
Birgitte Federspiel
Acting
- Born:
- 1925-09-06
- Died:
- 2005-02-02
- Place of birth:
- København, Danmark
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Known For
Filmography

Defense

Kat
Indien

Little Big Sister

Barbara

Taxa

The Noodlepoop

Southern Comfort
Looping

The Bogey Man

Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier

Carlo and Ester

Babette's Feast

Peter von Scholten

Final Act

My Granny's House

Matador

Holidays in jail

Firmaskovturen
Else Kant

Watch Your Back, Professor!

Nyt legetøj

That Brief Summer

Julefrokosten

Nøddebo præstegård

Nineteen Red Roses

The Olsen Gang Runs Amok

Z.P.G.

Og så er der bal bagefter

The Red Mantle

Søskende

Hunger

Dyden går amok

Tine

Death Comes at High Noon

Gudrun

Hvis lille pige er du?

The Queen's Guardsman

Drømmen om det hvide slot

The Musketeers

Komtessen

The Quiet Battle

Charley's Aunt

A Stranger Knocks

Cupid on the Phone

En kvinde er overflødig

Vi som går stjernevejen

Kispus

Ordet

Adam and Eve

Kærlighedsdoktoren

Familien Schmidt

Susanne

For freedom and justice

I de lyse nætter

I Met a Murderer

Ta' briller paa