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Luitgard Im (12 January 1930 – 21 February 1997) was a German theater and film actress. She was active in many movies and TV-production for almost 50 years.


Biography

Luitgard Im was born in
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,
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. Luitgard Im debuted on film in the
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movie ''Alle kann ich nicht heiraten'' in 1952. The following years she had the lead role in many TV-movies like ''Die Stunde der Antigone'', ''Phädra'', and ''Fräulein Julie''. She won particular fame as
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and as
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in the eponymous plays by
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in
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's '' Caesar and Cleopatra''. She received considerable success in the movie ' in 1969. In 1965, she received the Golden Camera award. Im had several roles in popular TV-series like '' Der Kommissar'', '' Der Alte'' and ''
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'', where she appeared in two episodes (in 1975 and 1981). Her final role was in the German TV-series ''Air Albatros'' in 1994. Im died aged 67 in her birth town
Wemding Wemding () is a town in the Donau-Ries district of Bavaria, Germany. Wemding is situated on the edge of the Ries meteorite crater in the Geopark Ries. History The town of Wemding was founded in 793, documented as "Uuemodinga" in a donation d ...
in 1997. A book under the title ''Arm, aber reich...'' was published posthumously with experienced and told anecdotes of Luitgard Im.


Filmography


Film

*1952: ''
I Can't Marry Them All ''I Can't Marry Them All'' () is a 1952 West German musical comedy film directed by Hans Wolff and starring Sonja Ziemann, Adrian Hoven and Hardy Krüger.Bock & Bergfelder p.553 It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location i ...
'' - Emmi *1955: ''Urlaub auf Ehrenwort'' - Dagmar Köhler *1966: ''Spätere Heirat erwünscht'' - Nina *1969: '' When Sweet Moonlight Is Sleeping in the Hills'' - May *1979: ' - Anna


Television

*1954: ''Die Generalprobe'' (TV Movie) - Julie *1960: ''Die Stunde der Antigone'' (TV Movie) - Antigone *1963: ''Beatrice und Juan'' (TV Movie) - Julia *1964: ''Elektra'' (TV Movie) - Elektra *1975-1981: ''
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'' - Frau Dederich / Kamilla Kessler *1994: ''Air Albatros'' - (final appearance)


External links

*http://www.filmportal.de/df/1d/Credits,,,,,,,,A8594B177A88475EB9BE501F74A176B3credits,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.html Luitgard Im on Filmportal.de * *http://www.discogs.com/artist/Luitgard+Im Luitgard Im on Discogs.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Im, Luitgard 1930 births 1997 deaths People from Donau-Ries German film actresses German stage actresses German television actresses 20th-century German actresses Actresses from Bavaria