Birgitte Federspiel
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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.
Acting
Movie
Babette's Feast
as Martine
1987
Movie
Ordet
as Inger Borgen (uncredited)
1955
Movie
For freedom and justice
1949
Movie
Z.P.G.
as Psychiatrist
1972
Movie
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
as Ragna Quist
1973
Movie
Hunger
as Her sister
1966
TV
Matador
as Baronesse Arense von Rytger
1978
Movie
Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier
as Interview Subject
1995
Movie
Charley's Aunt
as Donna Lucia d` Alvadorez
1959
Movie
Barbara
as Ellen Katrine
1997
Movie
The Red Mantle
as King Hamund's Widow
1967
Movie
Holidays in jail
as Cornelia Møller
1978
Movie
The Noodlepoop
as Mormor
1997
Movie
Adam and Eve
as Tove, antikvarboghandlerens kone
1953
Movie
Kat
as Gundine
2001
Movie
Komtessen
as Sonia Hardenborg
1961
Movie
The Quiet Battle
as Anne Sørensen
1960
Movie
Nøddebo præstegård
as Fru. Blicher
1974
Movie
Julefrokosten
1976
Movie
A Stranger Knocks
as Vibeke
1959
Movie
Southern Comfort
as Mormor
1997
Movie
That Brief Summer
1976
Movie
Dyden går amok
as Ina, Edwards hustru
1966
Movie
Nineteen Red Roses
as Louise Bech
1974