Sabine Bethmann (25 October 1929 – 8 November 2021) was a German film and television actress.
Biography
Bethmann was born in
Tilsit
Sovetsk (russian: Сове́тск; german: Tilsit; Old Prussian: ''Tilzi''; lt, Tilžė; pl, Tylża) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the south bank of the Neman River which forms the border with Lithuania.
Geography
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,
East Prussia
East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label= Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1 ...
on 25 October 1929. She first appeared in the 1956 movie ''Waldwinter'' and became popular by her
Fritz Lang
Friedrich Christian Anton Lang (; December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976), known as Fritz Lang, was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in Germany and later the United States.Obituary ''Variety'', August 4, 1976, p. 6 ...
movies like ''
The Tiger of Eschnapur'' and ''
The Indian Tomb''. Bethmann abandoned her career in 1968 and appeared only in a few TV productions afterwards.
She was originally cast for the role of Varinia in ''
Spartacus
Spartacus ( el, Σπάρτακος '; la, Spartacus; c. 103–71 BC) was a Thracian gladiator who, along with Crixus, Gannicus, Castus, and Oenomaus, was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprisin ...
'' but only lasted two days. During that time,
Anthony Mann
Anthony Mann (born Emil Anton Bundsmann; June 30, 1906 – April 29, 1967) was an American film director and stage actor.
Mann initially started as a theatre actor appearing in numerous stage productions. In 1937, he moved to Hollywood where ...
resigned as director after a falling-out with
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in ''The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'' (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Dou ...
and was succeeded by
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick (; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, his films, almost all of which are adaptations of nove ...
who demanded a more experienced actress for the role. Bethmann was replaced by
Jean Simmons
Jean Merilyn Simmons, (31 January 1929 – 22 January 2010) was a British actress and singer. One of J. Arthur Rank's "well-spoken young starlets", she appeared predominantly in films, beginning with those made in Great Britain during and aft ...
.
Bethmann died on 8 November 2021, at the age of 92.
Filmography
*1956: ''
Waldwinter''
*1956: ''Das Donkosakenlied''
*1956: ''
My Aunt, Your Aunt''
*1957: ''Das große Heimweh'' / ''Heimweh – dort, wo die Blumen blüh'n''
*1957: '
*1958: ''
The Csardas King''
*1958: ''Vergiß mein nicht'' / ''Ohne Dich kann ich nicht leben''
*1959: ''
The Tiger of Eschnapur''
*1959: ''
The Indian Tomb''
*1959: ''Heimat – Deine Lieder''
*1959: '
*1960: ''
Juanito''
*1962: ''
Doctor Sibelius''
*1962: ''Alarm für Dora X'' (TV)
*1962: ''Trompeten der Liebe'' / ''Der Pastor mit der Jazztrompete''
*1963: '
*1963: ''
Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse''
*1964: ''Schwarzer Peter'' (TV)
*1965: ''Intercontinental-Express'' (TV)
*1965: ''Jean'' (TV)
*1965: ''Mädchen hinter Gittern''
*1965: ''
Oklahoma John''
*1966: ''
Cliff Dexter'' (TV)
*1966: ''
The Doctor Speaks Out''
*1968: ''Erotik auf der Schulbank''
*1968: ''Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank – Zum Teufel mit der Penne''
*1968: '
*1970: ''
Gentlemen in White Vests
Gentlemen in White Vests (german: Die Herren mit der weißen Weste) is a 1970 German comedy film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and starring Martin Held, Walter Giller and Heinz Erhardt.
It was shot at the Spandau Studios and on location around ...
''
*1979: ''
The Old Fox
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: Teufelsbrut'' (TV)
*1990: ''Kaffeklatsch'' (short)
References
External links
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Biography of Sabine Bethmann(German)
1929 births
2021 deaths
20th-century German actresses
German film actresses
German television actresses
People from East Prussia
People from Tilsit
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