Bodil Kjer

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1917-09-02 (86 years old)

Deathday

2003-02-01

Place of Birth

Odense, Danmark

Bodil Kjer

Biography

Bodil Kjer (2 September 1917 – 1 February 2003) was a Danish actress whose talent and charisma earned her status as a Primadonna and the title of first lady of Danish theater. Kjer's leading roles reflect the span of Denmark's modern cinema: such as the artistic maturity of the war-torn 1940s in Jenny and the Soldier, the light-hearted romance of the 1950s and 1960s in Mød mig på Cassiopeia, the action drama of the 1970s in Strømer, and the modern epic tale in Babette's Feast (1987). Denmark's highest film prize, the Bodil Awards, were named in honor of Kjer and Bodil Ipsen. Kjer twice received her namesake award for Best Actress (1948, 1952...

Acting

1987

Babette's Feast

as Filippa

1995

The Sunset Boys

as Marianne Haas

1951

Meet Me on Cassiopeia

as Musen Polyhymnia

1941

1971

The Missing Clerk

as Fru Amsted

1941

Far skal giftes

as Birthe Jensen

1945

1944

1938

Balletten danser

as Else Møller

1949

1975

Anne Sophie Hedvig

as Fruen i huset

1947

Jenny and the Soldier

as Jenny Christensen

1976

Copper

as Sabina Lund

1970

Bella

as Bella Berg

1944

To som elsker hinanden

as Ellen Selstrup

1943

Drama på slottet

as Anna Dalvig

1943

Hans Onsdags-Veninde

as Magda Hansen

1941

Tante Cramers Testamente

as Gerda, husassistent hos Rømers

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