Isolde Barth (born 24 August 1948) is a German movie, theater and television actress. She appeared in over 60 films between 1968 and 2013. In 1968 she first appeared in a minor role in the German comedy 24 Hour Lover [de]. She also appeared in Group Portrait with a Lady (1977), directed by Aleksandar Petrović and starring Romy Schneider.

Isolde Barth
Born
Isolde Maria Theresia Barth

(1948-08-24)24 August 1948
Alma materFolkwang University of the Arts
OccupationActress
Years activesince 1968
Websitewww.management-lautenbacher.de/isolde-barth.htm

Career

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Isolde Maria Theresa Barth played already during her school time at Ursulinen-Gymnasium Mannheim small roles at National Theatre Mannheim. She began her acting training at Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst (University of Music and Performing Arts) Stuttgart and then moved on to the Folkwang University of the Arts Essen. She graduated in summer 1970.

Barth is an internationally known actress. Among many movies she played in the mini-series Holocaust (1978) for American television. She played in Ingmar Bergman's The Serpent's Egg (1977), several productions by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1991) which was created by George Lucas. In addition to her film roles Isolde Barth was also seen repeatedly in German and French TV productions and series.

In 2007 Isolde Barth was inducted into the Deutsche Filmakademie.[1] Since 2009 she is a member of the jury of the Bavarian Film Awards.

Personal life

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Isolde Barth lives in Munich.

Credits

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Film

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This is only a selection, not a complete list of Barth's movies:

Year Title Role Director Notes
1974 Schattenreiter Schneewittchen George Moorse
1975 Flacons D'Or Isolde Werner Schroeter
1977 The Serpent's Egg Ingmar Bergman
1978 The Unicorn Maria Peter Patzak
1978 In a Year of 13 Moons Sybille Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1980 Exit... nur keine Panik Gerti Franz Novotny
1980 Purity of Heart [de] Robert van Ackeren
1981 Lola Mrs. Völker Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1989 Pestalozzi's Mountain Rosalia Peter von Gunten
1990 Quiet Days in Clichy Ania Regentag Claude Chabrol
1990 Dr. M Mrs. Sehr Claude Chabrol
1991 Malina Mother Werner Schroeter
1992 The Long Conversation with the Bird [pl] Aunt Mathilde Krzysztof Zanussi
2000 Merci pour le chocolat Pauline Claude Chabrol

Television

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Year Title Role Director Notes
1977 Holocaust Eva Marvin J. Chomsky
1990 Touch and Die Gina Piernico Solinas
1991 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Helene Schweitzer Simon Wincer / George Lucas

Stage

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Year Title Director Notes
1975 Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant & Karin Rainer Werner Fassbinder Schweizer Tournee Theater
2007–2008 Baal Hans Neuenfels Münchner Volkstheater

References

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  1. ^ "Home".
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