Danish Voice Actresses: Kirsten Rolffes
Dubbing roles: The Evil Queen/The Witch (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), Nanny (One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1961), Bird in Tree, Red Rose, and Dormouse (Alice in Wonderland 1951), Madame Adelaide Bonfamille (The Aristocats), Fairy Godmother (Cinderella 1950), The Old Lady (Babar TV Series 1987), Aunt Ena (Faline's Mother), Thumper's Mother, Mrs. Possum, Raccoon, and Pheasant (Bambi 1942), Madame Medusa (The Rescuers), Matriarch Elephant (Dumbo 1941), Pedro and Aunt Sarah (Lady and the Tramp), Miss Taylor (Pete's Dragon 1977), Historien Om En Moder (other voices), Moderen and Ravnen Munin (Valhalla), Fru Nielsen (Vinterbyøster), Tiger Lily (Peter Pan 1953), Sabina's Mother (Jungledyret Hugo), Winifred (The Jungle Book 1967), Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty 1959), and Ursula (The Little Mermaid). Kirsten Rolffes (20 September 1928 – 10 April 2000 in Copenhagen) was a Danish actress, internationally mostly recognized for her role 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 Landsbyen (The Village) helped cement her fame in her native country. She also worked in animation - having voiced 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) from 1950-63 and 1988-94. She was knighted in 1990 by Queen Margrethe II for her services to the theatrical arts. 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 Garnisons Cemetery. She is buried alongside her husband, Carlo Viggo Becker. Honorable mentions: We Who Go the Kitchen Route as Olga (1953). Note: She was 71 years old when she died. R.I.P. Kirsten Rolffes (September 20, 1928 - April 10, 2000) :'( She also died of cancer, just so you know. Breast cancer, that is.