Helli Louise

Jacobson was born on 2 August 1949 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She moved to the United Kingdom in the early 1970s, studying at the London Film School {{circa}} 1971, and developing a curious Copenhagen/Cockney accent along the way. Represented by Barrie Stacey Promotions during her British acting career, she appeared in John Jesnor Lindsay's film The Hot Girls (1974), a fake exposé of the modelling world.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6cf2eef4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027030942/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6cf2eef4|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 27, 2020|title=The Hot Girls (1974)|website=BFI}} More mainstream work included guest appearances in The Sweeney and The Goodies, and roles in Carry On Behind (1975) and several other British sex comedies.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bac587dcb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104151602/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bac587dcb|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 4, 2018|title=Helli Louise|website=BFI}} Jacobson was also active on stage appearing in a touring production of Hair in 1974, and in the stage farce Pyjama Tops ({{circa}} 1973) where co-stars included Fiona Richmond, Jess Conrad and Lucienne Camille.{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/1zdt/helli-louise|title=Helli Louise | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JkwmEAAAQBAJ&dq=pyjama+tops+helli+louise&pg=PT390|title=Benny Hill - Merry Master of Mirth|first=Robert|last=Ross|date=October 30, 2014|publisher=Batsford|isbn=9781849942584 |via=Google Books}}

Aside from her acting career Jacobson was also the managing director of a clothing firm, and worked in the music industry managing a band called Ix. After a role in 1979's The World Is Full of Married Men, she left acting to pursue work in the music industry full-time, and then worked for Harvey Goldsmith.

• The Daughter: I, a Woman Part III (1970) - Patient
• Daddy, Darling (1970) - Katja
• Nana (1970) - Simone
• 24 hours with Ilse (1971) - herself (documentary)
• Christa (1971) - Inge (uncredited)
• Dagmar's Hot Pants, Inc. (1971) - Dagmar's girlfriend Britta
• Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1973) - Prostitute (uncredited)
• The Hot Girls (1974, short) - Helli, lesbian scene
• Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975) - Eva
• The Ups and Downs of a Handyman (1976) - Newsagent's daughter
• Hardcore (1977) - Third 'Men Only' Girl (uncredited)
• The World Is Full of Married Men (1979) - Paul's backing group

• Udsigt til garden og gaden (1970) - Susanne, datteren
• Lille dosis strindberg (1970) - Martha Magdalene
• The Goodies and the Beanstalk (1973) - Girl with the Puppies

• Salto Mortale – "Helli Louise Brunchmann" in the episode "Gastspiel in Kopenhagen" (1971)
• The Benny Hill Show – various roles in the episode "Jackie Wright's Holiday" (1973)
• Up Sunday - in the episode? (197?)
• The Goodies - Girl with the Puppies in "The Goodies and the Beanstalk (1973), Eskimo Nell in the episode "Winter Olympics" (1973), and Dana in the episode "The Race" (1974)
• Love Thy Neighbour, Angie - in episodes No. 4.4 (1974) and No. 5.3 (1975)
• The Sweeney - 2nd girl in pub in the episode "Golden Boy" (1975)

• Pyjama Tops (1973?) – Claudine Amour
• The Empire Builders (197?)
• The Marriage-Go-Round (197?)
• The Bed (197?)
• The Informer (197?)
• Hair (1974) – Tribe member

• Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema by Simon Sheridan (Titan Books) (4th edition) 2011
• Titbits magazine No. 4721, September 9–15, 1976 – Helli's Biggest Sin by Douglas Marlborough

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Category:1949 births

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Category:Actresses from Copenhagen

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