Actor
Bodil Rosing
Born 25 December 1877 · Copenhagen, Denmark — died 31 December 1941
Bodil Rosing was a Danish-born character actress who built a Hollywood career from the late silent era into the early 1940s. She mostly played supporting roles in major studio films, including F. W. Murnau's Sunrise and Lewis Milestone's All Quiet on the Western Front.
Key films
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)On Cinespective
Supporting role in Murnau's celebrated Hollywood film, a landmark of late silent cinema.
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Supporting part in the acclaimed anti-war drama, a major early sound-era production.
Grand Hotel (1932)
Appeared in MGM's all-star ensemble drama, showing her steady work in prestige studio films.
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Featured in Frank Capra's popular comedy, one of the best-known films of her later career.
The Mortal Storm (1940)
Late-career role in a notable pre-war drama about the rise of Nazism in Germany.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 69
- 1925Lights of Old Broadway · as Widow GormanActor
- 1925Pretty Ladies · as Minor Role (uncredited)Actor
- 1925The Tower of Lies · as MidwifeActor
- 1926The Volga Boatman · as Tartar WomanActor
- 1926The Sporting LoverActor
- 1926The Midnight Kiss · as Swedish maidActor
- 1926It Must Be Love · as Mom SchmidtActor
- 1926The City · as SarahActor
- 1927Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans · as The MaidActor
- 1927Blondes by Choice · as Caroline BennettActor
- 1927Wild Geese · as Mrs. SandboActor
- 1927Stage Madness · as MaidActor
- 1928The Law of the Range · as Jim and the Kid's MotherActor
- 1928The Woman from Moscow · as NadiaActor
- 1928The Big Noise · as Ma SlovalActor
- 1928Wheel of Chance · as Sara TurkeltaubActor
- 1928Ladies of the Mob · as The motherActor
- 1928The Fleet's In · as Mrs. DeaneActor
- 1928Out of the Ruins · as Mère GilbertActor
- 1929The Bishop Murder Case · as Grete MenzelActor
- 1929Eternal Love · as HousekeeperActor
- 1929Why Be Good? · as Ma KellyActor
- 1929Broadway Babies · as DurganActor
- 1929Betrayal · as Andre's MotherActor
- 1929King of the Rodeo · as MotherActor
- 1930All Quiet on the Western Front · as Mother of Hospital Patient (uncredited)Actor
- 1930A Lady's Morals · as Innkeeper's WifeActor
- 1930Oh, for a Man! · as Masseuse (uncredited)Actor
- 1930Hello Sister · as Martha PeddieActor
- 1930Part Time Wife · as Martha - the CookActor
- 1931Three Who Loved · as 'Aunt Anna' LarsonActor
- 1932Grand Hotel · as Nurse Helping Old Lady Into Elevator (uncredited)Actor
- 1932Downstairs · as SophieActor
- 19326 Hours to Live · as GretaActor
- 1932The Match King · as Frau Necher (uncredited)Actor
- 1932The Miracle ManActor
- 1933Ex-Lady · as Mrs. Bauer - Helen's MotherActor
- 1933The Crime of the Century · as Hilda EricsonActor
- 1933Hallelujah, I'm a Bum · as Undetermined Secondary RoleActor
- 1933Reunion in Vienna · as KathieActor
- 1934Queen Christina · as Innkeeper's Wife (uncredited)Actor
- 1934The Painted Veil · as Frau KoerberActor
- 1934Mandalay · as Mrs. KleinschmidtActor
- 1934King Kelly of the U.S.A. · as SylviaActor
- 1934Crimson Romance · as Mama von BergenActor
- 1934Such Women Are Dangerous · as HelmaActor
- 1935Roberta · as FernandeActor
- 1935Four Hours to Kill! · as MaActor
- 1935Let 'em Have It · as Mrs. KeeferActor
- 1935Thunder in the Night · as LisaActor
- 1935A Night at the Ritz · as Mama JaynosActor
- 1936Libeled Lady · as Justice of Peace's Wife (uncredited)Actor
- 1936The Plot Thickens · as Theresa the Cook (uncredited)Actor
- 1936Rose Bowl · as Mrs. SchultzActor
- 1937Heidi · as Village Woman (uncredited)Actor
- 1937Breakfast for Two · as Nanny - Blair's Household Staff (uncredited)Actor
- 1937Michael O'Halloran · as Mrs. PolskaActor
- 1938You Can't Take It with You · as Mrs. SchmidtActor
- 1938The First Hundred Years · as MarthaActor
- 1939Confessions of a Nazi Spy · as Passenger on BoatActor
- 1939Hitler: Beast of Berlin · as Frau KohlerActor
- 1939Nurse Edith Cavell · as CharlotteActor
- 1939Hotel Imperial · as Ratty Old Woman (uncredited)Actor
- 1940The Mortal Storm · as Old Woman on TrainActor
- 1940Florian · as Anna - Diana's MaidActor
- 1941No Greater Sin · as Ma JamesActor
- 1941Reaching for the Sun · as Rita's MotherActor
- 1941They Dare Not Love · as LeniActor
- 1941Marry the Boss's Daughter · as Mrs. PolgarActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.