Monica Bleibtreu

Known for ActingBorn 1944-05-04Died 2009-05-14Wien, Austria

Monica Bleibtreu (born May 4, 1944, in Vienna; died May 13, 2009, in Hamburg) was an Austrian actress, acting instructor, and screenwriter. Bleibtreu hailed from a family with a long-standing theatrical tradition. Her father, Renato Attilio Bleibtreu, directed the *Wiener Zimmerbühne* in Mödling, and her great-aunt was the renowned actress Hedwig Bleibtreu. Following the financial failure of the theater, Monica Bleibtreu was compelled to contribute to her family's livelihood while still a teenager. At the age of sixteen, she moved to Hamburg, where she took acting lessons. She later studied at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. Her career began on the stage, where she performed at venues including the *Schillertheater* in Berlin, the *Freie Volksbühne Berlin*, the *Münchner Kammerspiele*, and the *Burgtheater*. From 1993 to 1998, Bleibtreu served as a professor of acting at the University of Music and Theatre Hamburg. She landed her first television role in 1972 in the crime series *Der Kommissar*. Over the following decades, she established herself as one of the most distinguished character actresses in German-language film and television. Her later works include the television film *Ein starker Abgang*—starring alongside Bruno Ganz—as well as the feature films *Tannöd* and *Soul Kitchen*, both of which were released posthumously. Her son, the actor Moritz Bleibtreu, was born of her relationship with the actor Hans Brenner. Monica Bleibtreu died in Hamburg in 2009 at the age of 65.Read more

Movies & web series

Happy Hour oder Glück und Glas

Das gestohlene Leben

Dr. Robert Schumann, Teufelsromantiker

Ein einzelner Mord

Die einzige Chance

Die Gang

Die schwarzen Brüder

Der Zappler

Halbzeit

Adele Spitzeder

Die Mutter

Himmel, Polt und Hölle

Polt muss weinen

Gefährliche Gefühle

Lesen! Mit Elke Heidenreich

Germanija

Blumen für Polt

Die Nichte und der Tod

Die Sekretärinnen

Totalschaden

Romy Award

Lauter Glückspilze

Gesichter des Schattens

Amerika oder der Verschollene

Für die Liebe ist es nie zu spät

Der Nebelmörder - Schatten über der Stadt

4 Against Z

Wedding Shower

No Sex

Tödliche Schatten

German Television Award

Rosenzweig's Freedom

Siska

Echt Harder

Santa Fe

Fallstudien

Menschenfresser

Pariser Geschichten

Wilsberg

The Commissioner

Die Ballade von Peckham Rye

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

Run Lola Run

Donna Leon

Love Your Female Neighbor!

Der Fahnder

Was wenn der Tod uns scheidet

Liebesschuld