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!
Skide godt, Balling!
Flickering Lights
as Tante Beate
Flickering Lights
as Tante Beate
The Kingdom II
as Emma Mortensen
The Kingdom II
as Emma Mortensen
The Kingdom
as Emma Mogensen
The Kingdom
as Emma Mogensen
Topsy Turvy
Topsy Turvy
Watch Your Back, Professor!
as Fru Andersen
Watch Your Back, Professor!
as Fru Andersen
Kassen stemmer
Kassen stemmer
Bertram og Lisa
Bertram og Lisa
Nineteen Red Roses
as Marianne Durant
Nineteen Red Roses
as Marianne Durant
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
as Hallandsens sekretær
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
as Hallandsens sekretær
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
as Fru des Staranwalts
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
as Fru des Staranwalts
The Olsen Gang in Jutland
as Karen
The Olsen Gang in Jutland
as Karen
Tjærehandleren
as Elna, Verners kone
Tjærehandleren
as Elna, Verners kone
Our Home Is Our Castle
as Ellen Olsen
Our Home Is Our Castle
as Ellen Olsen
Revolution My A..
as Frk. Nyborg
Revolution My A..
as Frk. Nyborg
The Only Way
as Ruth Stein
The Only Way
as Ruth Stein
Det var en lørdag aften
Det var en lørdag aften
Old Maids
as Bettina Eriksen
Old Maids
as Bettina Eriksen
Landmandsliv
as Frida von Rambow - grevinde
Landmandsliv
as Frida von Rambow - grevinde
Passer Babysitting Girls
as Fru Henriksen
Passer Babysitting Girls
as Fru Henriksen
Death Comes at High Noon
as Eva Lindberg
Death Comes at High Noon
as Eva Lindberg
Dust for all the Money
as Bodil Henriksen
Dust for all the Money
as Bodil Henriksen
Peters landlov
as Minna Berg
Peters landlov
as Minna Berg
Still Dust on the Brain
as Fru Henriksen
Still Dust on the Brain
as Fru Henriksen
Dust on the Brain
as Fru Bodil Henriksen
Dust on the Brain
as Fru Bodil Henriksen
Cirkus Buster
Cirkus Buster
Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør
as Lillemor
Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør
as Lillemor
The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte
as Lillemor
The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte
as Lillemor
Onkel Bill fra New York
as Susanne Høj
Onkel Bill fra New York
as Susanne Høj
The Poet and the Little Mother
as Lillemor
The Poet and the Little Mother
as Lillemor
3 må man være
as Elisabeth Halling
3 må man være
as Elisabeth Halling
Over alle grænser
as Vera
Over alle grænser
as Vera
Englen i sort
Englen i sort
Kispus
as Eva Møller
Kispus
as Eva Møller
Himlen er blaa
as Fru Lauritzen
Himlen er blaa
as Fru Lauritzen
Sunstroke
as Mona Miller - Mannequin
Sunstroke
as Mona Miller - Mannequin
For freedom and justice
as Maria
For freedom and justice
as Maria
Frihed, lighed og Louise
Frihed, lighed og Louise
Søren Søndervold
Søren Søndervold