Elin Reimer

Elin Reimer-Nielsen (7 March 1928, Frederiksberg — 17 September 2022, Virum) was a Danish actress who appeared in over 60 productions on stage, film and television.

She is remembered above all for the role of Laura, a kitchen maid, in the popular Danish television series Matador (1978–82).

In 1984, she was honoured with the Order of the Dannebrog,[1][2][3] Born in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen on 7 March 1928, Elin Reimer-Nielsen was the daughter of the vocational school teacher Egon Rudolf Reiner-Nielsen (1901–72) and his wife Edith Christine née Mortensen (1903–78).

Traditional roles included Dorine in Molière's Tartuffe and Olivia in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

There she performed the challenging title role of a working class woman in Kent Andersson's Agnes.