Monica Bleibtreu
| Monica Bleibtreu | |
|---|---|
 Bleibtreu at the Premiere of Max Minsky und ich on 2 September 2007 | |
| Born |
May 4, 1944 Vienna, Austria |
| Died |
May 13, 2009 (aged 65) Hamburg, Germany |
Monica Bleibtreu (May 4, 1944 – May 13, 2009) was an Austrian actress and screenwriter, best known in the German-speaking world for her German film, television and stage roles.[1]
Life and career
Bleibtreu was born in Vienna, Austria, the daughter of Helene Buchholt and Renato Attilio Bleibtreu.[2] She studied drama at the renowned Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna[3] and made her cinema debut in Ludwig-Requiem for a Virgin King in 1972.[1] Her later roles included appearances in Four Minutes 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] From 1993 to 1998 Bleibtreu taught drama at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.[3]
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, Tannöd or The Murder Farm, directed by Bettina Oberli, and Soul Kitchen, directed by Fatih Akın, were released in 2009 after her death.
Filmography
- 1971: Change (TV film) - Guggi
- 1972: Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King - Elisabeth Ney
- 1972: Adele Spitzeder (TV film)
- 1976: Lemminge, Teil 2: Verletzungen (TV film)
- 1978: Alzire oder der neue Kontinent - Julie
- 1978: Mittags auf dem Roten Platz (TV film) - Natalja (1978)
- 1981: Obszön - Der Fall Peter Herzl - Rosa
- 1982: Ich werde warten (TV film) - Nelly Best
- 1982: Das Dorf an der Grenze (TV miniseries) - Hertha
- 1983: Der Zappler - Stefans Mutter
- 1983: Variation (TV film) - Eva
- 1984: Love Is the Beginning of All Terror - Gisela
- 1986: Wohin und zurück 2 - Santa Fe (TV film) - Mrs. Shapiro
- 1986: Mit meinen heißen Tränen (TV film)
- 1986: Lethal Obsession
- 1987: Der Joker - Cilly
- 1988: Killing Blue
- 1992: Mau Mau
- 1997: Maria - Marias Mutter
- 1998: Frauen lügen nicht - Hausmeisterin
- 1998: Run Lola Run - Die Blinde (uncredited)
- 1998: Liebe deine Nächste! - Gräfin
- 1998: Rosenzweigs Freiheit - Richterin
- 1999: Ein einzelner Mord - Seine Mutter
- 1999: Tödliche Schatten (TV film) - Kommissarin
- 2000: Marlene - Witwe von Losch
- 2000: The Farewell - Helene Weigel
- 2001: Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman (TV miniseries) - Katia Mann
- 2002: Amen. - Mrs. Hinze
- 2002: Ikarus -Ida
- 2002: Tattoo - Kommissarin Roth
- 2002: Bibi Blocksberg - Walpurgia
- 2002: Germanija - Maria, older
- 2003: Himmel Polt und Hölle (TV film) - Aloisia Habesam
- 2004: Der Wunschbaum (TV miniseries) - Tante Lenka
- 2004: Bibi Blocksberg und das Geheimnis der blauen Eulen - Walpurgia
- 2005: Wellen (TV film) - Generalin von Palinkow
- 2006: Marias letzte Reise (TV film) - Maria
- 2006: Maria an Callas - Jenny Ritz
- 2006: Four Minutes - Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger
- 2007: Max Minsky und ich - Risa Ginsberg
- 2007: Das Herz ist ein dunkler Wald - Mietzi
- 2008: Was wenn der Tod uns scheidet? - Marie Dunkel
- 2008: Die zweite Frau - Frau Kobarek
- 2009: Hilde - Else Bongers
- 2009: Soul Kitchen - Nadines Großmutter
- 2009: Ladylike (TV film) - Lore Winter
- 2009: Tannöd - Traudl Krieger (final film role)