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Helle Virkner

Helle Virkner

Acting

Born: September 15, 1925Gammel 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
Filmography

Skide godt, Balling!

2005

Trækfugle

Elsa

2001
Flickering Lights

Flickering Lights

Tante Beate

2000
The Kingdom II

The Kingdom II

Emma Mortensen

1998
The Kingdom

The Kingdom

Emma Mogensen

1994
Topsy Turvy

Topsy Turvy

1983
Watch Your Back, Professor!

Watch Your Back, Professor!

Fru Andersen

1977
Kassen stemmer

Kassen stemmer

1976
Bertram og Lisa

Bertram og Lisa

1975
Nineteen Red Roses

Nineteen Red Roses

Marianne Durant

1974
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok

The Olsen Gang Runs Amok

Hallandsens sekretær

1973
The Olsen Gang's Big Score

The Olsen Gang's Big Score

Fru des Staranwalts

1972
The Olsen Gang in Jutland

The Olsen Gang in Jutland

Karen

1971
Tjærehandleren

Tjærehandleren

Elna, Verners kone

1971
Our Home Is Our Castle

Our Home Is Our Castle

Ellen Olsen

1971
Revolution My A..

Revolution My A..

Frk. Nyborg

1970
The Only Way

The Only Way

Ruth Stein

1970
Det var en lørdag aften

Det var en lørdag aften

1968
Old Maids

Old Maids

Bettina Eriksen

1966
Mor bag rattet

Mor bag rattet

Lykke Jeppsen

1965
Landmandsliv

Landmandsliv

Frida von Rambow - grevinde

1965
Passer Babysitting Girls

Passer Babysitting Girls

Fru Henriksen

1965
Death Comes at High Noon

Death Comes at High Noon

Eva Lindberg

1964
Dust for all the Money

Dust for all the Money

Bodil Henriksen

1963
Peters landlov

Peters landlov

Minna Berg

1963
Still Dust on the Brain

Still Dust on the Brain

Fru Henriksen

1962
Den kære familie

Den kære familie

Emilie

1962
Dust on the Brain

Dust on the Brain

Fru Bodil Henriksen

1961
Cirkus Buster

Cirkus Buster

1961
Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør

Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør

Lillemor

1961
The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte

The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte

Lillemor

1960
Onkel Bill fra New York

Onkel Bill fra New York

Susanne Høj

1959
The Poet and the Little Mother

The Poet and the Little Mother

Lillemor

1959
3 må man være

3 må man være

Elisabeth Halling

1959
Mor skal giftes

Mor skal giftes

Eva

1958
Over alle grænser

Over alle grænser

Vera

1958
Cupid on the Phone

Cupid on the Phone

Bitten, Josefs forlovede

1957
Englen i sort

Englen i sort

1957
Tante Tut fra Paris

Tante Tut fra Paris

Tove / Lille Tut

1956
Kispus

Kispus

Eva Møller

1956
På tro og love

På tro og love

Vera Gimmer

1955
The bride from Dragstrup

The bride from Dragstrup

Helene Dragstrup

1955
Himlen er blaa

Himlen er blaa

Fru Lauritzen

1954
Hendes store aften

Hendes store aften

Marianne Friis

1954
Sunstroke

Sunstroke

Mona Miller - Mannequin

1953
For freedom and justice

For freedom and justice

Maria

1949
Hvor er Far

Hvor er Far

1948
Penge som græs

Penge som græs

Anne-Marie

1948
My Name Is Petersen

My Name Is Petersen

1947
Take What You Want

Take What You Want

Britta Wulff

1947
We Meet at Tove's

We Meet at Tove's

1946
Eight Chords

Eight Chords

1944
Frihed, lighed og Louise

Frihed, lighed og Louise

1944
Spurve under taget

Spurve under taget

En halvvoksen Pige

1944
En pige uden lige

En pige uden lige

1943
Søren Søndervold

Søren Søndervold

1942