Renate Brausewetter (

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, 1 October 1905 –

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, 20 August 2006) was a

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-born

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actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

. She was the younger sister of famous German actor

Hans Brausewetter Hans Brausewetter (27 May 1899 – 29 April 1945) was a German stage and film actor of the silent film, silent era. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1922 and 1945. He appeared in the 1923 film ''The Treasure (1923 film), The Treasu ...

. Brausewetter was born in Málaga, Spain, moving to

Berlin, Germany Berlin ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the highest population within its city limits of any city in the European Union. The city is also one of the states of ...

in 1915. She made her screen debut in 1925's ''

Die freudlose Gasse ''Joyless Street'' (), also titled ''The Street of Sorrow'' or ''The Joyless Street'', is a 1925 German silent film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst starring Greta Garbo, Asta Nielsen and Werner Krauss. It is based on a novel by Hugo Bettauer ...

'' (''The Joyless Street''), appearing alongside

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. Brausewetter appeared in over a dozen silent films, but retired from acting in 1928 before the advent of sound. She appeared in only one sound picture, 1950's '' The Staircase''. Brausewetter was living in a retirement home in

when she died of natural causes on 20 August 2006, aged 100. She is buried in the English Cemetery in

Selected filmography

* '' The Hanseatics'' (1925) * '' Den of Iniquity'' (1925) * ''

Secrets of a Soul ''Secrets of a Soul'' () is a 1926 silent German drama film directed by G. W. Pabst. Plot Martin Fellman, a learned professor, experiences nightmares that make him believe he is going insane. He fears that he is on the verge of murdering his ...

'' (1926) * ''

People to Each Other ''People to Each Other'' () is a 1926 Cinema of Germany, German silent film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Alfred Abel, Aud Egede-Nissen, and Eduard Rothauser. The film's art direction was by Otto Moldenhauer. Cast References Bi ...

'' (1926) * '' Tough Guys, Easy Girls'' (1927) * ''

The Lorelei ''The Lorelei'' () is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Wolfgang Neff and starring Renate Brausewetter, Trude Hesterberg, and Lotte Lorring. The film's sets were designed by Willi Herrmann Willi Herrmann (1893–1968) was a German ...

'' (1927) * '' The Old Fritz'' (1928) * '' The Staircase'' (1950)

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