Astrid Bless
Astrid Bless (born June 4, 1944 in Mittweida ; † December 30, 2009 in Berlin ) was a German voice actress , cabaret artist and actress .
Life
Astrid Bless studied at the Theater Academy in Leipzig and was for many years protagonist at the Leipzig Schauspielhaus , where she held various roles, such as the "Ophelia" in Hamlet , the "Viola" in Twelfth Night , or the "cobbler woman" in the eponymous play by Federico García Lorca . She also made guest appearances at the stands in Berlin and the Stuttgart Renitenztheater . For six years she was a member of the Academixer in Leipzig .
One of her best-known speaking roles was that of the head witch Walpurgia in the radio play series Bibi Blocksberg , which she took over for the late Maria Axt . As a voice actress she lent her voice to Sophia Loren , Candice Bergen , Holland Taylor and Claudia Cardinale, among others .
Astrid Bless made guest appearances as a cabaret artist with Dorit Gäbler in Leipzig and Halle, among others, and was a celebrated performer in many cities in Germany with her Claire Waldoff program.
She also worked as an actress and often designed roles in television plays. For example, the part of “Thea Kaskel” in the entertainment series Klein, but Charlotte from 1990 is one of her most famous appearances. In 1970 she was one of the moderators of the youth magazine Be there! She was also seen several times in the film series Polizeiruf 110 (among others with List and Tücke 1986, Die last Kundin 1987, Thanner's new job 1991), in The Public Prosecutor Has the Word or in the circus series Aerolina . In television theater Moritzburg she appeared from 1967 to 1982 at least a dozen times, as in lead roles in Theodor Gottlieb Hippel The man at the clock or Ordinary Man (1971), Carlo Goldoni's men in the house (1972), Giovanni Boccaccio's love with Angel Gabriel (1973), Frigyes Karinthy's The Magic Armchair (1975), Traudel Brenneckes The Failure (1979) and Rolf Neuparth's Mood Under the Roof (1982)
Until her death she dubbed Holland Taylor in the role of Evelyn Harper in Two and a Half Men and Roma Maffia as Dr. Liz Cruz in Nip / Tuck - Beauty has its price . The synchronization of Holland Taylor was done by Kerstin Sanders-Dornseif and Helga Sasse continued the synchronization of Roma Maffia.
Filmography (selection)
synchronization
- 1997: Jackie Brown as Jackie Brown
- 1999: The Sweet Death as Detective Vera Cruz
- 2006–2009: The L Word (TV series) as Kit Porter
Movies
- 1960: Sherlock Holmes: Ghosts in the Castle - Hillary Brooke as Sally Musgrave
- 1966: 7 men and one babe - Sylvie Bréal as Monica
- 1969: Sherlock Holmes: The Pearl of the Borgia - Evelyn Ankers as Naomi Drake
- 1969: Sherlock Holmes: The Woman in Green - Eve Amber as Maude
- 1993: On the run - Julianne Moore as Dr. Anne Eastman
- 2000: Alone among neighbors - Carmen Maura as Julia
- 2001: It always gets worse! - Nora Dunn as Lutetia Fairbanks
- 2002: lane change - Susan Varon as Sheryl Buck Castle
- 2003: 18 years later - Line Renaud as Julie
- 2003: Flight Girls - Candice Bergen as Sally Weston
- 2004: In the shadow of Lisbon - Carmen Maura as Berta
- 2004: I Heart Huckabees - Angela Grillo as Angela Franco
- 2005: As long as you're around - Caroline Aaron as Grace
- 2005: The Geisha - Shizuko Hoshi as old Sayuri / narrator
- 2006: Aquamarine - The vernixte first love - Lulu McClatchy as Bonnie
- 2006: Children of Men - Pam Ferris as Miriam
- 2007: Halloween as Karen
- 2007: No Country for Old Men - Tess Harper as Loretta Bell
- 2008: The Reader - Linda Bassett as Luise Brenner
- 2009: Orphan - Orphan - CCH Pounder as Sister Abigail
Series
- 1973–1974: Janosik - Hero of the Mountains - Ewa Lemanska as Maryna
- 1994: A Happy Family - Taeko Nakanishi as Mary March
- 1995–1997: Picket Fences - Tatort garden fence - Leigh Taylor – Young as Rachel Harris
- 2004: Rubi - The Enchanting Beast - Leonorilda Ochoa as Dona Lola
- 2004–2009: Nip / Tuck - Beauty has its price - Roma Maffia as Liz Cruztim
- 2004–2009: The Shield - Law of Violence - CCH Pounder as Det. Claudette Wyms
- 2005–2009: Two and a Half Men - Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper
- 2005–2009: Lost - L. Scott Caldwell as Rose
- 2006: Desperate Housewives - Shirley Knight as Phyllis Van De Kamp
- 2006–2008: Queer as Folk - Sharon Gless as Debbie Novotny
- 2008: iCarly - Mindy Sterling as Miss Briggs
watch TV
- 1967: Joi, Mama (TV theater Moritzburg)
- 1968: He came with the autumn wind (TV theater Moritzburg)
- 1969: Our helmsman is called Barents
- 1972: Nice vacation (TV theater Moritzburg)
- 1972: Children, children ... (TV theater Moritzburg)
- 1974: Wolz - Life and Transfiguration of a German Anarchist
- 1976: Under six eyes (TV theater Moritzburg)
- 1977: An unwanted guest (TV theater Moritzburg)
- 1978: The prosecutor has the floor : I resign
- 1982: I don't know anything (TV theater Moritzburg)
- 1986: Police call 110: With cunning and trickery (TV series)
- 1987: Police call 110: The last customer
- 1988: The Ghost Seer
- 1988: The prosecutor has the floor: Rosi is missing
- 1990: Small, but Charlotte
- 1990: Guaranteed undisturbed
- 1990: Aerolina
- 1991: Nude with a flower
- 1991: Police call 110: Thanner's new job
- 2007: Einstein Castle , episode 469
Radio plays
- 1968: Rolf Schneider : Voices afterwards (Starlet) - Director: Walter Niklaus (radio play - Rundfunk der DDR )
- 1999: Reinhard Kuhnert : Towards the future together - Director: Reinhard Kuhnert / Hilmar Bachor (radio play - WDR )
literature
- Günter Helmes , Steffi Schältzke (Ed.): The Moritzburg TV Theater. Institution and schedule . Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2003. ISBN 3-936522-99-5 .
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Claudia Kusebauch (ed.): TV theater Moritzburg II. Program history . Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2005. ISBN 3-86583-015-3 .
- Claudia Kusebauch (with the assistance of Michael Grisko ): The Moritzburg TV Theater - Program Chronology . Ibid., Pp. 15-208.
- Interview with the actress Astrid Bless (led by Günter Helmes). In: Steffi Schältzke (Hrsg.): The cheerful teaching piece? Selected analyzes of the “ TV theater Moritzburg ” . Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2006, pp. 135–150. ISBN 3-86583-021-8 .
Web links
- Astrid Bless in the German dubbing file
- Literature by and about Astrid Bless in the catalog of the German National Library
- Astrid Bless the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Synchronization in DEFA
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bless, Astrid |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German voice actress, cabaret artist and actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1944 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mittweida |
DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 2009 |
Place of death | Berlin |