Monica Bleibtreu (; May 4, 1944 – May 13, 2009) was an
Austrian actress and
screenwriter, best known in the
German-speaking
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world for her German film, television and stage roles.
Life and career
Bleibtreu was born in
Vienna, Austria
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, the daughter of Helene Buchholt and Renato Attilio Bleibtreu.
She studied drama at the renowned
Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna
and made her cinema debut in ''Ludwig-Requiem for a Virgin King'' in 1972.
[ Her later roles included appearances in Four Minutes and ]Tom Tykwer
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's '' Run Lola Run'', which also starred her son, actor Moritz Bleibtreu
Moritz Johann Bleibtreu (; was born in Munich, Munich, Germany on August 13, 1971. He has worked over the years as a film actor, voice actor, and film director. Bleibtreu has been a successful actor in many movies such as ''Run Lola Run, Das Exp ...
.
She also starred as Katia Mann
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in Heinrich Breloer
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's television biodrama, '' The Manns - Novel of a Century'', and in ''Hilde'', a biopic of the late German actress and singer Hildegard Knef
Hildegard Frieda Albertine Knef (; 28 December 19251 February 2002) was a German actress, voice actress, singer, and writer. She was billed in some English-language films as Hildegard Neff or Hildegarde Neff.
Early years
Hildegard Knef was born ...
, which was released in 2009.[ From 1993 to 1998 Bleibtreu taught drama at the ]Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
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.Hamburg
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.[ German President ]Horst Koehler
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released a statement saying he was "dismayed" by her death, telling her son that "she enthused countless people" during her career.[ Her last films, ' (''Tannöd''), directed by , and '' Soul Kitchen'', directed by ]Fatih Akın
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, were released in 2009 after her death.
Filmography
* 1971: ''Change
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'' (TV film) - Guggi
* 1972: '' Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King'' - Elisabeth Ney
* 1972: '' Adele Spitzeder'' (TV film)
* 1976: '' Lemminge, Teil 2: Verletzungen'' (TV film)
* 1978: ''Alzire oder der neue Kontinent'' - Julie
* 1978: '' Mittags auf dem Roten Platz'' (TV film) - Natalja (1978)
* 1981: ''Obszön - Der Fall Peter Herzl'' - Rosa
* 1982: '' Ich werde warten'' (TV film) - Nelly Best
* 1982: '' Das Dorf an der Grenze'' (TV miniseries) - Hertha
* 1983: ''Der Zappler'' - Stefans Mutter
* 1983: '' Variation'' (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
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'' - Cilly
* 1988: '' Midnight Cop'' - Mrs. Carstens
* 1992: '
* 1997: ''Maria'' - Marias Mutter
* 1998: ''Frauen lügen nicht'' - Hausmeisterin
* 1998: '' Run Lola Run'' - Die Blinde (uncredited)
* 1998: ' - Gräfin
* 1998: '' Rosenzweigs Freiheit'' - Richterin
* 1999: ''Ein einzelner Mord'' - Seine Mutter
* 1999: '' Tödliche Schatten'' (TV film) - Kommissarin
* 2000: ''Marlene
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Film
* ...
'' - Witwe von Losch
* 2000: '' The Farewell'' - Helene Weigel
* 2001: '' Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman'' (TV miniseries) - Katia Mann
* 2002: ''Amen.
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'' - Mrs. Hinze
* 2002: ''Ikarus'' -Ida
* 2002: ''Tattoo
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'' - Kommissarin Roth
* 2002: ' - Walpurgia
* 2002: ''Germanija'' - Maria, older
* 2003: '' Himmel Polt und Hölle'' (TV film) - Aloisia Habesam
* 2004: ' (TV miniseries) - Tante Lenka
* 2004: ' - Walpurgia
* 2005: ''Waves
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'' (TV film) - Generalin von Palinkow
* 2006: ' (TV film) - Maria
* 2006: ''Maria an Callas'' - Jenny Ritz
* 2006: '' Four Minutes'' - Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger
* 2007: '' Max Minsky und ich'' - Risa Ginsberg
* 2007: ' - Mietzi
* 2008: ''Was wenn der Tod uns scheidet?'' - Marie Dunkel
* 2008: '' Die zweite Frau'' - Frau Kobarek
* 2009: '' Hilde'' - Else Bongers
* 2009: '' Soul Kitchen'' - Nadines Großmutter
* 2009: ''Ladylike
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'' (TV film) - Lore Winter
* 2009: ' - Traudl Krieger (final film role)
References
External links
*
Obit in ''Variety''
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1944 births
2009 deaths
Austrian emigrants to Germany
Austrian film actresses
Austrian stage actresses
Austrian television actresses
20th-century Austrian actresses
21st-century Austrian actresses
Deaths from lung cancer in Germany
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