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

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

Selected filmography

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

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