Otto Brandenburg (actor)

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
To lys på et board
  DK 5 03/23/2001 (7 weeks)
The Otto Boks store
  DK 3 09/01/2006 (12 weeks)
Singles
Søren Banjomus
  DK 36 02/01/2015 (1 week)

Otto Herman Max Brandenburg (born September 4, 1934 in Hejnsvig , Sydjylland , † March 1, 2007 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish actor and singer .

Live and act

Otto Brandenburg made a name for himself as a jazz and lieder singer in the 1950s, and from 1955 he belonged to the swing and rock 'n' roll band Four Jacks . Besides Denmark, he was also able to celebrate successes in Sweden and Germany. In 1960 he took part in the Danish preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest with the song To Lys På Et Bord . In 1960 some records appeared in Germany under the artist name Ole Brandenburg.

In addition to his music career, Brandenburg also worked as an actor. In 1958 he made his debut in the movie Styrmand Karlsen . In 1961 he took part in the German music film “Schlagerparade”. Since the early 1970s, he pushed his film career. At first he appeared in B-films, sex clothes and even two pornographic films, including a classic of the genre, Justine and Juliette ( Justine och Juliette , S 1975). Since the end of the 1970s, he turned more and more into a character actor and his roles became increasingly demanding. In 1979 he was chosen for his role in the film Hør, var der ikke en som lo? Awarded the Danish Bodil Film Prize for Best Supporting Actor. He received a Bodil for best leading role in 1982 for the film Gummitarzan . A wider international audience saw Brandenburg in the 1990s as a nurse Hansen in the television series Hospital of the Spirits by director Lars von Trier .

On June 8, 1960, Otto Brandenburg married Ina Birthe Kildehus Jørgensen (1937-2011) in Lyngby's church. The couple had their daughter Stine and a son was stillborn. The marriage broke up in the mid-1960s. In the 1980s Brandenburg a. a. with the Italian actress Franca Maria De Monti. He spent his “retirement” with TV producer Hanne Mynster at his side in a row house in Buddinge ( Gladsaxe municipality ).

Filmography (selection)

  • 1958: Styrmand Karlsen
  • 1974: Count Bobby and his nieces (I Tyrens tegn)
  • 1975: Justine and Juliette (Justine och Juliette)
  • 1981: Gummitarzan (Gummi-Tarzan)
  • 1988: An Unusual Abduction (Skyggen af ​​Emma)
  • 1993: Black Harvest (Sort høst)
  • 1994: Geister (Riget) (TV miniseries)
  • 1995: Monkey chaos: the devil is loose in the jungle (Aberne og det hemmelige våben)
  • 1997: Geister II (Riget II) (TV miniseries)
  • 2002: The boy who wanted to be a bear (Drengen der ville gøre det umulige)

swell

  1. ^ Chart discography Denmark
  2. ^ Danish film database, entry Otto Brandenburg (Danish).
  3. ^ Danish film database, entry Otto Brandenburg (Danish).
  4. ↑ Leif Mariager: Idolet, der kom ned med nakken Billed Bladet, 1966. In: Rune T. Kidde, Blog (Danish), accessed on November 20, 2015.
  5. ^ Danish film database, entry Otto Brandenburg (Danish).

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personal data
SURNAME Brandenburg, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brandenburg, Otto Herman Max (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish actor and singer
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Hejnsvig , South Jutland
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 2007
Place of death Copenhagen