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 Rolffes trained at the Frederiksberg Theatre and the student school of the Royal Danish Theatre (RDT; Det Kongelige Teater). She acted on stage at the RDT between 1950–63 and 1988–94.
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.
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 +YearTitleRoleNotesRefMatadorAunt Anna1994The KingdomMrs. Drusse1997The Kingdom IIMrs. DrusseEn stor familieMiss GrammeLandsbyenIngeborg
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1951 Meet Me on Cassiopeia Rumsterstang pige Uncredited1953 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, Voice1986 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 1990 Casanova Sygeplejerske 1991 The Great Day on the Beach Fru. Fredriksen 1992 Sofie Jonas' Mother 1993 Jungledyret Voice1997 Nonnebørn Priorinden / The Prioress
Awards and nominations Award Year Category Nominated work Result Bodil Awards1998Best Supporting ActressNonnebørn
References
External links
Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon om Kirsten Rolffes Danish Female Biographical Lexicon for Kirsten Rolffes