Monica Bleibtreu
Biography
Monica Bleibtreu (born May 4, 1944, in Vienna; died May 13, 2009, in Hamburg) was an Austrian actress, acting instructor, and screenwriter.
Bleibtreu hailed from a family with a long-standing theatrical tradition. Her father, Renato Attilio Bleibtreu, directed the Wiener Zimmerbühne in Mödling, and her great-aunt was the renowned actress Hedwig Bleibtreu. Following the financial failure of the theater, Monica Bleibtreu was compelled to contribute to her family's livelihood while still a teenager.
At the age of sixteen, she moved to Hamburg, where she took acting lessons. She later studied at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. Her career began on the stage, where she performed at venues including the Schillertheater in Berlin, the Freie Volksbühne Berlin, the Münchner Kammerspiele, and the Burgtheater.
From 1993 to 1998, Bleibtreu served as a professor of acting at the University of Music and Theatre Hamburg.
She landed her first television role in 1972 in the crime series Der Kommissar. Over the following decades, she established herself as one of the most distinguished character actresses in German-language film and television. Her later works include the television film Ein starker Abgang—starring alongside Bruno Ganz—as well as the feature films Tannöd and Soul Kitchen, both of which were released posthumously.
Her son, the actor Moritz Bleibtreu, was born of her relationship with the actor Hans Brenner.
Monica Bleibtreu died in Hamburg in 2009 at the age of 65.
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- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Ursula Danz
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Margot Merten
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Anni Klein
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Vera Kneipier
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Eva Jahn
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Dana
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Dr. Krüger
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Herta Wingert
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Caroline Sever
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Karin Melzer
- The Old Fox (1977) as Gerti Wallner
- The Old Fox (1977) as Therese Thorn
- Derrick (1974) as Anna Krowacs
- DAS! (1991) as Self
- The Johannes B. Kerner Show (1998) as Self
- Wilsberg (1995) as Waltraud Rehmer
- German Film Award (1951) as Self
- Ein starkes Team (1994) as Marie Rosnicek
- Grimme Award (1964) as Self
- Der Fahnder (1984) as Hilde Kehra
- The Commissioner (1969) as Gabriele Bebra
- Romy Award (1990) as Self
- Siska (1998) as Greta Reiher
- Bavarian Film Awards (1979) as Self