Birgitte Federspiel

Birgitte Federspiel (6 September 1925 – 2 February 2005) was a Danish film, theater and TV actress. She won two Bodil Awards for best actress in 1955 (Ordet) and 1959 (En fremmed banker på).

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) and, in later life, as Martine in Babette's Feast (1987), while on TV she played Baroness von Rydtger in three episodes of Matador. She died in Odense in 2005, aged 79.

Personal life

She was married to Danish actors Freddy Koch and Jens Østerholm.

Filmography

• Jens Langkniv (1940)
• Ta' briller på (1942)
• I de lyse nætter (1948)
• For frihed og ret (1949)
• Susanne (1950)
• Familien Schmidt (1951)
• Kærlighedsdoktoren (1952)
• Adam og Eva (Adam and Eve) (1953)
• Ordet (1955)
• Kispus (1956)
• Vi som går stjernevejen (1956)
• En kvinde er overflødig (1957)
• Amor i telefonen (1957)
• Charles' tante (Charles' Aunt) (1959)
• En fremmed banker på (1959)
• Den sidste vinter (The Last Winter) (1960)
• Gøngehøvdingen (The Musketeers) (1961)
• Komtessen (1961)
• Drømmen om det hvide slot (1961)
• Dronningens vagtmester (1963)
• Gudrun (Suddenly, a Woman!) (1963)
• Hvis lille pige er du? (1963)
• Døden kommer til middag (Death Comes at High Noon) (1964)
• Tine (1964)
• Dyden går amok (1966)
• Sult (Hunger) (1966)
• Søskende (1966)
• Den røde kappe (Hagbard and Signe or The Red Mantle) (1967)
• Og så er der bal bagefter (1970)
• Olsen Banden går amok (The Olsen Gang Goes Crazy) (1973)
• Nøddebo Præstegård (1974)
• Nitten røde roser (19 Red Roses) (1974)
• Julefrokosten (1976)
• Den korte sommer (1976)
• Pas på ryggen, professor (Mind Your Back, Professor) (1977)
• Nyt legetøj (1977)
• Fængslende feriedage (1978)
• Firmaskovturen (1978)
• Min farmors hus (1984)
• Sidste akt (1987)
• Babettes gæstebud (Babette's Feast) 1987
• Peter von Scholten 1987
• Carlo og Ester (1994)
• Barbara (1997)
• Forbudt for børn (1998)
• Kat (film) (2001)