---
name: "Karen Winther"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karen-winther"
fi1m_id: "karen-winther"
imdb_id: "nm0936038"
tmdb_id: 1470221
wikidata_id: "Q4990644"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1900"
died: "7 January 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T05:58:27.365283+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Karen Winther

## Identity

Karen Winther

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karen-winther
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karen-winther
- **IMDb ID:** nm0936038
- **TMDB ID:** 1470221
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4990644
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4990644, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936038/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1470221

Actor. Born 1 January 1900 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Died 7 January 1989.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1900, Copenhagen, Denmark
- **Died:** 7 January 1989
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4990644, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936038/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1470221

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Häxan*](https://film.one/film/haxan.md) (82)

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## Biography

Karen Winther (1900–1989) was a Danish actress. Born Karen Margrethe Winther in Copenhagen, she trained at the film school on Frederiksberg and joined Nordisk Film in 1918.

She appeared in Danish comedies and dramas throughout the early 1920s, including roles in *David Copperfield* (1922) as the adult Agnes and *Kärlekens ögon* (1922). She is best known for playing Anna's Sister in Benjamin Christensen's *Häxan* (1922). Winther married Christensen in 1927. Her screen career ended in 1925 after she was diagnosed with pernicious anaemia.

*Sources: imdb.com, svenskfilmdatabas.se, dfi.dk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Häxan* (1922), Fi1m 82, as Anna's Sister — [page](https://film.one/film/haxan.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Copenhagen's Sherlock Holmes* (1925), Actor
- *The Bilberries* (1925), as Slagterens datter
- *Sunshine Valley* (1925), Actor
- *Little Dorrit* (1924), as Fanny - Amys Schwester
- *One Lover Too Many* (1924), Actor
- *Smiles and Tears* (1923), as Dott Høeg
- *David Copperfield* (1922), as Agnes som voksen
- *A Scarlet Angel* (1922), as Elsie Campbell
- *Häxan* (1922), as Anna's Sister — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/haxan.md)
- *The Chicken Chaser* (1921), Actor
- *Oh! Uncle!* (1921), Actor
- *Helgeninderne* (1921), Actor
- *Be Mine – for Tomorrow* (1920), as Inga Persson

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