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

  • The Only Way

    The Only Way

  • The Kingdom

    The Kingdom

  • Taxa

    Taxa

  • The House at Christianshavn

    The House at Christianshavn

  • The Olsen Gang Runs Amok

    The Olsen Gang Runs Amok

  • Onkel Bill fra New York

    Onkel Bill fra New York

  • Matador

    Matador

  • 3 må man være

    3 må man være

  • We Meet at Tove's

    We Meet at Tove's

  • Trækfugle

    Trækfugle

  • Penge som græs

    Penge som græs

  • Mor bag rattet

    Mor bag rattet

  • Passer Babysitting Girls

    Passer Babysitting Girls

  • Spurve under taget

    Spurve under taget

  • For freedom and justice

    For freedom and justice

  • Landmandsliv

    Landmandsliv

  • Himlen er blaa

    Himlen er blaa

  • Still Dust on the Brain

    Still Dust on the Brain

  • Frihed, lighed og Louise

    Frihed, lighed og Louise

  • The bride from Dragstrup

    The bride from Dragstrup

  • Flickering Lights

    Flickering Lights

  • Our Home Is Our Castle

    Our Home Is Our Castle

  • Den kære familie

    Den kære familie

  • Mor skal giftes

    Mor skal giftes

  • Kispus

    Kispus

  • Søren Søndervold

    Søren Søndervold

  • The Kingdom

    The Kingdom

  • På tro og love

    På tro og love

  • The Kingdom II

    The Kingdom II

  • Englen i sort

    Englen i sort

  • Hendes store aften

    Hendes store aften

  • Watch Your Back, Professor!

    Watch Your Back, Professor!

  • Bertram og Lisa

    Bertram og Lisa

  • The Olsen Gang's Big Score

    The Olsen Gang's Big Score

  • Hvor er Far

    Hvor er Far

  • Station 7-9-13: Gufol mysteriet

    Station 7-9-13: Gufol mysteriet

  • Old Maids

    Old Maids

  • My Name Is Petersen

    My Name Is Petersen

  • Eight Chords

    Eight Chords

  • Skide godt, Balling!

    Skide godt, Balling!

  • Peters landlov

    Peters landlov

  • Nineteen Red Roses

    Nineteen Red Roses

  • Topsy Turvy

    Topsy Turvy

  • Take What You Want

    Take What You Want

  • Dust on the Brain

    Dust on the Brain

  • Kassen stemmer

    Kassen stemmer

  • The Poet and the Little Mother

    The Poet and the Little Mother

  • The Olsen Gang in Jutland

    The Olsen Gang in Jutland

  • Revolution My A..

    Revolution My A..

  • Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør

    Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør

  • Det var en lørdag aften

    Det var en lørdag aften

  • Tante Tut fra Paris

    Tante Tut fra Paris

  • Death Comes at High Noon

    Death Comes at High Noon

  • The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte

    The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte

  • Dust for all the Money

    Dust for all the Money

  • Sunstroke

    Sunstroke

  • Tjærehandleren

    Tjærehandleren

  • Cupid on the Phone

    Cupid on the Phone

  • Over alle grænser

    Over alle grænser

  • En pige uden lige

    En pige uden lige

  • Cirkus Buster

    Cirkus Buster