947
as Britta Wulff
We Meet at Tove's 1946
Actor
Eight Chords 1944
Actor
Frihed, lighed og Louise 1944
Actor
Spurve under taget 1944
as En halvvoksen Pige
En pige uden lige 1943
Actor
Søren Søndervold 1942
Actor
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