Helle Virkner

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

61

Gender

Female

Birthday

1925-09-15

Day of death

2009-06-10 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Gammel Rye, Aarhus, Denmark

Helle Virkner

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.

Known For

  • Taxa

    Taxa

  • The Kingdom

    The Kingdom

  • Matador

    Matador

  • The House at Christianshavn

    The House at Christianshavn

  • Flickering Lights

    Flickering Lights

  • På tro og love

    På tro og love

  • Eight Chords

    Eight Chords

  • Søren Søndervold

    Søren Søndervold

  • The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte

    The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte

  • 3 må man være

    3 må man være

  • Himlen er blaa

    Himlen er blaa

  • Landmandsliv

    Landmandsliv

  • Dust for all the Money

    Dust for all the Money

  • Onkel Bill fra New York

    Onkel Bill fra New York

  • Over alle grænser

    Over alle grænser

  • For freedom and justice

    For freedom and justice

  • Take What You Want

    Take What You Want

  • Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør

    Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør

  • Trækfugle

    Trækfugle

  • The Only Way

    The Only Way

  • Our Home Is Our Castle

    Our Home Is Our Castle

  • The Olsen Gang Runs Amok

    The Olsen Gang Runs Amok

  • Peters landlov

    Peters landlov

  • We Meet at Tove's

    We Meet at Tove's

  • Kassen stemmer

    Kassen stemmer

  • My Name Is Petersen

    My Name Is Petersen

  • Cirkus Buster

    Cirkus Buster

  • Mor skal giftes

    Mor skal giftes

  • Hendes store aften

    Hendes store aften

  • The Kingdom

    The Kingdom

  • Nineteen Red Roses

    Nineteen Red Roses

  • Still Dust on the Brain

    Still Dust on the Brain

  • The Olsen Gang in Jutland

    The Olsen Gang in Jutland

  • The bride from Dragstrup

    The bride from Dragstrup

  • Tjærehandleren

    Tjærehandleren

  • Tante Tut fra Paris

    Tante Tut fra Paris

  • Station 7-9-13: Gufol mysteriet

    Station 7-9-13: Gufol mysteriet

  • Topsy Turvy

    Topsy Turvy

  • The Olsen Gang's Big Score

    The Olsen Gang's Big Score

  • Spurve under taget

    Spurve under taget

  • Old Maids

    Old Maids

  • Passer Babysitting Girls

    Passer Babysitting Girls

  • Dust on the Brain

    Dust on the Brain

  • Den kære familie

    Den kære familie

  • The Poet and the Little Mother

    The Poet and the Little Mother

  • Bertram og Lisa

    Bertram og Lisa

  • Mor bag rattet

    Mor bag rattet

  • Penge som græs

    Penge som græs

  • Death Comes at High Noon

    Death Comes at High Noon

  • The Kingdom II

    The Kingdom II

  • Hvor er Far

    Hvor er Far

  • Sunstroke

    Sunstroke

  • Englen i sort

    Englen i sort

  • Kispus

    Kispus

  • Revolution My A..

    Revolution My A..

  • Watch Your Back, Professor!

    Watch Your Back, Professor!

  • Cupid on the Phone

    Cupid on the Phone

  • Det var en lørdag aften

    Det var en lørdag aften

  • Skide godt, Balling!

    Skide godt, Balling!

  • En pige uden lige

    En pige uden lige

  • Frihed, lighed og Louise

    Frihed, lighed og Louise