Birgitte Federspiel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Birgitte Federspiel

Danish actress

Date of Birth: 06-Sep-1925

Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 02-Feb-2005

Profession: actor, stage actor, film actor

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Birgitte Federspiel (6 September 1925 – 2 February 2005) was a Danish film, theater and TV actress.
She won two Bodil Awards for best actress in 1955 (Ordet) and 1959 (En fremmed banker på).Born Karen Birgitte Federspiel in Copenhagen, she was the daughter of actor Ejner Federspiel and Gunver Fönss.
She had a notable film roles as Inger in Ordet (1955) and, in later life, as Martine in Babette's Feast (1987), while on TV she played Baroness von Rydtger in three episodes of Matador.
She died in Odense in 2005, aged 79.