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Biography

Valentin was born in 1940 as Ursula Ledersteger in

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, Austria. Her father was the Austrian art director, Hans Ledersteger and her mother the actress, Irmgard Alberti. She had a half-brother, Alfred Ledersteger. She was married to German film director Helmut Dietl. During the early to mid-1980s, Valentin was close friends with

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. She is featured in the music video for the

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song,

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. During her career, Valentin was nicknamed "the German

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". On 22 February 2002, Valentin died of a stroke in Munich, Germany at the age of 61. She was buried in the Ostfriedhof in Munich, Germany.

Selected filmography

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* * * 1940 births 2002 deaths Austrian expatriates in Germany Austrian film actresses Austrian television actresses Actresses from Vienna 20th-century Austrian actresses Burials at the Ostfriedhof (Munich) {{Austria-actor-stub