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

  • Landmandsliv

    Landmandsliv

  • Peters landlov

    Peters landlov

  • The Kingdom

    The Kingdom

  • Eight Chords

    Eight Chords

  • Passer Babysitting Girls

    Passer Babysitting Girls

  • The bride from Dragstrup

    The bride from Dragstrup

  • Taxa

    Taxa

  • Hendes store aften

    Hendes store aften

  • Our Home Is Our Castle

    Our Home Is Our Castle

  • Hvor er Far

    Hvor er Far

  • Trækfugle

    Trækfugle

  • The House at Christianshavn

    The House at Christianshavn

  • Kassen stemmer

    Kassen stemmer

  • Søren Søndervold

    Søren Søndervold

  • Matador

    Matador

  • Nineteen Red Roses

    Nineteen Red Roses

  • Watch Your Back, Professor!

    Watch Your Back, Professor!

  • The Olsen Gang Runs Amok

    The Olsen Gang Runs Amok

  • Mor skal giftes

    Mor skal giftes

  • Dust on the Brain

    Dust on the Brain

  • Tante Tut fra Paris

    Tante Tut fra Paris

  • Sunstroke

    Sunstroke

  • Penge som græs

    Penge som græs

  • Englen i sort

    Englen i sort

  • Cirkus Buster

    Cirkus Buster

  • The Poet and the Little Mother

    The Poet and the Little Mother

  • Tjærehandleren

    Tjærehandleren

  • Flickering Lights

    Flickering Lights

  • Cupid on the Phone

    Cupid on the Phone

  • Mor bag rattet

    Mor bag rattet

  • Topsy Turvy

    Topsy Turvy

  • Death Comes at High Noon

    Death Comes at High Noon

  • The Kingdom

    The Kingdom

  • The Kingdom II

    The Kingdom II

  • The Olsen Gang in Jutland

    The Olsen Gang in Jutland

  • The Olsen Gang's Big Score

    The Olsen Gang's Big Score

  • The Only Way

    The Only Way

  • Station 7-9-13: Gufol mysteriet

    Station 7-9-13: Gufol mysteriet

  • Skide godt, Balling!

    Skide godt, Balling!

  • Old Maids

    Old Maids

  • Still Dust on the Brain

    Still Dust on the Brain

  • Kispus

    Kispus

  • For freedom and justice

    For freedom and justice

  • Den kære familie

    Den kære familie

  • Take What You Want

    Take What You Want

  • Revolution My A..

    Revolution My A..

  • Over alle grænser

    Over alle grænser

  • The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte

    The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte

  • Himlen er blaa

    Himlen er blaa

  • We Meet at Tove's

    We Meet at Tove's

  • Spurve under taget

    Spurve under taget

  • Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør

    Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør

  • Dust for all the Money

    Dust for all the Money

  • 3 må man være

    3 må man være

  • Bertram og Lisa

    Bertram og Lisa

  • Onkel Bill fra New York

    Onkel Bill fra New York

  • En pige uden lige

    En pige uden lige

  • På tro og love

    På tro og love

  • Det var en lørdag aften

    Det var en lørdag aften

  • Frihed, lighed og Louise

    Frihed, lighed og Louise

  • My Name Is Petersen

    My Name Is Petersen