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Barbara Valentin (born Ursula Ledersteger; 15 December 1940 – 22 February 2002)[1] was an Austrian actress. She worked in film, often with Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Barbara Valentin | |
|---|---|
 Valentin, c. 1959 | |
| Born | Ursula Ledersteger 15 December 1940 |
| Died | 22 February 2002 (aged 61) |
| Other names | Barbara Valentine |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1959–2001 |
Biography edit
Valentin was born in 1940 as Ursula Ledersteger in Vienna, Austria (then part of Nazi Germany).[2][3] Her father was the Austrian art director, Hans Ledersteger and her mother the actress, Irmgard Alberti. She had a half-brother, Alfred Ledersteger. She was married to German film director Helmut Dietl.[2]
During the early to mid-1980s, Valentin was close friends with Freddie Mercury, who lived with her and her daughter together in her Munich apartment for some time.[4][5] She is featured in the music video for the Queen song, It's a Hard Life.
During her career, Valentin was nicknamed "the German Jayne Mansfield".[6]
On 22 February 2002, Valentin died of a stroke in Munich, Germany at the age of 61.[6] She was buried in the Ostfriedhof in Munich, Germany.
Selected filmography edit
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Horrors of Spider Island | Babs | Fritz Böttger | horror film |
| 1961 | The Girl with the Narrow Hips (German: Das Mädchen mit den schmalen Hüften) | Beauty queen | Johannes Kai | |
| The Festival Girls | Valentine | Leigh Jason | ||
| There Is Still Room in Hell (German: In der Hölle ist noch Platz) | Janet | Ernst R. von Theumer | ||
| 1965 | Our Man in Jamaica | Gloria | Ernst R. von Theumer | |
| 1966 | Call Girls of Frankfurt | Sonja | Rolf Olsen | |
| 1967 | Carmen, Baby | Dolores | Radley Metzger | |
| 1968 | Der Partyphotograph | Barbara | Hans Dieter Bove | |
| The Star Maker | Hotel maid | John Carr | ||
| 1970 | Love, Vampire Style | Rosi | Helmut Förnbacher | |
| 1971 | Furchtlose Flieger | Blondie | Veith von Fürstenberg, Martin Müller | |
| 1972 | King, Queen, Knave | Optician | Jerzy Skolimowski | |
| 1973 | World on a Wire (German: Welt am Draht) | Gloria Fromm | Rainer Werner Fassbinder[7] | TV film |
| 1974 | Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (German: Angst essen Seele auf) | Barbara | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | A film about an older German woman who enters an Arab bar where she meets and marries a younger man from Morocco.[3][8] |
| Martha | Marianne | Rainer Werner Fassbinder[9] | TV film | |
| Effi Briest | Marietta Tripelli | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | ||
| 1975 | Fox and His Friends (German: Faustrecht der Freiheit) | Max's wife | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | |
| 1976 | Bomber & Paganini | Mona | Nikos Perakis | |
| An Isfahanian in the Land of Hitler | Nosratollah Vahdat | |||
| 1977 | Women in Hospital | Angelika's mother | Rolf Thiele | |
| 1978 | Flaming Hearts | Karola Faber | Walter Bockmayer, Rolf Bührmann | |
| 1980 | Berlin Alexanderplatz | Ida | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 15½-hour television adaptation of Alfred Döblin's epic 1929 novel[10] |
| 1981 | Lili Marleen | Eva | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | |
| Looping | Helma | Walter Bockmayer, Rolf Bührmann | ||
| 1984 | Hell is in Heaven (German: Im Himmel ist die Hölle los) | Erika Schrillmann | Helmer von Lützelburg | Satirical film |
| 1987 | The Second Victory | Greta Mayer | Gerald Thomas | |
| 2000 | Fassbinder's Women | Herself | Rosa von Praunheim |
References edit
- ^ "Barbara Valentin, German actress". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ a b Bret, David (2014). Freddie Mercury: An Intimate Biography. ISBN 9781291819434.
- ^ a b Reimer, Robert C.; Reimer, Carol J. (2010). The A to Z of German Cinema. Plymouth, U.K.: Scarecrow Press. p. 300. ISBN 9781461731863.
- ^ Bardola, Nicola (2021). Mercury in München: Seine besten Jahre [Mercury in Munich: His best years]. Heyne Verlag. ISBN 978-3641276539.
- ^ Sechs Jahre hat Freddie Mercury in München gelebt - eine Spurensuche [Freddie Mercury lived in Munich for six years - a search for clues] (in German). Bayerischer Rundfunk. 4 October 2021. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022.
- ^ a b Lentz III, Harris M. (2003). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2002: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 309. ISBN 0786414642 – via Google Books.
- ^ Lim, Dennis (10 April 2010). "A Bold Vision, Still Ahead of Its Time". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "Angst essen Seele auf". Festival de Cannes (in French). Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (1994). "FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW; Fassbinder on the Painfully Tight Bonds of Marriage". Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "Screen: By Fassbinder, 'BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ'". The New York Times. 10 August 1983. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
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