Elisabeth Trissenaar
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Elisabeth Trissenaar | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1964–2010 |
Spouse(s) | Hans Neuenfels |
Website | http://elisabeth-trissenaar.com/ |
Elisabeth Trissenaar (born 13 April 1944) is an Austrian actress, who lives in Berlin.
Life and career[]
Trissenaar's father was the Dutchman Frans Trijssenaar. After studying at the Max-Reinhardt-Seminar in Vienna, she was cast in her first role at the Bern Theatre in 1964. Between 1972 and 1981, she had great success at the Schauspiel Frankfurt, especially in the roles of Nora Helmer in A Doll's House and in the title role of Hedda Gabler (both plays by Ibsen), as well as Medea by Euripides.
During this time Trissenaar began her collaboration with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, under his direction she was in works such as (Bolwieser, 1977), In a Year of 13 Moons (1978), The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979), and in the television series of Alfred Döblin's Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980). Also, she played leading roles in Robert van Ackeren's films Das andere Lächeln (1978) and Purity of Heart (Die Reinheit des Herzens, 1980), in the Oscar-nominated film Angry Harvest (Bittere Ernte, 1985), and in Xaver Schwarzenberger's Franza (1987).
She is married to the director Hans Neuenfels, with whom she has a son, the film director .
Awards[]
- 1981: German critics' award (Deutscher Kritikerpreis)
Selected filmography[]
- Miss Julie (1971, TV film, based on the play Miss Julie), as Miss Julie
- A Doll's House (1973, TV film, based on the play A Doll's House), as Nora Helmer
- Hedda Gabler (1974, TV film, based on the play Hedda Gabler), as Hedda Gabler
- Dorothea Merz (1976, TV film, based on a novel by Tankred Dorst), as Bella Schedewy
- Und Rosa und Marilyn und ... (1977, TV film, based on the play Étoiles rouges by Pierre Bourgeade), as Marilyn
- Oskar Maria Graf), as Hanni Bolwieser (1977, TV film, based on a novel by
- Das Ende einer Karriere (1978, TV film), as Karla
- (1978, TV film), as Ellen
- In a Year of 13 Moons (1978), as Irene Weishaupt
- When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (1978, TV film, based on the novel When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit), as Anna's Mother
- The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979), as Betti
- Die Reinheit des Herzens (1980), as Lisa
- Das Käthchen von Heilbronn (1980, TV film, based on the play Das Käthchen von Heilbronn), as Kunigunde von Thurneck
- Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980, TV miniseries, based on the novel Berlin Alexanderplatz), as Lina Przybilla
- Charlotte (1981), as Paulinka
- Heinrich Penthesilea von Kleist (1983, based on the play Penthesilea), as Penthesilea
- A Love in Germany (1983, based on a novel by Rolf Hochhuth), as Elsbeth Schnittgens
- Bluebeard), as Andrea (1984, TV film, based on the novel
- Angry Harvest (1985, based on a novel by Hermann Field and Stanislaw Mierzenski), as Rosa Eckart
- (1987, TV film, based on a novel by Ingeborg Bachmann), as Franza
- Alma Mahler (1987, TV film), as
- Mario and the Magician (1994, based on the novella Mario and the Magician), as Sofronia Angiolieri
- (1994), as Madeleine
- Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (1997, TV film, based on the play The Captain of Köpenick), as Mathilde Obermüller
- Kalt ist der Abendhauch (2000, based on a novel by Ingrid Noll), as Charlotte's Mother
- SOKO Kitzbühel - Der Ring der Toten (2004, TV series based on a book by ), as Sofia von Schöll
- (2005, TV film), as Ingrid, Catherine's Mother
- I've Never Been Happier (2009), as Fritzi
External links[]
- Trissenaar's Agent
- Her page at the Deutsche Filmakademie
- Elisabeth Trissenaar at IMDb
- Audio recordings with Elisabeth Trissenaar in the Online Archive of the Österreichische Mediathek (Interviews in German). Retrieved 2 September 2019
- 1944 births
- Austrian film actresses
- Austrian stage actresses
- Austrian television actresses
- 20th-century Austrian actresses
- 21st-century Austrian actresses
- German film actresses
- German stage actresses
- German television actresses
- 20th-century German actresses
- 21st-century German actresses
- Living people
- Actresses from Berlin
- Actresses from Vienna