Monica Bleibtreu
Monica Bleibtreu | |
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Born | Vienna, Austria | May 4, 1944
Died | May 13, 2009 Hamburg, Germany | (aged 65)
Monica Bleibtreu (German: [ˈmoːnika ˈblaɪ̯pˌtʁɔɪ] (listen); May 4, 1944 – May 13, 2009) was an Austrian actress and screenwriter, best known in the German-speaking world for her German film, television and stage roles.[1]
Life and career[]
Bleibtreu was born in Vienna, Austria, the daughter of Helene Buchholt and Renato Attilio Bleibtreu.[2] She studied drama at the renowned Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna[3] and made her cinema debut in Ludwig-Requiem for a Virgin King in 1972.[1] Her later roles included appearances in Four Minutes and Tom Tykwer's Run Lola Run, which also starred her son, actor Moritz Bleibtreu.
She also starred as Katia Mann in Heinrich Breloer's television biodrama, The Manns - Novel of a Century, and in Hilde, a biopic of the late German actress and singer Hildegard Knef, which was released in 2009.[1] From 1993 to 1998 Bleibtreu taught drama at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.[3]
Bleibtreu died on 13 May 2009, aged 65, in Hamburg, Germany, after a long battle with lung cancer.[1] German President Horst Koehler released a statement saying he was "dismayed" by her death, telling her son that "she enthused countless people" during her career.[1] Her last films, (Tannöd), directed by , and Soul Kitchen, directed by Fatih Akın, were released in 2009 after her death.
Filmography[]
- 1971: (TV film) - Guggi
- 1972: Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King - Elisabeth Ney
- 1972: (TV film)
- 1976: (TV film)
- 1978: Alzire oder der neue Kontinent - Julie
- 1978: (TV film) - Natalja (1978)
- 1981: Obszön - Der Fall Peter Herzl - Rosa
- 1982: (TV film) - Nelly Best
- 1982: (TV miniseries) - Hertha
- 1983: Der Zappler - Stefans Mutter
- 1983: (TV film) - Eva
- 1984: Love Is the Beginning of All Terror - Gisela
- 1986: (TV film) - Mrs. Shapiro
- 1986: Mit meinen heißen Tränen (TV film)
- 1987: Lethal Obsession - Cilly
- 1988: - Mrs. Carstens
- 1992: Mau Mau
- 1997: Maria - Marias Mutter
- 1998: Frauen lügen nicht - Hausmeisterin
- 1998: Run Lola Run - Die Blinde (uncredited)
- 1998: Liebe deine Nächste! - Gräfin
- 1998: - Richterin
- 1999: Ein einzelner Mord - Seine Mutter
- 1999: (TV film) - Kommissarin
- 2000: Marlene - Witwe von Losch
- 2000: The Farewell - Helene Weigel
- 2001: Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman (TV miniseries) - Katia Mann
- 2002: Amen. - Mrs. Hinze
- 2002: Ikarus -Ida
- 2002: Tattoo - Kommissarin Roth
- 2002: - Walpurgia
- 2002: Germanija - Maria, older
- 2003: (TV film) - Aloisia Habesam
- 2004: (TV miniseries) - Tante Lenka
- 2004: - Walpurgia
- 2005: (TV film) - Generalin von Palinkow
- 2006: (TV film) - Maria
- 2006: Maria an Callas - Jenny Ritz
- 2006: Four Minutes - Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger
- 2007: - Risa Ginsberg
- 2007: - Mietzi
- 2008: Was wenn der Tod uns scheidet? - Marie Dunkel
- 2008: - Frau Kobarek
- 2009: Hilde - Else Bongers
- 2009: Soul Kitchen - Nadines Großmutter
- 2009: (TV film) - Lore Winter
- 2009: - Traudl Krieger (final film role)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "German actress Monica Bleibtreu dies". Variety. May 15, 2009. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ^ Kopitzsch, Franklin; Brietzke, Dirk (October 1, 2010). Hamburgische Biografie 5: Personenlexikon. Wallstein Verlag GmbH. ISBN 9783835306400 – via Google Books.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[]
- 1944 births
- 2009 deaths
- Austrian film actresses
- Austrian stage actresses
- Austrian television actresses
- 20th-century Austrian actresses
- 21st-century Austrian actresses
- Deaths from cancer in Germany
- Deaths from lung cancer
- German film actresses
- German stage actresses
- German television actresses
- 20th-century German actresses
- 21st-century German actresses
- Actresses from Hamburg
- Actresses from Vienna
- Best Actress German Film Award winners
- Burials at the Ohlsdorf Cemetery