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

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Birgitte Federspiel Awards Archived 2016-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, imdb.com; accessed 8 May 2015.
  3. ^ David Bordwell (January 1981). The Films of Carl Theodor Dreyer. University of California Press. pp. 224–. ISBN 978-0-520-04450-0.
  4. ^ Adele Reinhartz (2013). Bible and Cinema: Fifty Key Films. Routledge. pp. 18–. ISBN 978-0-415-67720-2.
  5. ^ a b Birgitte Federspiel at IMDb

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