Sissy Höfferer (born April 23, 1955 in
Klagenfurt
Klagenfurt am WörtherseeLandesgesetzblatt 2008 vom 16. Jänner 2008, Stück 1, Nr. 1: ''Gesetz vom 25. Oktober 2007, mit dem die Kärntner Landesverfassung und das Klagenfurter Stadtrecht 1998 geändert werden.'/ref> (; ; sl, Celovec), usually ...
,
Austria
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) is an
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
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television
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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 ...
.
She had engagements at numerous theater companies such as the Residenztheater Munich, the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg and the Volkstheater Munich after completing her studies at the Max-Reinhardt-Seminar in Vienna. Concurrently she worked on various feature film and television productions such as ''The Play with Billions'' (Dir.:
Peter Keglevic
Peter Keglevic (born 1950) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 30 films since 1976. His film '' Bella Donna'' was screened at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.
Selected filmography
* ''Tatort: Beweisaufnahme'' (1981, TV ...
), ''Eine unheimliche Karriere'' (Dir.: Eberhard Itzenplitz), ''Regentage'' (Dir.:
Wolfram Paulus
Wolfram Paulus (12 August 1957 – 28 May 2020) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, ...
), ''Thema Nr.1'' (Dir.: Maria Bachmann), ''
Der Bulle von Tölz
''Der Bulle von Tölz'' is a German television series which has been produced and broadcast by Sat.1 since 1996. As of January 2009, 69 self-contained feature-length episodes have been made.
Genre
Set in Bad Tölz, Bavaria, the series is about th ...
'' (Dir.: Walter Bannert), ''
Tatort
''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...
'' (Dir.: Berthold Mittermayer), ''
Polizeiruf 110
''Polizeiruf 110'' ("Police call 110") is a long-running German-language detective television series likened to Poirot. The name links to the emergency telephone number of the ''Volkspolizei''. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the ...
'' (Dir.: Hartmut Griesmayr), ''
Before the Fall'' (Dir.:
Dennis Gansel
Dennis Gansel (born 4 October 1973) is a German film director, writer and actor .
Life and career
Gansel was born in 1973 in Hannover, West Germany, where he graduated from high school in 1993. Gansel worked in the festivals for film and televis ...
), ''Liebe Amelie'' (Dir.: Maris Pfeiffer), ''
Im Namen des Gesetzes
''Im Namen des Gesetzes'' ( en, in the name of the law) is a German television series.
It follows the work of Berlin based criminal police officers and public prosecutors.
Plot
The series is based on the long-running U.S. television series ...
'' (Dir.: Rolf Wellingerhof), ''
Um Himmels Willen
''Um Himmels Willen'' (English: ''For Heaven's Sake'') is a German television sitcom created by Jana Brandt and Sven Döbler, which originally aired on Das Erste since 8 January 2002. The 13th season was aired from 4 March 2014 to 3 June 2014 a ...
'' (Dir.: Uli König).
She can also be seen playing detective Carola Geissler, the female lead, on the long running TV series ''
Die Verbrechen des Professor Capellari
''Die Verbrechen des Professor Capellari'' is a German television series.
See also
*List of German television series
The following is a list of television series produced in Germany:
Current
Drama
* '' 4 Blocks'' ( TNT Serie, 2017–2019 ...
'' for the
ZDF
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Television Network.
On the show she has worked with directors such as Thomas Jauch,
Dirk Regel
Dirk Regel (born 1968 in Berlin) is a German filmmaker. He worked mainly for comedy films and for television.
Career
After high school Dirk Regel was trained as film editor and assistant director. After that he learned film production. He worked ...
, Helmut Metzger,
Nikolai Müllerschön,
Christian Görlitz
Christian Görlitz (1944 – 10 January 2022) was a German film director.
Filmography
* 1984: Das Ende vom Anfang (TV film)
* 1984: Auf einem langen Weg (TV series)
* 1985: Laufen, leiden, länger leben (TV-Miniseries)
* 1985: Der Fahnder (TV ...
and many more.
Selected filmography
* ''
Mathias Sandorf
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'' (1979, TV series)
*''
Derrick
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'' - Season 8, Episode 7: "Das sechste Streichholz" (1981)
*''
Derrick
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'' - Season 9, Episode 4: "Die Fahrt nach Lindau" (1982)
*''
Derrick
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'' - Season 11, Episode 11: "Gangster haben andere Spielregeln" (1984)
*''
Derrick
A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower, an ...
'' - Season 15, Episode 6: "Da läuft eine Riesensache" (1988)
*''
Derrick
A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower, an ...
'' - Season 16, Episode 4: "Blaue Rose" (1989)
*''
Derrick
A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower, an ...
'' - Season 18, Episode 4: "Wer bist du, Vater?" (1991)
*''
Derrick
A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower, an ...
'' - Season 19, Episode 12: "Kein teurer Toter" (1992)
*''
Derrick
A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower, an ...
'' - Season 21, Episode 5: "Eine Endstation" (1994)
*''
Derrick
A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower, an ...
'' - Season 21, Episode 11: "Nachtgebete" (1994)
1998-2004 :Les crimes du professeur Capellari, commissaire Carola Gaessler
External links
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Austrian television actresses
Actors from Klagenfurt
1955 births
Living people
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