Janette Rauch (born 16 March 1962) is a Swiss-German actress.

Life

Janette Rauch grew up in

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as the daughter of a Swiss father. She was one of the original cast members of the musical ''

Linie 1 ''Linie 1'' is the second-most successful German musical after Bertolt Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera, Threepenny Opera. The title refers to U1 (Berlin U-Bahn), Berlin's subway line U1. The musical was first performed by the ensemble of the Grips ...

'' at Berlin's

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. She played the main role of "girl" until 1989. Since then, Rauch has been active in numerous German cinema and television films and series. She became known to a wider audience through her role as Sister Christine in the 1990 movie ' and her role in the

ZDF ZDF (), short for (; ), is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Launched on 1 April 1963, it is run as an independent nonprofit institution, and was founded by all federal states of Germany ( ...

series '' Zwei alte Hasen''. She was often seen alongside

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in some of his films. Since 6 November 2006, she starred in the telenovela ''

Rote Rosen ''Rote Rosen'' (Red Roses) is a German telenovela produced by Studio Hamburg Serienwerft Lüneburg and broadcast by Das Erste since 6 November 2006. The show is a complex telenovela, which tells one love story every season about women in their ...

''; after the departure of Angela Roy in episode 214, she took over the lead role of gardener Alice Albers. Since 2011, she has been a permanent fixture on the ZDF evening series ''

Notruf Hafenkante is a German television series broadcast on ZDF. It is set in Hamburg and is about the members of the police department PK 21 and the doctors of the fictional hospital Elbkrankenhaus. The show's premise is modelled on the Davidwache police st ...

''. Rauch claims to have survived the 2006 tsunami in Sri Lanka. She lives in

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Social engagement

Janette Rauch is a Children's Ambassador for Bremer Children's Day and was, until 2010, the patron of the children's hospice Löwenherz in

Syke Syke () is a town in the district of Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km south of Bremen. Population * 1961: 16,203 * 1970: 17,013 * 1979: 19,413 * 1987: 18,796 * 1992: 21,411 * 1997: 23,340 * 2002: 23,7 ...

(near Bremen).

Filmography

* 1987: ' * 1988: ''Schafe in Wales'' * 1990: ' * 1990–1993: ''Vera und Babs'' (26 episodes) * 1995: ''

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'' (TV series) – "Tasmanien" * 1996: '' Mensch, Pia!'' (TV series) (10 episodes) * 1996: '' Willi und die Windzors'' * 1997: ''Teneriffa – Tag der Rache'' (TV movie) * 1997–1999: '' Gegen den Wind'' (TV series) (15 episodes) * 1998: ''

In aller Freundschaft (''In all friendship'') is a German television soap opera that began airing in 1998 every Tuesday. The series follows the staff of the fictional Sachsenklinik hospital in the city of Leipzig. The series is produced by Degeto (a subsidiary of ...

'' * 1998: ''Die Oma ist tot'' * 1999: ''Herz über Bord'' * 1999–2001: ''Aus gutem Haus'' * 2000: ''Die Traumprinzen'' * 2001: ''Alles wegen Paul'' (film) * 2002: ''Rosamunde Pilcher: Mit den Augen der Liebe'' (TV movie) * 2004: ''

'' (TV series) – "Sri Lanka" * 2004: ''Samba in Mettmann'' (film) * 2005: ''

'' * 2005: ''

alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP ''Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP'' (German: ''Alpha Team - The Lifesaver in the OR'') was a German hospital drama television series that aired on Sat.1 between 1996 and 2005. The series covered the work of a team of doctors, nurses and car ...

'' * 2006: ''

Balko ''Balko'' is a German prime time television series broadcast on the private TV channel RTL. It is a police detective story with comical twists featuring two inspectors of the Dortmund police, Balko (played by Jochen Horst until episode 48, t ...

'' – "Tod eines Fahrlehrers" * 2006: ''

Wilsberg ''Wilsberg'' is a German TV series based on novels about the fictional private detective Georg Wilsberg. A first TV episode was aired in 1995, five years after the release of the first novel, starring Joachim Król. Since the second episode (aire ...

: Tod auf Rezept'' * 2006–2008: ''

'' * 2008: ''

Im Tal der wilden Rosen ''Im Tal der wilden Rosen'' () is a German television series. It aired 13 episodes on ZDF from January 29, 2006 to November 23, 2008. The entire series is available on DVD in PAL format in German. Episodes See also *List of German televisio ...

'' – "Zerrissene Herzen" * 2009: ''

Küstenwache The German Federal Coast Guard () is a civilian law enforcement organisation whose primary missions are border protection, maritime environmental protection, shipping safety, fishery protection and customs enforcement. The ''Küstenwache'' is an ...

'' – "Duell ohne Gnade" * 2010 - 2018: ''

'' * 2012: ''Zwei für alle Fälle'' (TV series) – "Manche mögen Mord"

References

External links

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Homepage von Janette Rauch

Homepage der Telenovela Rote Rosen
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rauch, Janette 1962 births Swiss television actresses Living people 20th-century Swiss actresses German television actresses 20th-century German actresses 21st-century German actresses 21st-century Swiss actresses Actresses from Berlin People from Winterthur