Acting
Helle Virkner
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
Skide godt, Balling!
Film · 2005
Trækfugle
Film · 2001
Flickering Lights
Film · 2000
The Kingdom II
Film · 1998
Station "Knock on Wood": The Gufol Mystery
Series · 1997
Taxa
Series · 1997
The Kingdom
Film · 1994
The Kingdom
Series · 1994
Topsy Turvy
Film · 1983
Matador
Series · 1978
Watch Your Back, Professor!
Film · 1977
Kassen stemmer
Film · 1976
Bertram og Lisa
Film · 1975
Nineteen Red Roses
Film · 1974
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
Film · 1973
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
Film · 1972
The Olsen Gang in Jutland
Film · 1971
Our Home Is Our Castle
Film · 1971
Tjærehandleren
Film · 1971
The Only Way
Film · 1970
Revolution My A..
Film · 1970
The House at Christianshavn
Series · 1970
Det var en lørdag aften
Film · 1968
Old Maids
Film · 1966
Passer Babysitting Girls
Film · 1965
Landmandsliv
Film · 1965
Mor bag rattet
Film · 1965
Death Comes at High Noon
Film · 1964
Dust for all the Money
Film · 1963
Peters landlov
Film · 1963
Still Dust on the Brain
Film · 1962
Den kære familie
Film · 1962
Dust on the Brain
Film · 1961
Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør
Film · 1961
Cirkus Buster
Film · 1961
The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte
Film · 1960
Onkel Bill fra New York
Film · 1959
3 må man være
Film · 1959
The Poet and the Little Mother
Film · 1959
Mor skal giftes
Film · 1958
Over alle grænser
Film · 1958
Englen i sort
Film · 1957
Cupid on the Phone
Film · 1957
Kispus
Film · 1956
Tante Tut fra Paris
Film · 1956
The bride from Dragstrup
Film · 1955
På tro og love
Film · 1955
Hendes store aften
Film · 1954
Himlen er blaa
Film · 1954
Sunstroke
Film · 1953
For freedom and justice
Film · 1949
Penge som græs
Film · 1948
Hvor er Far
Film · 1948
Take What You Want
Film · 1947
My Name Is Petersen
Film · 1947
We Meet at Tove's
Film · 1946
Frihed, lighed og Louise
Film · 1944
Eight Chords
Film · 1944
Spurve under taget
Film · 1944
En pige uden lige
Film · 1943
Søren Søndervold
Film · 1942