Kirsten Rolffes (20 September 1928 â€" 10 April 2000 in Copenhagen)
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).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, and the Evil
Queen in the Danish dub of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. She also
acted on stage at the National Theater (Det kongelige teater) between
1950-63 and 1988-94.She was knighted in 1990 by Queen Margrethe II for
her services to the theatrical arts.
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).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, and the Evil
Queen in the Danish dub of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. She also
acted on stage at the National Theater (Det kongelige teater) between
1950-63 and 1988-94.She was knighted in 1990 by Queen Margrethe II for
her services to the theatrical arts.
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