Birthe Neumann (born 30 April 1947 in

Vanløse Vanløse is one of the 10 official Districts of Copenhagen, districts of Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark. It lies on the western border of the municipality. Vanløse covers an area of 6.69 km2, and has a population of 36,115, making Vanlø ...

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

) is a Danish actress. In 1972 she graduated from the Danish National School of Theatre, and was shortly afterwards employed as an actress at the

Royal Danish Theatre The Royal Danish Theatre (RDT, Danish: ') is both the national Danish performing arts institution and a name used to refer to its old purpose-built venue from 1874 located on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. The theatre was founded in 1748, first s ...

in Copenhagen. At the Royal Danish Theatre she has appeared in a number of productions, among them ''Marx and Coca Cola'',

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's ''The Learned Ladies'', Henrik Hertz's ''Sparekassen'' (''The Savings Bank''), Jess Ørnsbo's ''Majonæse'' (''Mayonnaise''),

Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are '' All My Sons'' (1947), '' Death of a Salesman'' (1 ...

's ''

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'', and David Hare's ''A Breath of Life''. Her film appearances include ''Hovedjægerne'' (her first film role, in 1971; released internationally as ''The Headhunters''), ''Lad isbjørnene danse'' (1990, '' Dance of the Polar Bears''), '' Kærlighedens Smerte'' (1992, ''

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''), '' The Celebration'' (1998, ''Festen'', the first

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film), ''Elsker dig for evigt og'' (2002, ''Open Hearts'', also a Dogme film) and ''Lykkevej'' ('' Move Me'', 2003). She has also appeared in Danish television series including

Lars von Trier Lars von Trier (né Trier; born 30 April 1956) is a Danish film director and screenwriter. Beginning in the late-1960s as a child actor working on Danish television series ''Secret Summer'', von Trier's career has spanned more than five decad ...

's ''Riget'' ('' The Kingdom''), ''Forsvar'' (''Defense''), and as a repeated guest star on ''Krøniken'' (''Chronicles''). She has received both of Denmark's leading film awards: a Bodil for her performances in ''Kærlighedens smerte'' and ''Lykkevej'', and a Robert for ''Lykkevej''. In 2013, she received the Lauritzen Award. Neumann is married to Danish actor

Paul Hüttel Paul Hüttel (born 13 July 1935) is a Danish actor. He has appeared in over 50 films and television shows since 1960. He starred in the 1969 film '' Ballad of Carl-Henning'', which was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival. H ...

; they have one daughter.

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