Susanne Uhlen (; born Susanne Kieling; January 17, 1955) is a German

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. She is the daughter of actors

Wolfgang Kieling Wolfgang Kieling (16 March 1924 – 7 October 1985) was a German actor. Biography In films since childhood in his native Germany, Kieling appeared in a few American films, notably in Alfred Hitchcock's '' Torn Curtain'' (1966), where he playe ...

and

Gisela Uhlen Gisela Uhlen (16 May 1919 – 16 January 2007) was a German film actress and occasional screen writer. Biography Uhlen was born Gisela Friedlinde Schreck (German national library entry) in Leipzig, Germany as fourth child of Luise Frieda a ...

, and is

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to German actor,

Max Schreck Friedrich Gustav Maximilian Schreck Eickhoff, Stefan. 2007 (6 September 1879 – 20 February 1936), Walk, Ines. 2006. known professionally as Max Schreck, was a German actor, best known for his lead role as the vampire Count Orlok in the film ...

of ''

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'' fame.

Career

Uhlen began her acting career by doing acting spots in

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s as a child, and appeared in her first film at age 9. As a child, she changed schools each year, as her mother constantly had to relocate to keep up with acting commitments. At 16, she married a fellow student, but her mother became involved and ended the marriage. She then married

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Charly Steinberger, with whom she had one son. By this time her acting career was flourishing, but her marriage to Steinberger ended shortly after the birth of their child.

Personal life

In 1981, she met actor , with whom she would have a thirteen-year relationship, producing one child, Christopher Kieling. She has starred in numerous successful German

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, which she continues to do today, along with many film and

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appearances. In 1995, she met and became involved with her current partner, Henry Dawidowicz, a corporate manager for a

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company.

Selected filmography

*'' The Murderer with the Silk Scarf'' (1966, directed by

Adrian Hoven Adrian Hoven (18 May 1922 – 28 April 1981) was an Austrian actor, producer and film director. He appeared in 100 films between 1947 and 1981. He was born in Wöllersdorf, Austria as ''Wilhelm Arpad Hofkirchner'' and died in Tegernsee, We ...

) * '' When Sweet Moonlight Is Sleeping in the Hills'' (1969, directed by

Wolfgang Liebeneiner Wolfgang Georg Louis Liebeneiner (6 October 1905 – 28 November 1987) was a German actor, film director and theatre director. Beginnings He was born in Lubawka, Liebau in Prussian Silesia. In 1928, he was taught by Otto Falckenberg, the directo ...

) *' (1970, directed by

Zbyněk Brynych Zbyněk Brynych (13 June 1927 – 24 August 1995) was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He directed 30 films between 1951 and 1985. Selected filmography Czechoslovakia * '' Suburban Romance'' (1958) * ''Five in a Million'' (1959) * '' ...

) *'' Birdie'' (1971, directed by Hubert Frank) *'' Der Kommissar'' - Season 3, Episode 5: "Lagankes Verwandte" (1971, TV) *'' Der Kommissar'' - Season 6, Episode 7: "Mit den Augen eines Mörders" (1974, TV) *' (1975, TV film) *''

To the Bitter End ''To the Bitter End'' () is a 1975 West German-Austrian drama film directed by Gerd Oswald and starring Maurice Ronet, Suzy Kendall and Susanne Uhlen.Goble p.428 It was shot location filming, on location around Vienna. Synopsis A former film star ...

'' (1975, directed by

Gerd Oswald Gerd Oswald (June 9, 1919 – May 22, 1989) was a German director of American films and television. Biography Born in Berlin, Oswald was the son of German film director Richard Oswald and actress Käthe Oswald. He worked as a child actor be ...

) *'' The Net'' (1975, directed by

Manfred Purzer Manfred Purzer (born 13 April 1931) is a German screenwriter and film director. He wrote more than 20 films between 1955 and 1993. In 1974, he was a member of the jury at the 24th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography Screenw ...

) *''

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'' - Season 2, Episode 4: (1975, TV) *' (1978, TV film) *''

'' - Season 11, Episode 3: "Manuels Pfleger" (1984, TV) *''

Das Erbe der Guldenburgs ("The legacy of the Guldenburgs") is a German television series that originally aired on ZDF from 1987 to 1990 and revolves around the destiny of the Guldenburgs, a wealthy aristocratic family, and their nouveau riche enemies, the Balbecks. Whi ...

'' (1986–1990, TV series) *''A Slip of the Disc'' (1987, TV film) *''

'' - Season 22, Episode 12: "Mitternachtssolo" (1995, TV) *''

'' - Season 12, Episode 8: "Schwester Hilde" (1985, TV)

External links

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