Ruth Hausmeister (5 June 1912 – 1 February 2012) was a German

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whose career, centered primarily in

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, spanned decades. She also had more than eighty credits in German film and television as well. Her film credits included '' The Longest Day'' and ''

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''. Her television credits included '' Der Kommissar'' and '' Stahlnetz'', a detective series. Her last television role was in the 1990s

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, ''

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'', in which she played the mother of actors Fritz Wepper and

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. Hausmeister died on 1 February 2012 in Munich at the age of 99.Obituary for Ruth Hausmeister in the Süddeutsche
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Selected filmography

* '' Girls Behind Bars'' (1949) - Ilse Heidenreich, 'Heidin' * '' Karriere in Paris'' (1952) - Gräfin Beauséant * ''

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'' (1954) - Martins Mutter * ''

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'' (1958) - Frau Hartog * '' The Man Who Sold Himself'' (1959) - Sekretärin von Sending * '' The Bridge'' (1959) - Mrs. Mutz * '' Tomorrow Is My Turn'' (1960) - Frau Keßler * '' The Green Archer'' (1961) - (uncredited) * '' The Longest Day'' (1962) - Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1973) - Inge Marie Giese

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1912 births 2012 deaths German stage actresses German film actresses German television actresses Actresses from Stuttgart 20th-century German actresses {{Germany-screen-actor-stub