Vera Gebuhr


Vera Margrethe Gebuhr was a Danish film, television and stage actress. Gebuhr was most noted for her portrayal of the snobbish neurotic head saleswoman Miss Jørgensen in the popular television series Matador. She trained at the Royal Danish Theatre school from 1937 to 1939 and debuted at the Folketeatret, working there until 1964. She played her first lead film role as the scheming maid in the 1943 melodrama Møllen. Gebuhr appeared in 65 films between 1937 and 2005, as well as made numerous appearances on Danish television series.
Gebuhr married twice: to journalist Pallet Fønss and civil engineer Thomas Purl. In 1999, she received the Preben Neergaard honorary award. She died in her home at the age of 98 on 22 December 2014.

Filmography

Flådens blå matroser – 1937Tag det som en mand – 1941Frøken Vildkat – 1942Som du vil ha' mig – 1943Møllen – 1943Lev livet let – 1944Elly Petersen – 1944Besættelse – 1944Hans store aften – 1946Diskret ophold – 1946Ta', hvad du vil ha' – 1947For frihed og ret – 1947Kampen mod uretten – 1949Min kone er uskyldig – 1950Lynfotografen – 1950Familien Schmidt – 1951We Who Go the Kitchen Route – 1953The Crime of Tove Andersen – 1953Blændværk – 1955Kispus – 1956Skovridergården – 1957Ingen tid til kærtegn – 1957Krudt og klunker – 1958Ballade på Bullerborg – 1959Oskar – 1962Duellen – 1962Et døgn uden løgn – 1963Premiere i helvede – 1964Gertrud – 1964Nøglen til Paradis – 1970Far til fire i højt humør – 1971Tjærehandleren – 1971Den forsvundne fuldmægtig – 1971Farlige kys – 1972Mig og Mafiaen – 1973Mafiaen, det er osse mig – 1974Pas på ryggen, professor – 1977Olsen-banden overgiver sig aldrig – 1979Pengene eller livet – 1982Kurt og Valde – 1983Min farmors hus – 1984Sidste akt – 1987Elvis Hansen – en samfundshjælper – 1988Europa – 1991Sort høst – 1993Davids bog – 1996Riget II – 1997Let's Get Lost – 1997Se dagens lys – 2003Afgrunden – 2004