Kirsten Rolffes

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).

Kirsten Rolffes
Born	(1928-09-20)20 September 1928 Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	10 April 2000(2000-04-10) (aged 71) Copenhagen
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1947–2000
Spouse	Carl Viggo Becker (m. 1951)
Children	3

Career

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

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

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

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

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