Portrait of Helle Virkner

Acting

Helle Virkner

Career

Active from 1944 to 2001, with a break from 1979 to 2000, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
24
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Matador
Matador
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Helle Virkner Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Adrenaline
    3.6, average 4.8
  • Showbiz
    0.0, average 1.2
  • Violence
    3.0, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Social Satire 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

47
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

2 titles · average score 69
Trækfugle
Trækfugle (2001)

as Elsa

Flickering Lights
Flickering Lights (2000)
GoodWatch score 69

as Tante Beate

1990s

5 titles · average score 77
The Kingdom II
The Kingdom II (1998)
GoodWatch score 79

as Emma Mortensen

Taxa
Taxa (1997)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Fruen

Station "Knock on Wood": The Gufol Mystery
Station "Knock on Wood": The Gufol Mystery (1997)

TV show · as Fru Andersen

The Kingdom
The Kingdom (1994)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Emma Mogensen

The Kingdom
The Kingdom (1994)
GoodWatch score 80

as Emma Mogensen

1970s

11 titles · average score 71
Matador
Matador (1978)
GoodWatch score 91

TV show · as Elisabeth Friis

Watch Your Back, Professor!
Watch Your Back, Professor! (1977)

as Fru Andersen

Nineteen Red Roses
Nineteen Red Roses (1974)
GoodWatch score 71

as Marianne Durant

The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok (1973)
GoodWatch score 69

as Hallandsens sekretær

The Olsen Gang's Big Score
The Olsen Gang's Big Score (1972)
GoodWatch score 67

as Fru des Staranwalts

The Olsen Gang in Jutland
The Olsen Gang in Jutland (1971)
GoodWatch score 71

as Karen

Tjærehandleren
Tjærehandleren (1971)

as Elna, Verners kone

Our Home Is Our Castle
Our Home Is Our Castle (1971)
GoodWatch score 66

as Ellen Olsen

The House at Christianshavn
The House at Christianshavn (1970)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Fru. Olsen

The Only Way
The Only Way (1970)
GoodWatch score 60

as Ruth Stein

Revolution My A..
Revolution My A.. (1970)

as Frk. Nyborg

1960s

12 titles · average score 63
Old Maids
Old Maids (1966)

as Bettina Eriksen

Passer Babysitting Girls
Passer Babysitting Girls (1965)
GoodWatch score 58

as Fru Henriksen

Mor bag rattet
Mor bag rattet (1965)

as Lykke Jeppsen

Landmandsliv
Landmandsliv (1965)

as Frida von Rambow - grevinde

Death Comes at High Noon
Death Comes at High Noon (1964)

as Eva Lindberg

Peters landlov
Peters landlov (1963)

as Minna Berg

Dust for all the Money
Dust for all the Money (1963)
GoodWatch score 63

as Bodil Henriksen

Den kære familie
Den kære familie (1962)

as Emilie

Still Dust on the Brain
Still Dust on the Brain (1962)
GoodWatch score 64

as Fru Henriksen

Dust on the Brain
Dust on the Brain (1961)
GoodWatch score 66

as Fru Bodil Henriksen

Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør
Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør (1961)

as Lillemor

The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte
The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte (1960)

as Lillemor

1950s

13 titles · average score 59
3 må man være
3 må man være (1959)

as Elisabeth Halling

The Poet and the Little Mother
The Poet and the Little Mother (1959)
GoodWatch score 62

as Lillemor

Onkel Bill fra New York
Onkel Bill fra New York (1959)
GoodWatch score 56

as Susanne Høj

Mor skal giftes
Mor skal giftes (1958)

as Eva

Over alle grænser
Over alle grænser (1958)

as Vera

Kispus
Kispus (1956)

as Eva Møller

Tante Tut fra Paris
Tante Tut fra Paris (1956)

as Tove / Lille Tut

The bride from Dragstrup
The bride from Dragstrup (1955)

as Helene Dragstrup

På tro og love
På tro og love (1955)

as Vera Gimmer

Hendes store aften
Hendes store aften (1954)

as Marianne Friis

Himlen er blaa
Himlen er blaa (1954)

as Fru Lauritzen

Sunstroke
Sunstroke (1953)

as Mona Miller - Mannequin

1940s

4 titles
For freedom and justice
For freedom and justice (1949)

as Maria

Penge som græs
Penge som græs (1948)

as Anne-Marie

Take What You Want
Take What You Want (1947)

as Britta Wulff

Spurve under taget
Spurve under taget (1944)

as En halvvoksen Pige