
Helle Virkner
- Date of Birth: 1925-09-15
- Date of Death: 2009-06-10
- Place of Birth: Gammel Rye, Aarhus, Denmark
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 t... 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.

The Olsen Gang's Big Score
Family, Comedy, Crime • 1972 October

The bride from Dragstrup
Comedy • 1955 August

Our Home Is Our Castle
Family, Comedy • 1971 March

3 må man være
Comedy • 1959 February

Det var en lørdag aften
Comedy, Family • 1968 June

Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør
Family, Comedy • 1961 September

We Meet at Tove's
Comedy • 1946 August

Frihed, lighed og Louise
Comedy • 1944 September

Hvor er Far
Comedy • 1948 October

Bertram og Lisa
Drama • 1975 January