Helle Virkner
Born
September 15, 1925
Died
June 10, 2009 (83 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
Skide godt, Balling!
2005
Trækfugle
Elsa
2001
Flickering Lights
Tante Beate
2000
Station 7-9-13: Gufol mysteriet
Fru Andersen · (24 episodes)
1997
The Kingdom II
Emma Mortensen
1997
Taxa
Fruen · (1 episode)
1997
The Kingdom
Emma Mogensen
1994
The Kingdom
Emma Mogensen · (3 episodes)
1994
Topsy Turvy
1983
Matador
Elisabeth Friis · (24 episodes)
1978
Watch Your Back, Professor!
Fru Andersen
1977
Kassen stemmer
1976
Bertram og Lisa
1975
Nineteen Red Roses
Marianne Durant
1974
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
Hallandsen's Secretary
1973
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
Frau des Staranwalts
1972
The Olsen Gang in Jutland
Karen
1971
Tjærehandleren
Elna, Verners kone
1971
Our Home Is Our Castle
Ellen Olsen
1971
Revolution My A..
Frk. Nyborg
1970
The House at Christianshavn
Fru. Olsen · (84 episodes)
1970
The Only Way
Ruth Stein
1970
Det var en lørdag aften
1968
Old Maids
Bettina Eriksen
1966
Mor bag rattet
Lykke Jeppsen
1965
Landmandsliv
Frida von Rambow - grevinde
1965
Passer Babysitting Girls
Fru Henriksen
1965
Death Comes at High Noon
Eva Lindberg
1964
Dust for all the Money
Bodil Henriksen
1963
Peters landlov
Minna Berg
1963
Still Dust on the Brain
Fru Henriksen
1962
Den kære familie
Emilie
1962
Dust on the Brain
Fru Bodil Henriksen
1961
Cirkus Buster
1961
Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør
Lillemor
1961
The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte
Lillemor
1960
Onkel Bill fra New York
Susanne Høj
1959
The Poet and the Little Mother
Lillemor
1959
3 må man være
Elisabeth Halling
1959
Mor skal giftes
Eva
1958
Over alle grænser
Vera
1958
Cupid on the Phone
Bitten, Josefs forlovede
1957
Englen i sort
1957
Tante Tut fra Paris
Tove / Lille Tut
1956
Kispus
Eva Møller
1956
På tro og love
Vera Gimmer
1955
The bride from Dragstrup
Helene Dragstrup
1955
Himlen er blaa
Fru Lauritzen
1954
Hendes store aften
Marianne Friis
1954
Sunstroke
Mona Miller - Mannequin
1953
For freedom and justice
Maria
1949
Hvor er Far
1948
Penge som græs
Anne-Marie
1948
My Name Is Petersen
1947
Take What You Want
Britta Wulff
1947
We Meet at Tove's
1946
Otte akkorder
1944
Frihed, lighed og Louise
1944
Spurve under taget
En halvvoksen Pige
1944
En pige uden lige
1943
Søren Søndervold
1942