Monica Bleibtreu

Monica Bleibtreu (; 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.

Life and career Bleibtreu was born in Vienna, Austria, the daughter of Helene Buchholt and Renato Attilio Bleibtreu. She studied drama at the renowned Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna 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, (Tannöd), directed by , and Soul Kitchen, directed by Fatih Akın, were released in 2009 after her death.

Filmography

1971: Change (TV film) - Guggi 1972: Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King - Elisabet Ney 1972: (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: (TV film) - Mrs. Shapiro 1986: Mit meinen heißen Tränen (TV film) 1987: Lethal Obsession - Cilly 1988: Midnight Cop - Mrs. Carstens 1992: 1997: Maria - Marias Mutter 1998: Women Don't Lie - Hausmeisterin 1998: Run Lola Run - Die Blinde (uncredited) 1998: - 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: (TV miniseries) - Tante Lenka 2004: - Walpurgia 2005: Waves (TV film) - Generalin von Palinkow 2006: (TV film) - Maria 2006: Maria an Callas - Jenny Ritz 2006: Four Minutes - Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger 2007: - Risa Ginsberg 2007: - Mietzi 2008: (TV film) - Vera Hartel 2008: - 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: - Traudl Krieger (final film role)