Monica Bleibtreu
{{short description|Austrian-German actress and screenwriter}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Monica Bleibtreu
| image = Monica Bleibtreu.4523.jpg
| caption = Bleibtreu at the Premiere of Max Minsky and Me on 2 September 2007
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1944|5|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Vienna, Alpine and Danube Reichsgaue, Nazi Germany
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|5|13|1944|5|4|df=y}}
| death_place = Hamburg, Germany
}}
Monica Bleibtreu ({{IPA|de|ˈmoːnika ˈblaɪptʁɔʏ|lang|De-Monica Bleibtreu.ogg}}; 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.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/news/german-actress-monica-bleibtreu-dies-1118003724/|title=German actress Monica Bleibtreu dies|date=2009-05-15|work=Variety|accessdate=2009-11-21}}
Life and career
Bleibtreu was born in Vienna, Austria, the daughter of Helene Buchholt and Renato Attilio Bleibtreu.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=guNCAQAAIAAJ&q=Renato+Bleibtreu+Helene+Buchholt|title=Hamburgische Biografie 5: Personenlexikon|first1=Franklin|last1=Kopitzsch|first2=Dirk|last2=Brietzke|date=October 1, 2010|publisher=Wallstein Verlag GmbH|isbn=9783835306400|via=Google Books}} She studied drama at the renowned Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna{{cite web |url=http://www.arte.tv/de/Monica-Bleibtreu/769928.html |title=Monica Bleibtreu | die Manns | de - ARTE |accessdate=2012-01-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923184524/http://www.arte.tv/de/Monica-Bleibtreu/769928.html |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |df=mdy-all }} and made her cinema debut in Ludwig-Requiem for a Virgin King in 1972. 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. From 1993 to 1998 Bleibtreu taught drama at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.
Bleibtreu died of lung cancer on 13 May 2009, aged 65, in Hamburg. 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. Her last films, {{Interlanguage link multi|The Murder Farm|de|3=Tannöd (Film)|lt=The Murder Farm}} (Tannöd), directed by {{Interlanguage link multi|Bettina Oberli|de}}, and Soul Kitchen, directed by Fatih Akın, were released in 2009 after her death.
Filmography
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- 1971: Change (TV film) - Guggi
- 1972: Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King - Elisabet Ney
- 1972: {{ill|Adele Spitzeder (film)|de|3=Adele Spitzeder (Film)|lt=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
- 1981: Obszön - Der Fall Peter Herzl - Rosa
- 1982: I'll Be Waiting (TV film) - Nelly Best
- 1982: Das Dorf an der Grenze (TV miniseries) - Hertha
- 1983: Der Zappler - Stefan's Mother
- 1983: Variation (TV film) - Eva
- 1984: Love Is the Beginning of All Terror - Gisela
- 1984: Lenin in Zürich (TV film) - Nadezhda Krupskaya
- 1986: {{Interlanguage link multi|Wohin und zurück 2 – Santa Fe|fr|Welcome in Vienna: Santa Fe}} (TV film) - Mrs. Shapiro
- 1986: Mit meinen heißen Tränen (TV film)
- 1987: Lethal Obsession - Cilly
- 1988: Midnight Cop - Mrs. Carstens
- 1992: {{ill|Mau Mau (1992 film)|de|3=Mau Mau (Film)|lt=Mau Mau}}
- 1997: Maria - Marias Mutter
- 1998: Women Don't Lie - Hausmeisterin
- 1998: Run Lola Run - Die Blinde (uncredited)
- 1998: {{ill|Love Your Neighbour!|de|Liebe deine Nächste!}} - Gräfin
- 1998: Rosenzweigs Freiheit - Judge
- 1999: Ein einzelner Mord - Mother
- 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
- 2003: Himmel Polt und Hölle (TV film) - Aloisia Habesam
- 2004: {{Ill|The Wishing Tree (miniseries)|de|3=Der Wunschbaum (2004)|lt=The Wishing Tree}} (TV miniseries) - Tante Lenka
- 2004: {{Interlanguage link multi|Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of the Blue Owls|de|Bibi Blocksberg und das Geheimnis der blauen Eulen}} - Walpurgia
- 2005: Waves (TV film) - Generalin von Palinkow
- 2006: {{ill|Marias's Last Journey|de|Marias letzte Reise}} (TV film) - Maria
- 2006: Maria an Callas - Jenny Ritz
- 2006: Four Minutes - Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger
- 2007: {{Ill|Max Minsky and Me|de|Max Minsky und ich}} - Risa Ginsberg
- 2007: {{Interlanguage link multi|The Heart Is a Dark Forest|de|Das Herz ist ein dunkler Wald}} - Mietzi
- 2008: {{ill|A Grand Exit|fr|Le Grincheux (téléfilm)}} (TV film) - Vera Hartel
- 2008: {{ill|What if Death Do Us Part?|de|Was wenn der Tod uns scheidet?}} - Marie Dunkel
- 2008: My Mother, My Bride and I - Frau Kobarek
- 2009: Hilde - Else Bongers
- 2009: Soul Kitchen - Nadine's Grandmother
- 2009: Ladylike (TV film) - Lore Winter
- 2009: {{Interlanguage link multi|The Murder Farm|de|3=Tannöd (Film)|lt=The Murder Farm}} - Traudl Krieger (final film role)
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References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|0088179}}
- [https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003724.html?categoryId=25&cs=1 Obit in Variety]
- [https://www.welt.de/kultur/article3743966/Schauspielerin-Monica-Bleibtreu-gestorben.html Article on Monica Bleibtreu (in German)]
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Category:20th-century German actresses
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