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Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875)

H.C. Andersen was born in 1805. His father (Hans Andersen) was a poor shoemaker and his mother a washerwoman. The family did not have a permanent address until 1807. The family lived for the first time together at Munkemøllestræde. The father worked as an independent shoemaker, with a workshop in the livingroom. In 1816 his father died of illness,... See full bio »

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Frozen
Frozen Writer
(2013)
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid Writer
(1989)
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The Homesman
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  The Little Mermaid (based on the story by) (announced)
  The Little Mermaid (fairytale) (announced)
  Will and Nerd (fairy tale) (filming)
 2017 Ida's Flowers Funeral (Short) (inspired by an original story by) (completed)
 2018 The Match Girl's Confession (Short) (fairytale)
 2018 The Little Mermaid (inspired by the fairytale)
 2018 Little Match Girl (Short)
 2017 Der Schweinehirt (TV Movie) (fairy tale)
 2016 L'histoire d'une mère (tale)
 2016 Little Mermaid (inspired by the story "The Little Mermaid")
 2015 The Little Match Girl (Short) (characters)
 2015 The Last Swipe (Short) (fairy tale "The Last Pearl")
 2015 Matchstick Girl (Short) (story)
 2015 GivingTales (Video Game) (writer)
 2015 The Silver Moonlight (short story "The Little Mermaid" - uncredited)
 2014/II The Little Match Girl (Short) (writer)
 2014 The Ravine of the British (Short) (inspired by the writings of)
 2013 Duch nad zlato (TV Movie) (story)
 2013 Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern (TV Movie) (fairy tale)
 2013 The Little Mermaid (TV Movie) (fairy tale)
 2013/I Frozen (story inspired by "The Snow Queen" by)
 2012 A Princesa e a Ervilha (Short) (fairy tale "The princess and the pea" - uncredited)
 2011 Grantræet (Short) (story)
 2010 Des Kaisers neue Kleider (TV Movie) (fairy tale)
 2010 La belle endormie (TV Movie) (story "The Snow Queen")
 2010 Gadkiy utyonok (tale - as G.Kh.Andersen)
 2010 Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse (TV Movie) (fairy tale)
 2010 Lumekuninganna (fairytale)
 2009 De vilde svaner (fairy tale)
 2009/II The Red Shoes (Short) (written by)
 2008 The Steadfast Tin Soldier (Short) (story "The Steadfast Tin Soldier")
 2008 O Soldadiño de Chumbo (Short)
 2008 Petit Claus et grand Claus (Short) (short story)
 2007 Dyuymovochka (fairy tale)
 2007 O dívce, která slápla na chléb (TV Movie) (story - as H. Ch. Andersen)
 2007 Die ProSieben Märchenstunde (TV Series) (story - 1 episode)
- Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse - Qual der Wahl royal (2007) ... (story)
 2006 The Ugly Duckling and Me! (TV Series) (fairytale - 13 episodes)
- Bald and Beautiful (2006) ... (fairytale)
- What's Up Duck? ... (fairytale)
- The Incredible Cricketduck ... (fairytale)
- What Would Ratso Do? ... (fairytale)
- Ducks of Hazard ... (fairytale)
Show all 13 episodes
 2006 The Ugly Duckling and Me! (fairytale)
 2006 The Little Matchgirl (Short) (based on an original story by)
 2005 Bästa knattefilmerna 5 (Video) (segment "Tommelise - Author")
 2005/I Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne (TV Movie)
  The Fairytales (TV Series) (fairy tale - 7 episodes, 2004 - 2005) (fairy tale "Suppe paa en Pølsepind" - 1 episode, 2005) (fairy tale "Reisekammeraten" - 1 episode, 2005) (fairy tale "Ole Lukøie" - 1 episode, 2005) (fairy tale "Lykkens Kalosker" - 1 episode, 2005) (fairy tale "Kjærestefolkene" - 1 episode, 2005) (fairy tale "Klods-Hans" - 1 episode, 2005) (fairy tale "Hvad Fatter gjør, det er altid det Rigtige" - 1 episode, 2005) (fairy tale "Guldskat" - 1 episode, 2005) (fairy tale "Gartneren og Herskabet" - 1 episode, 2005) (fairy tale "Den standhaftige Tinsoldat" - 1 episode, 2005) (fairy tale "Den gamle Gadeløgte" - 1 episode, 2005) (fairy tale "De vilde Svaner" - 1 episode, 2005) (fairy tale "Den grimme Ælling" - 1 episode, 2004) (fairy tale "Sneemanden" - 1 episode, 2004) (fairy tale "Prindsessen paa Ærten" - 1 episode, 2004) (fairy tale "Den lille Idas Blomster" - 1 episode, 2004) (fairy tale "Keiserens nye Klæder" - 1 episode, 2004) (fairy tale "Fyrtøiet" - 1 episode, 2004) (fairy tale "Den lille Havfrue" - 1 episode, 2004)
- Tommelise (2005) ... (fairy tale)
- Svinedrengen (2005) ... (fairy tale)
- Suppe på en pølsepind (2005) ... (fairy tale "Suppe paa en Pølsepind")
- Skarnbassen (2005) ... (fairy tale)
- Rejsekammeraten (2005) ... (fairy tale "Reisekammeraten")
Show all 26 episodes
 2005 Klods Hans (TV Short)
 2005 The Snow Queen (TV Movie) (story)
 2005 L'effraie (Short) (story "The Steadfast Tin Soldier")
 2005 Prinsessen på ærten (TV Short)
 2005 Konen med æggene (TV Short)
 2005 The Red Shoes (fairy tale)
 2005 Gli abiti nuovi del granduca (Video) (story)
 2005 Historien om en mor (TV Movie) (novel)
 2005 Yuki no Jo-Oh (TV Series) (story)
 2005 John & Aage: Toppen og bolden (TV Movie) (story)
 2005/II Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne (TV Movie) (fairy tale Den lille Pige med Svovlstikkerne - uncredited)
 2005 Fjernsyn for voksne (TV Series) (fairy tale Den grimme Ælling - 1 episode)
- Fjernsyn for voksne: Den grimme ælling (2005) ... (fairy tale Den grimme Ælling - uncredited)
 2005 Le rossignol (TV Movie) (based on a story by - as H.C. Andersen)
 2005 Klods Hans v/ Drengene fra Angora (TV Movie) (fairy tale Klods-Hans - uncredited)
 2005 Filmmagasinet special: Svinedrengen the movie (TV Movie) (fairy tale Svinedrengen - uncredited)
 2005 Once Upon a Time... (TV Movie) (fairy tales - uncredited)
 2005 H.C. Andersens eventyrlige verden: Den grimme ælling (Video short) (fairy tale Den grimme Ælling - as H.C. Andersen)
 2005 H.C. Andersens eventyrlige verden: Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne (Video short) (fairy tale Den lille Pige med Svovlstikkerne - as H.C. Andersen)
 2005 H.C. Andersens eventyrlige verden: Den standhaftige tinsoldat (Video short) (fairy tale Den standhaftige Tinsoldat - as H.C. Andersen)
 2005 H.C. Andersens eventyrlige verden: Den uartige dreng (Video short) (fairy tale Den uartige Dreng - as H.C. Andersen)
 2005 H.C. Andersens eventyrlige verden: Det er ganske vist (Video short) (fairy tale Det er ganske vist! - as H.C. Andersen)
 2005 H.C. Andersens eventyrlige verden: Fyrtøjet (Video short) (fairy tale - as H.C. Andersen)
 2005 H.C. Andersens eventyrlige verden: Hjertesorg (Video short) (fairy tale - as H.C. Andersen)
 2005 H.C. Andersens eventyrlige verden: Hvad fatter gør (Video short) (fairy tale Hvad Fatter gjør, det er altid det Rigtige - as H.C. Andersen)
 2005 H.C. Andersens eventyrlige verden: Hyrdinden og skorstensfejeren (Video short) (fairy tale Hyrdinden og Skorsteensfeieren - as H.C. Andersen)
 2005 H.C. Andersens eventyrlige verden: Kejserens nye klæder (Video short) (fairy tale Keiserens nye Klæder - as H.C. Andersen)
 2005 H.C. Andersens eventyrlige verden: Kjærestefolkene (Video short) (fairy tale - as H.C. Andersen)
 2005 H.C. Andersens eventyrlige verden: Klodshans (Video short) (fairy tale Klods-Hans - as H.C. Andersen)
 2005 H.C. Andersens eventyrlige verden: Konen med æggene (Video short) (fairy tale - as H.C. Andersen)
 2005 H.C. Andersens eventyrlige verden: Lille Claus og Store Claus (Video short) (fairy tale Lille Claus og store Claus - as H.C. Andersen)
 2005 H.C. Andersens eventyrlige verden: Marionetspilleren (Video short) (fairy tale - as H.C. Andersen)
 2005 H.C. Andersens eventyrlige verden: Nattergalen (Video short) (fairy tale - as H.C. Andersen)
 2005 H.C. Andersens eventyrlige verden: Prinsessen på ærten (Video short) (fairy tale Prindsessen paa Ærten - as H.C. Andersen)
 2005 H.C. Andersens eventyrlige verden: Rejsekammeraten (Video short) (fairy tale Reisekammeraten - as H.C. Andersen)
 2005 H.C. Andersens eventyrlige verden: Svinedrengen (Video short) (fairy tale - as H.C. Andersen)
 2005 H.C. Andersens eventyrlige verden: Tommelise (Video short) (fairy tale - as H.C. Andersen)
 2005 Unge Andersen (autobiography - uncredited)
 2005 H.C. Andersen - historien om en digter (TV Movie) (autobiography - uncredited)
  Kaj og Andrea (TV Series) (fairy tales - 1 episode, 2005) (fairy tale Hyrdinden og Skorsteensfeieren - 1 episode, 2004) (fairy tale Prindsessen paa Ærten - 1 episode, 2000) (fairy tale Svinedrengen - 1 episode, 1999) (fairy tale Den grimme Ælling - 1 episode, 1999) (fairy tale Fyrtøiet - 1 episode, 1999)
- Kaj og Andrea gætter H.C. Andersen (2005) ... (fairy tales - uncredited)
- Kaj og Andrea og Greven af gips (2004) ... (fairy tale Hyrdinden og Skorsteensfeieren - uncredited)
- Kaj og Andrea bliver smittede (2000) ... (fairy tale Prindsessen paa Ærten - uncredited)
- Kaj og Andrea og Svinedrengen (1999) ... (fairy tale Svinedrengen - uncredited)
- Kaj og Andrea leger med æg (1999) ... (fairy tale Den grimme Ælling - uncredited)
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 2005 Mit livs eventyr (TV Series documentary) (fairy tales)
 2004 Kejserens nye klæder (TV Movie)
 2004 Ruma ankanpoikanen (Video short) (novel)
 2004 Tiny (Short) (novel)
 2003 Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale (TV Movie) (book "The Fairy Tale of My Life")
 2003 Historia de una madre (Short) (story)
 2002 Snow Queen (TV Movie) (short stories - uncredited)
 2002 Lort & Lagkage (TV Series) (fairy tales Klods-Hans, Den grimme ælling and Kejserens nye klæder - uncredited)
 2001 Devcátko se sirkami (Short) (story)
  Teatr telewizji (TV Series) (inspiration - 1 episode, 2001) (story - 1 episode, 2001) (author - 1 episode, 1998)
- Królowa Chlodu (2001) ... (inspiration)
- Czarodziejskie krzesiwo (2001) ... (story)
- Nowe szaty cesarza (1998) ... (author)
 2000 The Snow Queen (Short)
 1999 Klods Hans (Short) (fairy tale)
 1999 Fantasia 2000 (story "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" - segment "Piano Concerto #2")
 1999 Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne (TV Short) (novel)
 1998 Stín (TV Movie) (story)
  Stories from My Childhood (TV Series) (short story - 1 episode, 1998) (story - 1 episode, 1998)
- The Wild Swans (1998) ... (short story)
- The Snow Queen (1998) ... (story)
 1998 The Little Mermaid (Video) (original story)
 1997 The Snow Queen (Video) (story)
 1997 The Ugly Duckling (story)
 1996/I Angel (TV Short) (fairy tales)
 1995 The Snow Queen (story)
 1995 The Tin Soldier (TV Movie) (story)
 1994 Pod vrbou (TV Movie)
 1994 The Wild Swans (Video short) (story)
 1994 El detective y la muerte (story "Historien om en moder" - uncredited)
 1994 Thumbelina (original classic fairytale)
 1994 Císarovy nové saty (story)
 1992-1993 The Little Mermaid (TV Series) (characters - 20 episodes)
- Tail of Two Crabs (1993) ... (characters)
- Giggles (1993) ... (characters)
- Wish Upon a Starfish (1993) ... (characters)
- Against the Tide (1993) ... (characters)
- Save the Whale (1993) ... (characters)
Show all 20 episodes
 1992-1993 Oyayubi hime monogatari (TV Series) (fairy tale - 26 episodes)
- Tadaima, Mama (1993) ... (fairy tale)
- Perûra saigo no tatakai (1993) ... (fairy tale)
- Sono kawa wa watarasenai (1993) ... (fairy tale)
- Me ga sameta no, Mama? (1993) ... (fairy tale)
- Suishôjô no himitsu (1993) ... (fairy tale)
Show all 26 episodes
 1993 Fyrtøjet (Short) (fairy tale)
 1992 The Snow Queen (Video short) (story)
 1992 The Tin Soldier (TV Movie) (story)
 1992 Thumbelina (Video) (story "Thumbelina" - as Hans Christian Anderson)
 1992 The Little Mermaid (Video) (adapted from the classic tale by - as Hans Christian Anderson)
 1992 Disney's Ariel the Little Mermaid (Video Game) (characters - uncredited)
 1991 Solovey (TV Short)
 1991 Ten (TV Movie) (story)
 1990-1991 Timeless Tales from Hallmark (TV Series) (story - 4 episodes)
- The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1991) ... (story)
- Thumbelina (1990) ... (story)
- The Emperor's New Clothes (1990) ... (story)
- The Ugly Duckling (1990) ... (story)
 1990 Novoe plate korolya (TV Short) (fairy tale)
 1990 Swans (Video) (fairy tale)
 1990 The Emperor's New Clothes (Short) (tale)
 1990 Vandronik (TV Movie) (story)
 1990 The Little Match Girl (TV Movie) (story)
 1990 The Red Shoes (TV Short) (story)
 1989 Strom pohádek: Pasácek a císarova dcera (TV Movie) (story - as H. Ch. Anderssen)
 1989 Der Tölpelhans (novel)
 1989 The Little Mermaid (fairy tale)
 1988 Death and the Mother (Short) (story)
 1988 Domovoy i khozyayka (TV Short) (fairy tale)
 1988 Mikola a Mikolko (fairy tale "Mikula and Mikulka")
 1988 O Malence (Short)
 1988 Snezhnaya koroleva (Video Game) (fairy tale: The Snow Queen)
 1988 Strom pohádek: Divoké labute (TV Movie) (story - as H. Ch. Andersen)
 1987 Big Underground Ball (Short) (fairy tale)
 1987 The Nightingale (TV Movie) (story)
 1987 Omkring Hyrdinden og Skorstensfejeren (TV Special documentary) (fairy tale Hyrdinden og Skorsteensfeieren - uncredited)
 1987 The Little Match Girl (TV Movie) (story - uncredited)
 1987 Metsluiged (fairy tale "The Wild Swans")
 1987 The Emperor's New Clothes (story)
 1983-1987 Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) (story - 3 episodes)
- The Little Mermaid (1987) ... (story)
- The Emperor's New Clothes (1985) ... (story - uncredited)
- The Nightingale (1983) ... (story)
 1986 Istoriya o devochke, nastupivshey na khleb (TV Short) (fairy tale "Pigen, som traadte paa Brodet")
 1986 The Secret of the Snow Queen (TV Movie) (story "The Snow Queen")
 1986 The Tin Soldier (TV Movie) (story)
 1986 The Little Match Girl (TV Movie) (story)
 1986 The Snow Queen (story)
 1986 Galose stastia (fairy tale - as Hans-Christian Andersen)
 1985 O aftokratoras kai to aidoni (Video) (story "The Nightingale")
 1985 Rabbit Ears: The Steadfast Tin Soldier (Video short) (fairy tale)
 1984 El (Short)
 1984 Osenniy podarok fey (stories)
 1984 Tommelise (Short) (story)
 1983 The Little Match Girl (story)
 1983 The Red Shoes (TV Movie) (story)
 1982 O brokátové ruzi a slavíku z perleti (TV Movie) (story)
 1982 The Snow Queen: A Skating Ballet (TV Movie) (story)
 1980 Svinopas (Short) (fairy tale)
 1980 Zaltvyksles
 1980 Solovey (story)
 1980 The King and the Mockingbird (fairy tale "Hyrdinden og Skorsteensfeieren" - as H.C. Andersen)
 1979 Tales from a Flying Trunk (stories The Kitchen, The Little Match Girl and Little Ida)
 1979 The Fir Tree (Short) (story)
 1979 Zenés TV színház (TV Series) (fairy tale "Keiserens nye klæder" - 1 episode)
- Pomádé király új ruhája (1979) ... (fairy tale "Keiserens nye klæder")
 1979 Historien om en moder (novel)
 1978 Terra d'escudella (TV Series) (1 episode)
- El company de viatge (1978)
 1978 Oyayubihime (story)
 1977 The Magic Pony Ride (Short) (story "The Ugly Duckling")
 1977 Smertens børn (fairy tale Snedronningen - uncredited)
 1977 The Princess and the Pea (stories)
 1976 The Snow Queen (TV Movie) (story)
 1976 The Little Mermaid (story)
 1976 Malá morská víla (story)
 1976 Stoikiy olovyannyy soldatik (Short) (story "Den Standhaftige Tinsoldat")
 1976 Mia fora ki enan kairo (TV Series) (story)
 1975 H.C. Andersen på danske herregårde (TV Movie documentary) (autobiography Mit livs eventyr - uncredited)
 1975 The Swineherd (Short) (fairy tale - as H.C. Andersen)
 1975 Die Schneekönigin (TV Movie) (novel)
 1975 Evighedens frø - H.C. Andersens sidste år (TV Movie) (memoirs)
 1975 The Little Mermaid (tale)
 1975 Jackanory Playhouse (TV Series) (fairy tale - 1 episode)
- The Emperor's Nightingale (1975) ... (fairy tale)
 1974 The Little Mermaid (TV Movie) (based on a story by)
 1974 The Little Match Girl (TV Movie) (story)
 1974 The Little Mermaid (Short) (story "The Little Mermaid")
 1973 Mágica aventura (stories)
 1972 Rejsekammeraten (TV Movie) (play - as H.C. Andersen)
 1972 Les habits neufs du Grand-Duc (TV Movie) (short story)
 1972 Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny (fairy tale "Thumbelina")
 1971 Der kleine und der große Klaus (TV Movie) (fairy tale)
 1971/I Ten (story)
 1971 Andersen monogatari (TV Series) (tales)
 1970 Die Prinzessin und der Schweinehirt (TV Movie) (fairy tale)
 1970 Thumbelina (story)
 1970 Snedronningen (TV Short) (fairy tale - as H.C. Andersen)
 1970 Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse (TV Movie) (original story)
 1970 Nattergalen (TV Short) (fairy tale - as H.C. Andersen)
 1969 Along Came a Soldier (novel "Elddonet")
 1968 Andersenovy pohádky (TV Series) (story - 7 episodes)
- Tezká pocetní úloha (1968) ... (story)
- Létající kufr (1968) ... (story)
- Pasácek vepru (1968) ... (story)
- Císarovy nové saty (1968) ... (story)
- Pohádka o Honzovi (1968) ... (story)
Show all 7 episodes
 1968 Kresadlo (TV Movie) (story)
 1968 The Little Mermaid (Short) (fairy tale)
 1968 Staraya, staraya skazka (stories "The Tinder Box", "The Travelling Companion", "The Swineherd", "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep")
 1968 Lille Claus og Store Claus (TV Short) (author)
 1968 En nat i Roskilde (TV Short) (play - as H.C. Andersen)
 1968 Andersen monogatari (tales)
 1968 Off to See the Wizard (TV Series) (story: The Little Mermaid - 1 episode)
- Mike and the Mermaid (1968) ... (story: The Little Mermaid - uncredited)
 1967 The Emperor's New Clothes (TV Movie) (story)
 1967 The Snow Queen (story)
  Jackanory (TV Series) (9 episodes, 1966) (story - 2 episodes, 1967) (writer - 2 episodes, 1967)
- The Ugly Duckling (1967) ... (story)
- The Emperor's Nightingale (1967) ... (story)
- The Pig Keeper (1967) ... (writer)
- The Brave Tin Soldier (1967) ... (writer)
- The Little Mermaid: Part 4 - The Cold Sea (1966) ... (as Hans Andersen)
Show all 13 episodes
 1966 El mago de los sueños (stories)
 1966 Fantasía... 3 (story "The Little Mermaid")
 1966 A Bola de Fogo (TV Movie)
 1966 The Daydreamer (stories)
 1965 Pastushka i Trubochist (Short)
 1965 Le rossignol (TV Movie) (story)
 1964 Dyuymovochka (Short) (story "Tommelise")
 1964 Die Schneekönigin (TV Movie) (based on motifs by)
 1964 Nuestro amigo el libro (TV Series) (story - 1 episode)
- Coralina, la doncella del mar (1964) ... (story)
  Mr. Piper (TV Series) (fairy tale - 1 episode, 1963) (story - 1 episode, 1963)
- Mr. Piper and the Story of the Tin Soldier (1963) ... (fairy tale)
- Mr. Piper and the Story of the Wild Swans (1963) ... (story)
 1963 Svinya-kopilka (Short)
 1963 Historien om en moder (story)
 1962 Dikie lebedi (story)
 1962 Le livre muet (Short) (short story)
 1962 Camera Three (TV Series) (fairy tales - 1 episode)
- Fairy Tales (1962) ... (fairy tales)
 1962 Des Kaisers neue Kleider (TV Movie)
 1961 Das Kleid (fairy tale "Des Kaisers neue Kleider")
 1961 The Princess and the Pea (TV Movie) (fairy tale)
 1961 Sreca dolazi u 9 (story)
 1961 Carevo novo ruho (story)
 1958-1961 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) (story - 4 episodes)
- The Little Mermaid (1961) ... (story)
- The Emperor's New Clothes (1958) ... (story)
- The Wild Swans (1958) ... (story)
- The Nightingale (1958) ... (story)
 1960 General Electric Theater (TV Series) (story - 1 episode)
- The Ugly Duckling (1960) ... (story)
 1960 Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse (Short) (story)
 1959 The Gentle Flame (TV Movie) (story "The Little Match Girl")
 1959 Das Feuerzeug (story)
 1958 Pasácek vepru (Short) (story)
 1958 Unser Sandmännchen (TV Series) (character Ole Lukøje)
 1958 The Emperor's New Clothes (TV Movie) (original story)
 1958 Hidden Pages (TV Series) (1 episode)
- The Emperor's Nightingale (1958)
 1958 Svinaherden (TV Movie) (story)
 1957 Gadkiy utyonok (TV Short) (story "Den grimme Ælling")
 1957 The Snow Queen (story)
 1957 Las campanas de Teresa (tale)
 1957 The Emperor's Nightingale (TV Movie) (original story)
 1956 Kom toch eens kijken (TV Series) (story - 1 episode)
- De nachtegaal en de keizer (1956) ... (story)
 1955 Complainte de la Petite Sirène (Short) (fairy tale)
 1955 The Snow Queen (TV Series) (story "Snedronningen" - 5 episodes)
- Episode #1.5 (1955) ... (story "Snedronningen")
- Episode #1.4 (1955) ... (story "Snedronningen")
- Episode #1.3 (1955) ... (story "Snedronningen")
- Episode #1.2 (1955) ... (story "Snedronningen")
- Episode #1.1 (1955) ... (story "Snedronningen")
  Tales of Hans Anderson (TV Series) (5 episodes, 1955) (story - 1 episode, 1954)
- The Shepherdess amd the Chimney-Sweep (1955) ... (as Hans Andersen)
- The Ugly Duckling (1955) ... (as Hans Andersen)
- The Cripple Boy (1955) ... (as Hans Andersen)
- Wee Willie Winkie (1955) ... (as Hans Andersen)
- The Emperor's New Clothes (1955) ... (as Hans Andersen)
Show all 6 episodes
 1955 Kinderstunde (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Die Nachtigall (1955)
 1955 Den standhaftige tinnsoldat (Short) (story)
 1955/II Ole Lukøje (TV Movie) (fairy tale)
 1955/I Ole Lukøje (TV Movie) (fairy tale "Ole Lukøie")
 1954 Däumlienchen (Short) (story)
 1954 The Little Match Girl (Short) (story)
 1953 La piccola fiammiferaia (Short) (story)
 1953 Ningyohime (TV Series) (novel)
 1953 Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern (TV Movie) (fairy tale)
 1953 The Emperor's New Clothes (Short) (story)
 1952 La jeune fille aux allumettes (Short) (fairy tale)
 1952 The Princess and the Pea (TV Movie) (fairy tale)
 1951 The Princess and the Swineherd (TV Movie) (story "Svinedrengen")
 1951 Elddonet (novel "Fyrtøiet")
 1950 Mr. H.C. Andersen (autobiography The True Story Of My Life)
 1949 Historien om en moder (story)
 1949 Kejserens nye klæder (Short) (novel)
 1949 The Emperor's Nightingale (story "Nightingale")
 1948 The Red Shoes (fairy tale)
 1948 Le petit soldat (Short) (story "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" - uncredited)
 1946 Le briquet magique (Short) (fairy tale)
 1946 Magic Lighter (story)
 1945 L'angelo del miracolo (tale)
 1945 Hvad Fatter gør - (Short) (novel)
 1941 El viejo don Sueño (Short) (story)
 1939 Ugly Duckling (Short) (story "The Ugly Duckling" - uncredited)
 1937 Little Red Shoes (TV Movie) (fairytale)
 1937 Numskull Jack (TV Short) (fairy tale)
 1937 The Butterfly (TV Short) (fairytale)
 1937 The Little Match Girl (Short) (fairy tale)
 1937 The Top and the Ball (TV Short) (fairytale)
 1937 For the Children (TV Series) (stories - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 8 May 1937 (1937) ... (stories - as Hans Andesen)
 1935 The Chinese Nightingale (Short) (story)
 1934 The Brave Tin Soldier (Short) (fairy tale)
 1931 The Ugly Duckling (Short) (story - uncredited)
 1930 Store Klaus og lille Klaus (novel - as H.C. Andersen)
 1928 Die chinesische Nachtigall (Short) (story)
 1928 La petite parade (Short) (story "Den Standhaftige Tinsoldat")
 1928 La petite marchande d'allumettes (Short) (story)
 1927 The Chinese Nightingale (story)
 1924 Armes kleines Mädchen (Short) (fairy tale "Den lille Pige med Svovlstikkerne")
 1924 Thumbelina (Short) (story)
 1923 Talende film (Short) (novel "Tepotten")
 1922 The Flying Koffer (Short) (fairy tale "The Flying Trunk")
 1922 Meseország (tales)
 1921 Lykkens galoscher (story)
 1919 Novoye platye korolya (Short) (story)
 1919 Die Galoschen des Glücks (Short) (fairy tale)
 1917 The Seven Swans (story)
 1914 The Little Match Girl (Short) (story)
 1912 Kolingens galoscher (Short) (author)
 1912 The Little Match Seller (Short) (story)
 1910 Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern (Short) (fairy tale)
 1908 Ib and Little Christina (Short) (story)
 1908 Poor Little Match Girl (Short) (story)
 1902 The Little Match Seller (Short) (fable)
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Other Works:

(1/2006) Stage: Robert LePage adapted / directed the play, "The Andersen Project," in an Ex Machina production at the Barbican Theatre in London, England. See more »

Publicity Listings:

5 Biographical Movies | 1 Print Biography | 10 Portrayals | 7 Articles | See more »

Alternate Names:

H. Ch. Andersen | H.C. Andersen | Hans-Christian Andersen | Hans Andersen | Hans Christian Anderson | H. Ch. Anderssen | Hans Andesen | G.Kh.Andersen

Height:

6' 0¾" (1.85 m)
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Personal Quote:

Travelling expands the mind rarely. See more »

Trivia:

In 1833, on a visit to Paris, he paid a social call on Victor Hugo at his house. See more »

Star Sign:

Aries
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