Tabea Blumenschein (11 August 1952 – 29 February 2020) was a German painter, actress, film director, screenwriter, costume/set designer and musician. Blumenschein was born in Rietheim, Germany. She studied art at Kunstschule Konstanz and moved to Berlin in 1973. She starred in 5 films by

Ulrike Ottinger Ulrike Ottinger (born 6 June 1942) is a German filmmaker and photographer. Early life In 1959 Ulrike Ottinger began studying at the Academy of Arts in Munich and worked as a painter. Her mother, Maria Weinberg, was a journalist and her father, ...

. She designed the collection "Big Birds" for Berlin Knitweardesigner Claudia Skoda which was presented at Berlin Kongresshalle in 1979. She was awarded the Deutscher Filmpreis in Gold 1981 for her Setdesign for the Film "Looping". She collaborated with the performance art and music group

Die Tödliche Doris Die Tödliche Doris ''(Deadly Doris;'' a pun on ''tödliche Dosis,'' meaning ''lethal dose)'' was a performance art and music group based in West Berlin from 1980 to 1987. It was founded by band members Wolfgang Müller and and later joined by , ...

and recorded with Gudrun Gut, Bettina Koester, Frieder Butzmann, and with Die Dominas. Blumenschein died in Berlin, aged 67.

Filmography

* ''Laokoon & Söhne '' (

and Tabea Blumenschein 1973) * ' (''Die Betörung der blauen Matrosen''), (Ulrike Ottinger and Tabea Blumenschein 1975) * ''Portrait Marianne Rosenberg'', (

Rosa von Praunheim Holger Bernhard Bruno Mischwitzky (born Holger Radtke; 25 November 1942), known professionally as Rosa von Praunheim, is a German film director, author, producer, professor of directing and one of the most influential and famous LGBT social move ...

1976) * ' (''Madame X – Eine absolute Herrscherin''), (Ulrike Ottinger 1978) * ''

Ticket of No Return ''Ticket of No Return'' () is a German drama film, directed by Ulrike Ottinger and released in 1979. The film is considered to be the first of Ottinger's "Berlin Trilogy", alongside the later films ''Freak Orlando'' and '. An exploration of the w ...

'' (''Bildnis einer Trinkerin''), (Ulrike Ottinger 1979) * '' Taxi zum Klo'', ( Frank Ripploh, 1980) * ''Das Graupelberhuhn'' (

1982) * ''Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten'' (black&white, S-8, with

Udo Kier Udo Kierspe (born 14 October 1944), known professionally as Udo Kier, is a German actor. Known primarily as a character actor, he has appeared in more than 220 films in both leading and supporting roles throughout Europe and the Americas. He has ...

, direction and script: Tabea Blumenschein 1982) * ''Uliisses'', (

Werner Nekes Werner Nekes (29 April 1944 – 22 January 2017) was a German experimental film director, and a collector of historical optical objects. Biography Born in Erfurt, Nekes grew up in Duisburg and went to school in Oberhausen and Mülheim. From 1963 o ...

1982) * '. (Ulrike Ottinger 1984) * ''Zagarbata'', (director and script: Tabea Blumenschein, 1985)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Blumenschein, Tabea 1952 births 2020 deaths Actors from Konstanz German film actresses Film people from Baden-Württemberg German women film directors Actresses from Baden-Württemberg