Elisabeth Trissenaar

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Elisabeth Trissenaar
Elisabeth Trissenaar
Born	(1944-04-13) 13 April 1944 Vienna, Austria
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1964–2010
Spouse(s)	Hans Neuenfels
Website
http://elisabeth-trissenaar.com/

Elisabeth Trissenaar (born April 13, 1944) is an Austrian actress, who lives in Berlin.

Life and career

Trissenaar's father was the Dutchman Frans Trijssenaar. After studying at the Max-Reinhardt-Seminar in Vienna, she was cast in her first role at the Bern Theatre in 1964. Between 1972 and 1981, she had great success at the Frankfurt Opera, especially in the roles of Nora Helmer in A Doll's House and Hedda Gabler (both plays by Ibsen), as well as and Medea.

During this time began her collaboration with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, under his direction she was in movies such as The Stattionmaster's Wife (Bolwieser, 1977), In a Year of 13 Moons (1978), The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979), and in the television series of Alfred Döblin's Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980). Also, she played leading roles in Robert van Ackeren's Das andere Lächeln (1978), Purity of Heart (Die Reinheit des Herzens 1980), Angry Harvest (Bittere Ernte, 1985), an Oscar-nominated film, and Xaver Schwarzenberger's Franza (1987).

She is married to the director Hans Neuenfels, with which she has a son, the film director Benedict Neuenfels.

Awards

1981: German critics' award (Deutscher Kritikerpreis)

External links

Trissenaar's Agent
Her page at the Deutsche Filmakademie
Elisabeth Trissenaar at the Internet Movie Database

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 31905187 LCCN: nr97037010 ISNI: 0000 0000 7826 1244 GND: 129396516 BNF: cb142342366

Persondata
Name	Trissenaar, Elisabeth
Alternative names
Short description	Austrian actor
Date of birth	13 April 1944
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Date of death
Place of death

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