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Helle Virkner

Acting

3.1 Popularity Sep 15, 1925 (83 years old) Gammel 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 c...

Biography

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.

Filmography 61

2001
Trækfugle Movie

as Elsa

2000
Flickering Lights Movie

as Tante Beate

1997
1997
The Kingdom II Movie

as Emma Mortensen

1997
Taxa TV

as Fruen

1994
The Kingdom Movie

as Emma Mogensen

1994
The Kingdom TV

as Emma Mogensen

1983
1978
Matador TV

as Elisabeth Friis

1977
Watch Your Back, Professor! Movie

as Fru Andersen

1976
1974
Nineteen Red Roses Movie

as Marianne Durant

1973
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok Movie

as Hallandsen's Secretary

1972
The Olsen Gang's Big Score Movie

as Frau des Staranwalts

1971
1971
Tjærehandleren Movie

as Elna, Verners kone

1971
Our Home Is Our Castle Movie

as Ellen Olsen

1970
Revolution My A.. Movie

as Frk. Nyborg

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Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Female
Birthday September 15, 1925 (83 years old)
Died June 10, 2009
Place of Birth Gammel Rye, Aarhus, Denmark
Also Known As Helle Genie Virkner, Хелле Виркнер, Helle Genie Lotinga
Years Active 1942 - 2005
Popularity 3.1
Career Stats
61 Total Credits
56 Movie Roles
5 TV Roles
7 Photos