| Monica Bleibtreu | |
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Bleibtreu at the Premiere of Max Minsky und ich on 2 September 2007 |
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| Born | 4 May 1944 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | 13 May 2009 Hamburg, Germany |
Monica Bleibtreu (4 May 1944 – 13 May 2009) was an Austrian actress and screenwriter, best-known in the German-speaking world for her German film, television and stage roles.[1]
Bleibtreu was born in Vienna, Austria. She made her cinema debut in Ludwig-Requiem for a Virgin King in 1972.[1] Her later roles included appearances in Vier Minuten and Tom Tykwer's Run Lola Run, which also starred her son, actor Moritz Bleibtreu.
She also starred as Katia Mann in Heinrich Breloers television biodrama, The Manns - Novel of a Century, and in Hilde, a biopic of the late German actress and singer Hildegard Knef, which was released in 2009.[1]
Bleibtreu died on 13 May 2009, aged 65, in Hamburg, Germany, after a long battle with cancer.[1] German President Horst Koehler released a statement saying he was "dismayed" by her death, telling her son that "she enthused countless people" during her career.[1]
Her last films, The Murder Farm or Tannöd, directed by Bettina Oberli, and Soul Kitchen, directed by Fatih Akın, were released in 2009 after her death.