Birgitte Federspiel
Karen Birgitte Federspiel (born September 6, 1925 in Copenhagen , † February 2, 2005 in Odense ) was a Danish actress .
Career
The daughter of the actor Ejner Federspiel trained as an actor at the theater in Frederiksberg from 1943 to 1945 . In 1945 she made her debut at Betty Nansen Teatret (then Allé Scenen ) in Frederiksberg; from 1945 to 1947 she was engaged at the city theater in Odense . Then she moved to the Danish capital , she was a member of the Folketeatret and Det Ny Teater ensembles . From 1979 she played again in Odense.
Birgitte Federspiel was also active on the screen, making her film debut in Jens Langkniv as a teenager . In 1955 she played a farmer's wife in Carl Theodor Dreyer's classic film Das Wort , which is brought back to life in the film's finale. Other well-known films followed such as Virtue Runs Amok (1966), Hunger (1966) or The Olsen Gang Runs Amok (1973), in the latter film she appeared at the side of her father. In 1987, Federspiel played a leading role in the Oscar-winning Danish-French feature film Babettes Fest as the abstemious pastor's daughter Martina. She emerged as an actress at an advanced age after the turn of the millennium.
In 1949, Federspiel married the actor Henning Ahrensborg, who died of leukemia two years later at the age of just 26. Her two later marriages with fellow actors Freddy Koch and Jens Østerholm were divorced, and she had a child from her relationship with Koch. Birgitte Federspiel died in 2005 at the age of 79 and was buried in the assistance cemetery in Odense .
Filmography (selection)
- 1940: Jens Langkniv
- 1942: Ta 'briller på
- 1948: I de lyse nætter
- 1949: For frihed og ret
- 1950: Susanne
- 1951: The Schmidt family
- 1952: Kærlighedsdoctors
- 1953: Adam and Eve
- 1955: The Word (Ordet)
- 1956: A girl to kiss
- 1956: Vi som går stjernevejen
- 1957: En kvinde er overflødig
- 1957: Amor i telephones
- 1959: Charles' aunt
- 1959: En Fremdmed banker på
- 1960: The sidste vinter
- 1961: Gøngehøvdingen
- 1961: Countess
- 1961: Drømmen om det hvide slot
- 1963: Dronningens vagtmester
- 1963: Gudrun
- 1963: Hvis lille pige you?
- 1964: Death at the table
- 1964: Tine
- 1966: virtue runs amok (Dyden går amok)
- 1966: Hunger (Sult)
- 1966: Søskende
- 1967: Hagbard and Signe (Den røde kappe)
- 1970: Og så er the bal bagefter
- 1972: Births prohibited (ZPG)
- 1973: The Olsen gang runs amok (Olsen-banden går amok)
- 1974: Nøddebo Præstegård
- 1974: Nitten røde roser
- 1976: Julefrokosten
- 1976: the korte summer
- 1977: Pas på ryggen, professor
- 1977: Nyt legetøj
- 1978: Fængslende holiday days
- 1978: Firmaskovturen
- 1978-79: Matador
- 1984: Min farmors hus
- 1987: Sidste act
- 1987: Babette's party
- 1987: Peter von Scholten
- 1994: Carlo and Ester
- 1997: Barbera
- 1998: Forbudt for børn
- 2001: cat
Awards
- 1955 Bodil : Best female lead in Ordet
- 1959 Bodil: Best female leading role in En Fremdmed banker på
- 1973 Henkel Prize (today Lauritzen Prize)
- 1985 Dannebrog Order
- 2001 Theater Cups (Theater Cup)
Web links
- Birgitte Federspiel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Birgitte Federspiel on danskefilm.dk in the Dansk Film Database (Danish)
- Birgitte Federspiel on dfi.dk in the Det Danske Filminstitut (Danish)
- Birgitte Federspiel's grave at gravsted.dk (Danish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Federspiel, Birgitte |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Federspiel, Birgitte Karen (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 2, 2005 |
| Place of death | Odense |