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Kirsten Rolffes

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Kirsten Rolffes
Born(1928-09-20)20 September 1928
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died10 April 2000(2000-04-10) (aged 71)
Copenhagen
OccupationActress
Years active1947–2000
SpouseCarl Viggo Becker (m. 1951)
Children3

Kirsten Rolffes (20 September 1928 – 10 April 2000) was a Danish actress, internationally mostly recognized for her roles in The Kingdom and Matador. She also had a leading role in Denmark's first sitcom, Een stor familie (One big family), set in an early 1980s office building. She attended drama school at Frederiksberg Theater (1947–48) and at the National Theater (Kongelige teater; 1948–50).

Career

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Rolffes trained at the Frederiksberg Theatre and the student school of the Royal Danish Theatre (RDT; Det Kongelige Teater).[1] She acted on stage at the RDT between 1950–63 and 1988–94.[1]

Her role in the country's first soap opera Landsbyen (The Village) helped cement her fame in her native country. She also worked in animation, voicing Ursula in the Danish language version of Disney's The Little Mermaid, Maleficent in the Danish dub of Sleeping Beauty, the Fairy Godmother in the Danish dub of Cinderella and the Evil Queen in the Danish dub of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Honors

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For the 1989 film Waltzing Regitze, Rolffes won the 1990 Bodil Award for Best Supporting Actress.[1][2]

She was knighted in 1990 by Queen Margrethe II for her services to the theatrical arts.

Death

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After fighting breast cancer and having multiple surgical operations, she conceded to the disease and halted treatment in 1995. She died in 2000 in Copenhagen, survived by her three children, and is interred in Garrison Cemetery.

Television roles

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Year Title Role Notes Ref
Matador Aunt Anna [1]
1994 The Kingdom Mrs. Drusse [3]
1997 The Kingdom II Mrs. Drusse [3][4]
En stor familie Miss Gramme [1]
Landsbyen Ingeborg [1]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1951 Meet Me on Cassiopeia Rumsterstang pige Uncredited
1953 We Who Go the Kitchen Route Olga
1955 Gengæld Fru Donner
1956 Qivitoq – Fjeldgængeren Sygeplejerske Kirsten Prage
1963 Hvad med os? Gorm's Wife
1968 I den grønne skov Spåkone
1969 The Man Who Thought Life Værtinden
1970 Løgneren Fru Høst
1974 Rapportpigen Harriet, the mature woman
1974 Pigen og drømmeslottet Emma Holgersen
1974 Nøddebo præstegaard Rasmine
1975 Sønnen fra vingården Konsulinde Martin
1977 Mind Your Back, Professor Sekretær på Slavisk Institut
1979 Skal vi danse først? Susannes mor
1981 Historien om Kim Skov Skolelærer
1981 Gummi-Tarzan Hundedame
1983 Otto er et næsehorn Mrs. Flora
1984 Busters verden Joanna's Mother
1985 Walter og Carlo – op på fars hat Viola van Heimvee
1986 Valhalla Ravnen Munin / Røskvas og Tjalfes mor Danish version, Voice
1986 Walter og Carlo – yes, det er far Viola van Heimvee
1987 Sidste akt Miss Archie
1988 Elvis Hansen, en samfundshjælper Putte von Porter
1989 Waltzing Regitze Regitze's Mother [1]
1990 Casanova Sygeplejerske
1991 The Great Day on the Beach Fru. Fredriksen
1992 Sofie Jonas' Mother
1993 Jungledyret Voice
1997 Nonnebørn Priorinden / The Prioress

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Kirsten Rolffes er død - 71 år". DR (in Danish). 11 April 2000. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  2. ^ "1990". Bodilprisen (in Danish). 19 October 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b Wilkins, Budd (7 May 2024). "'The Kingdom Trilogy' Blu-ray Review: MUBI". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  4. ^ Mackinney, Maria (1 July 1998). "Lars Von Trier: The Kingdom II". BOMB Magazine. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
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