Beatrice Richter

Beatrice Richter (; born 20 December 1948) is a German TV actress, comedian, cabaret artist and jazz singer.

Beatrice Richter concluded an acting education at the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich, which was followed by a jazz dance training under Frank Hatchett in New York.

She began her career with Diether Krebs and Klaus Havenstein at the side of Rudi Carrell in the Radio Bremen comedy program , which ran from 1981 till 1987. For her parody performances she was awarded the Goldene Kamera in 1982. She gained further recognition as partner of Diether Krebs in the sketch comedy serial Sketchup (Bayerischer Rundfunk, 1984–1986), her role was later taken over by Iris Berben. Beatrice Richter furthermore starred in several films with among others Walter Giller and Peter Alexander and also appeared in theater plays.

In 2004 she appeared on stage with Peter Schmidt-Pavloff, Johannes Heesters, Cordula Trantow and Fred Alexander in Hugo von Hofmannsthal's play Jedermann in front of the Cologne Cathedral. There she played the roles of the Journeyman, the Devil and the Mammon.

Photos of her appeared in the August 1982 edition of the German Playboy magazine.

She is the mother of actress Judith Richter (born 1978), who originates from a temporary relationship with the actor Heinz Baumann.

Selected filmography

1971: Der kopflose Falke 1973: Verurteilt 1975: The Concert 1977: 1981: Trokadero 1983: 1983: 1983: The Roaring Fifties 1984: Beautiful Wilhelmine 1984/1985: Sketchup 1985: 1987: Derrick 1988: The Black Forest Clinic 1989: Der Landarzt 1989: Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl 1989: The Adventures of Dr. Bayer 1990–2008: The Old Fox 1994: Salto Postale 1995: Tatort 2003: 2005: Leipzig Homicide 2007/2008: In aller Freundschaft 2008: Siska 2009: SOKO 5113 2009: Da kommt Kalle 2009: Großstadtrevier 2012: München 7