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Monica Bleibtreu

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Monica Bleibtreu
Bleibtreu at the Premiere of Max Minsky and Me on 2 September 2007
Born(1944-05-04)4 May 1944
Vienna, Alpine and Danube Reichsgaue, Nazi Germany
Died13 May 2009(2009-05-13) (aged 65)
Hamburg, Germany

Monica Bleibtreu (German: [ˈmoːnika ˈblaɪptʁɔʏ] ⓘ; 4 May 1944 – 13 May 2009) was an Austrian-German actress and screenwriter, best known in the German-speaking world for her film, television and stage roles.[1]

Life and career

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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 Breloer's 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 of lung cancer on 13 May 2009, aged 65, in Hamburg.[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 [de] (Tannöd), directed by Bettina Oberli [de], and Soul Kitchen, directed by Fatih Akın, were released in 2009 after her death.

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "German actress Monica Bleibtreu dies". Variety. 2009-05-15. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  2. ^ Kopitzsch, Franklin; Brietzke, Dirk (October 1, 2010). Hamburgische Biografie 5: Personenlexikon. Wallstein Verlag GmbH. ISBN 9783835306400 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b "Monica Bleibtreu | die Manns | de - ARTE". Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
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