Barbara Dittus

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Barbara Dittus (born July 11, 1939 in Guben ; † June 25, 2001 in Berlin ) was a German actress and voice actress .

Life

Barbara Dittus already worked as a teenager on programs for children's radio in Schwerin . After finishing school (Abitur) she attended the Film and Television Academy in Potsdam-Babelsberg from 1956 to 1961. This was followed by theater appearances on several stages in the GDR , including at the Greifswald City Theater , in Halle (Saale) and at the Deutsches Theater Berlin , where she played both classical (including Marie in Woyzeck ) and modern roles (including Peter Hacks ' Omphale ) In 1968 she was brought to the Berliner Ensemble by Helene Weigel , to which she belonged until 1993. Even after that she was employed as a guest at the Berliner Ensemble.

The film also attracted the attention of the young actress at an early stage, who demonstrated her acting complexity, especially through her embodiment of proletarian female characters. She had her first major film success with The Dead Remain Young after Anna Seghers . Over 100 roles in film and television followed, including Born under Black Skies , Anton, the Magician , Simply Flowers on the Roof and Der Bruch . Even after German reunification , Barbara Dittus was seen in many television productions and numerous guest appearances in television series (including Wolffs Revier , Liebling Kreuzberg and Ein Fall für Zwei ).

She also worked extensively in radio and dubbing and lent her voice to Sophia Loren ( The Gangster's Doll , DEFA version), Stella Stevens ( California Clan ) and the Witch ( Jana Andrešiková ) in the youth series The Return of the Fairy Tale Bride .

On June 25, 2001, Barbara Dittus died after a long and serious illness at the age of 61 in Berlin.

Her daughter Susanne Lüning is also an actress. With her she stood in front of the camera in the TV movie Molls Reisen in 1993 .

Filmography

theatre

Radio plays

  • 1968: Willi Bredel : Relatives and acquaintances - Director: Fritz-Ernst Fechner (radio play (8 parts) - Broadcasting of the GDR )
  • 1968: Ion Druze : When the cock crows - Director: Helmut Molegg (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1969: Kikuta Kazuo : Die Taube Dankuro (Harumi) - Director: Horst Liepach (radio play - Rundfunk der DDR)
  • 1969: Fritz Selbmann : A long way (Gertrud) - Director: Fritz-Ernst Fechner (radio play (8 parts) - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1973: Lya Rikova : The Lady with Two Heads (Braselli) - Director: Miroslawa Valova (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1974: Wolfgang Müller : The trace of Helfried Pappelmann (doctor) - Director: Wolfgang Schonendorf (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1974: Helga Schütz : Le Rossignol means nightingale (woman) - Director: Werner Grunow (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1974: James Ngugi : The Black Hermit - Director: Albrecht Surkau (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1980: Lia Pirskawetz : Stille Post (Annemarie, doctor) - Director: Horst Liepach (biography - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1980: Dorothy L. Sayers : The Suspicion (Ethel Mummery) - Director: Werner Grunow (Kriminalhörspiel - Rundfunk der DDR)
  • 1981: Arne Leonhardt : Jazz am Grab (Frau Wurlitzer) - director: Werner Grunow (radio play award of the critics for author and director 1982 - radio of the GDR)
  • 1984: Wilhelm Hampel : Die Karriere (Sylvia) - Director: Joachim Gürtner (short radio play from the series Waldstrasse 7 - Rundfunk der DDR)
  • 1984: Erwin Ziemer : Father worries (Sylvia Sommer) - Director: Joachim Gürtner (short radio play from the series Waldstrasse 7 - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1986: Ulrich Waldner : Eine Wohnung unterderhand (Silvia Sommer) - Director: Detlef Kurzweg (radio play from the series: Waldstrasse Number 7 - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1988: Veit Stiller : Feuerwehrvergügen (Silvia Sommer) - Director: Detlef Kurzweg (short radio play from the series: Waldstraße Number 7 - Broadcasting of the GDR):
  • 1991: Gerhard Rentzsch : Scenes from Germany, introduced and provided with interim reports on the journey of a man with a cardboard box - Director: Walter Niklaus (radio play series: Moments No. 4 - DS Kultur / BR )

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personal data
SURNAME Dittus, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress and voice actress
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Guben
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 2001
Place of death Berlin