Erna Baumbauer

Erna Baumbauer (born January 8, 1919 in Munich ; † January 30, 2010 there ) was a German acting agent .

Live and act

Erna Baumbauer initially worked as a bookseller, but was primarily interested in the theater. As a freelance journalist, she wrote reviews and worked for a film distributor. Because of her acquaintance with members of the Münchner Kammerspiele it was possible for her to make further contacts. After the Second World War , she began to recruit actors and founded an agency. She worked there until the end, supervising the careers of numerous theater and film actors.

Baumbauer was considered the “grande dame” of artist agents and was described by Ulrich Mühe as the “Queen of Bavaria” on the occasion of the 2006 Bavarian Film Prize. In 2006 she received the honorary award of the German Film Prize for her life's work. On July 5th of the same year she was awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit. In 2008 she was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class . She was the mother of the artist agent Patricia Baumbauer and the former artistic director of the Münchner Kammerspiele, Frank Baumbauer .

Placed actors

Well-known actors, actresses and directors that Erna Baumbauer brokered include:

Ingrid Andree David Bennent Heinz Bennent Franz Xaver Bogner (director) Pascal Breuer OW fisherman Elisabeth Flickenschildt Cornelia Froboess Gustav Fröhlich Francis Fulton-Smith Bruno Ganz Vadim Glowna (also: director) Tilman Günther Burkhard Heyl Monika John

Alexander Kerst Sebastian Koch Nicolette Krebitz Ursula Lingen Helmuth Lohner (also: director) Susanne Lothar Claudia Messner Gunnar Möller Tobias Moretti Ulrich effort Lola Müthel Jan Niklas Ulli Philipp Erika Pluhar Wolfgang Preiss

Katja Riemann Otto Sander Maximilian Schell (also: director) Erich Schellow Walter Schmidinger Barbara Schroth Carl-Heinz Schroth Otto Tausig (also: director) Ulrich Tukur Susanne Uhlen Karl-Heinz Vosgerau Gert Voss Peter Weck (also: director) Angela Winkler Michael Wittenborn

Web links

• Agency website
• Mother of the Stars , portrait in the world dated May 12, 2006

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Legendary acting agent Erna Baumbauer is dead Spiegel online from February 1, 2010
2. ↑ German Film Prize for “The Lives of Others” ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Federal Government, accessed January 5, 2009; Film journalist Dirk Jung ( Memento of the original from October 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the presentation of the German Film Prize 2006, accessed January 5, 2009; Erna B. among the well-wishers Image of Erna Baumbauer from the presentation of the 2006 Honorary Film Prize on the website of the German Film Academy, accessed January 5, 2009