Monica Bleibtreu

Monica Bleibtreu
Bleibtreu at the Premiere of Max Minsky und ich on 2 September 2007
Born	4 May 1944 Vienna, Austria
Died	13 May 2009 Hamburg, Germany

Monica Bleibtreu (4 May 1944 – 13 May 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. She made her cinema debut in Ludwig-Requiem for a Virgin King in 1972.^[1] Her later roles included appearances in Vier Minuten 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]

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, The Murder Farm or Tannöd, directed by Bettina Oberli, and Soul Kitchen, directed by Fatih Akın, were released in 2009 after her death.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "German actress Monica Bleibtreu dies". Variety Magazine. 2009-05-15. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003724.html?categoryId=25&cs=1. Retrieved 2009-11-21. 

External links

• Obit in Variety
• Article on Monica Bleibtreu (in German)

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Name	Bleibtreu, Monica
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Date of birth	4 May 1944
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Date of death	13 May 2009
Place of death	Hamburg, Germany