Ruth Lommel (1918–2012) was a German
stage and
film actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...
.
[Giesen p. 185] She was the daughter of the actor
Ludwig Manfred Lommel. Her brother
Ulli Lommel
Ulli Lommel (21 December 1944 – 2 December 2017) was a German Film actor, actor and Film director, director, noted for his many collaborations with Rainer Werner Fassbinder and his association with the New German Cinema movement. Lommel spent ...
also became an actor, while another brother
Manuel Lommel is a
cinematographer
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.
She was married to the
racing driver
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Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...
Emil Vorster
Emil "Teddy" Vorster (12 April 1910 – 10 May 1976) is a German racing driver and entrepreneur, so-called ''gentleman-racing driver'' and motorsport-functionary. The silk- manufacturer (owner/general manager of C. C. bang Silk weaving) of Rhey ...
.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Unfaithful Eckehart'' (1940)
* ''
Riding for Germany
''Riding for Germany'' (german: Reitet für Deutschland) is a 1941 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Willy Birgel, Gertrud Eysoldt and Gerhild Weber. A German cavalry officer, badly injured during the First World W ...
'' (1941)
* ''
The Swedish Nightingale'' (1941)
* ''
The Big Game'' (1942)
* ''
When Men Cheat
''When Men Cheat'' (german: Wenn Männer schwindeln) is a 1950 West German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Grethe Weiser, Kurt Seifert and Jeanette Schultze.Bock & Bergfelder p. 519
It was made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. ...
'' (1950)
* ''
Harbour Melody
''Harbour Melody'' (german: Hafenmelodie) is a 1950 West German crime film directed by Hans Müller and starring Kirsten Heiberg, Paul Henckels and Catja Görna. It is part of a group of postwar German film noirs.Spicer p.109 A gang of crimina ...
'' (1950)
* ''
The Mill in the Black Forest'' (1953)
* ''
Hooray, It's a Boy!'' (1953)
* ''
The Immenhof Girls'' (1955)
* ''
Two Bavarians in St. Pauli
''Two Bavarians in St. Pauli'' (german: Zwei Bayern in St. Pauli) is a 1956 West German comedy film directed by Hermann Kugelstadt and starring Joe Stöckel, Beppo Brem and Lucie Englisch.Eppenberger & Stapfer p. 39
The film's sets were designed ...
'' (1956)
* ''
Between Munich and St. Pauli
''Between Munich and St. Pauli'' or ''The Jolly Detectives'' (german: Zwischen München und St. Pauli or german: Die fidelen Detektive, label=none) is a 1957 West German comedy crime film directed by Hermann Kugelstadt and starring Joe Stöckel, ...
'' (1957)
* ''
The Muzzle'' (1958)
References
Bibliography
* Giesen, Rolf. ''Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2003.
External links
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1918 births
2012 deaths
German film actresses
German stage actresses
Actors from Wrocław
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