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Barbara Valentin | |
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Born | Ursula Ledersteger 15 December 1940 |
Died | 22 February 2002 | (aged 61)
Other names | Barbara Valentine |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1959–2001 |
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.
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.
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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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 |
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (November 2018) |
Barbara Valentin | |
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![]() 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 |
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.
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.
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 |