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- Birth nameAnn-Charlotte Tarp
- Lotte Tarp was born on February 14, 1945 in Århus, Denmark as Ann-Charlotte Tarp. She was an actress and writer. Her mother Åase Gyrithe Tarp (born Rising) was a make-up artist. Her step-father, Svend Erik Tarp, was a stage director and composer. Lotte Tarp's biological father was a German officer, Wolfgang Haug, in German occupied Denmark. Without any acting training Lotte Tarp made her debut at age 16 in the famous Danish feature film "Bocken i paradiset". As an actress she worked both on stage and film. She was often casted as the delicious and voluptuous blonde. She was on Salvador Dali's short-list of inspiring women. Lotte Tarp appeared in 34 feature films and television productions. She gave birth to her son Jacob in her second marriage.- IMDb mini biography by: Ulf Kjell Gür
- SpousesNiels Jørgen Steen(1997 - October 24, 2002) (her death)Henrik Stangerup(1967 - 1976) (divorced, 1 child)
- Biological father was a German soldier in German occupied Denmark. She wrote a book about it: "Det sku' nødig hedde sig."
- Stepdaughter of danish composer Svend Erik Tarp.
- In 1972 she received a "Bodil" (=Bodil Awards are the major Danish film awards given by the Danish Film Critics Association) for best actress in 'Farlige kys'.
- In the summer of 1965, the photographer Werner Bokelberg brought her to Salvador Dalí's estate in Port Lligat for a photo series, after which Dalí worshiped her as his muse "Ginesta Ophelia".
- In her later years, Lotte Tarp concentrated more on writing books, plays and screenplays, including writing the play Amagertorv 4 in the 1980s. From 1990 to 1992 she trained as a screenwriter at the Danish Film School. Her final thesis was the script for the television film Længe leve friheden (1993).
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