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.
Acted in 60
2000s
- 2005
Skide godt, Balling!
Movie
- 2000
Flickering Lights
Tante Beate
1990s
- 1998
The Kingdom II
Emma Mortensen
- 1997
Station "Knock on Wood": The Gufol Mystery
Fru Andersen · 24 episodes
- 1994
The Kingdom
Emma Mogensen
1980s
- 1983
Topsy Turvy
Movie
1970s
- 1978
- 1977
Watch Your Back, Professor!
Fru Andersen
- 1976
Kassen stemmer
Movie
- 1975
Bertram og Lisa
Movie
- 1974
Nineteen Red Roses
Marianne Durant
- 1973
- 1972
- 1971
Tjærehandleren
Elna, Verners kone
Our Home Is Our Castle
Ellen Olsen
- 1970
Revolution My A..
Frk. Nyborg
The Only Way
Ruth Stein
1960s
- 1968
Det var en lørdag aften
Movie
- 1966
Old Maids
Bettina Eriksen
- 1965
Mor bag rattet
Lykke Jeppsen
Landmandsliv
Frida von Rambow - grevinde
Passer Babysitting Girls
Fru Henriksen
- 1964
Death Comes at High Noon
Eva Lindberg
- 1963
Dust for all the Money
Bodil Henriksen
- 1962
Still Dust on the Brain
Fru Henriksen
Den kære familie
Emilie
- 1961
Dust on the Brain
Fru Bodil Henriksen
Cirkus Buster
Movie
Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør
Lillemor
- 1960
The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte
Lillemor
1950s
- 1959
Onkel Bill fra New York
Susanne Høj
The Poet and the Little Mother
Lillemor
3 må man være
Elisabeth Halling
- 1958
Mor skal giftes
Eva
Over alle grænser
Vera
- 1957
Cupid on the Phone
Bitten, Josefs forlovede
Englen i sort
Movie
- 1956
Tante Tut fra Paris
Tove / Lille Tut
Kispus
Eva Møller
- 1955
På tro og love
Vera Gimmer
The bride from Dragstrup
Helene Dragstrup
- 1954
Himlen er blaa
Fru Lauritzen
Hendes store aften
Marianne Friis
- 1953
Sunstroke
Mona Miller - Mannequin
1940s
- 1949
For freedom and justice
Maria
- 1948
Hvor er Far
Movie
Penge som græs
Anne-Marie
- 1947
My Name Is Petersen
Movie
Take What You Want
Britta Wulff
- 1946
We Meet at Tove's
Movie
- 1944
Eight Chords
Movie
Frihed, lighed og Louise
Movie
Spurve under taget
En halvvoksen Pige
- 1943
En pige uden lige
Movie
- 1942
Søren Søndervold
Movie