Isolde Barth

Isolde Barth
Born Isolde Maria Theresia Barth
August 24, 1948
Maxdorf, Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)
Residence Munich
Alma mater Folkwang University of the Arts
Occupation Actress
Years active since 1968
Website
www.management-lautenbacher.de/isolde-barth.htm

Isolde Barth (August 24 1948 in Maxdorf, Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) is a German movie, theater and television actress. She appeared in over 60 films between 1968 and 2013. 1968 she first appeared in a minor role in the German comedy Bengelchen liebt kreuz und quer. She also appeared in Group Portrait with a Lady (1977) directed by Aleksandar Petrović starring Romy Schneider.

Career

Isolde Maria Theresa Barth played already during her school time at Ursulinen-Gymnasium Mannheim small roles at National Theatre Mannheim. She began her acting training at Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst (University of Music and Performing Arts) Stuttgart and then moved on to the Folkwang University of the Arts Essen. She graduated in summer 1970.

Barth is an is an internationally known actress. Among manny movies she played in the mini-series Holocaust (1978) for American television. She played in Ingmar Bergman's The Serpent's Egg (1977), as well as in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1991) which was created by George Lucas. In addition to her film roles Isolde Barth was also seen repeatedly in German and French TV productions and series.

In 2007 Isolde Barth was inducted into the Deutsche Filmakademie.[1] Since 2009 she is a member of the jury of the Bavarian Film Awards.

Personal life

Isolde Barth lives in Munich.

Credits

Film

This is only a selection, not a complete list of Barth's movies:

Year Title Director Notes
1973 Schattenreiter George Moorse
1975 Flacons D'Or Werner Schroeter
1977 The Serpent's Egg Ingmar Bergman
1978 Das Einhorn Peter Patzak
1978 In a Year of 13 Moons Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1981 Lola Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1989 Pestalozzi's Mountain Peter von Gunten
1990 Quiet Days in Clichy Claude Chabrol
1990 Dr. M Claude Chabrol
1991 Malina Werner Schroeter
1992 Long conversation with a bird (originally Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel) Krzysztof Zanussi
2000 Merci pour le chocolat Claude Chabrol

Stage and television

Year Title Director Notes
1975 Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant & Karin Rainer Werner Fassbinder Schweizer Tournee Theater
2007 -2008 Baal Hans Neuenfels Münchner Volkstheater
1977 Holocaust Marvin J. Chomsky
1990 Touch and die Piernico Solinas
1991 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Simon Wincer / George Lucas

References

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