Christine Buchegger

Christine Buchegger (19 November 1942 – 3 March 2014) was an Austrian theater and television actress, born in Vienna, Austria.

Biography Christine Buchegger was born in Vienna to Maria Buchegger originating from Pettenbach in Upper Austria. After finishing school she attended the Max Reinhardt Seminar, the School of Drama at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria, for two years. Bucheggers first engagement was at the Vereinigten Bühnen Graz in Styria, afterwards she worked at the Linz State Theatre (Landestheater Linz) and the Wiener Volkstheater.

In 1972 she moved to Munich to play at the Bavarian State Theatre (Bayerische Staatsschauspiel) where she continued working until the 1990s. Important roles there included Fontanelle in Edward Bonds Lear (1973), Eliante in Der Menschenfeind (1975), Irina in Drei Schwestern (1978, directed by Ingmar Bergman), Kassandra in Agamemnon (1978), the lead role in Ibsens Hedda Gabler (1979) and the 'Buhlschaft' in Jedermann at the Salzburg Festival 1979 with Maximilian Schell in the lead role.

From 1980 she took a break from acting and returned 1984 to the stage performing Johanne Luise Heiberg in Per Olov Enquists Aus dem Leben der Regenwürmer and the Mutter in Frühlings Erwachen (1992).

Buchegger died on 3 March 2014 in Munich unexpectedly during minor surgery. She was 71 years old and is buried at the Nordfriedhof in Munich in an urn grave.

Filmography

1960: Glocken läuten überall 1961: Das Land des Lächelns 1964: Die Schneekönigin 1966: Das Märchen 1970: Rebell in der Soutane 1971: Der Fall Eleni Voulgari 1972: Sultan zu verkaufen 1972: Das Hohelied 1972: The Salzburg Connection 1973: The Pedestrian 1973: 1975: Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua 1975: Derrick - Season 2, Episode 2: 1975: Lady Dracula (released: 1978) 1976: Graf Yoster: "Der Ton macht die Musik" 1976: Graf Yoster: "Undank ist der Welt Lohn" 1976: 1977: 1977: 1977: Travesties 1978: Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre 1978: Derrick - Season 5, Episode 1: "Der Fotograf" 1979: Derrick - Season 6, Episode 3: "Schubachs Rückkehr" 1980: From the Life of the Marionettes 1985: Wind von Südost 1986: Derrick: "Ein eiskalter Hund" 1989: Derrick - Season 16, Episode 7: "Schrei in der Nacht" 1991: Derrick: "Penthaus" 1992: Mord im Wald 1993: Dann eben mit Gewalt 1993: Der rote Vogel 1994: Endloser Abschied 1994: (TV series) 1994: Derrick: "Nachts, als sie nach Hause lief" 1996: Liebe, Leben, Tod 1999: Frische Ware 1999: Die Rache der Carola Waas 1999: Der Schandfleck 2000: Nicht mit uns 2002: Rosamunde Pilcher: Mit den Augen der Liebe