Jeanette Mühlmann

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Jeanette Mühlmann (born April 9, 1952 in Munich ) is a German- Swiss actress , producer and author who appeared in numerous German television series , especially during the 1980s and 1990s .

Life

Mühlmann is the daughter of a lawyer and a dancer. As a child, when her mother took her with her to ballet training, she soon danced with performances. After graduating from high school, she studied political and social sciences as well as journalism at the LMU in Munich. To compensate, she studied jazz, African and South American dance. In 1975 she met the Hungarian / Swiss director and actor Andras Fricsay , son of the conductor Ferenc Fricsay, while filming the Conquest of the Citadel (directed by Bernhard Wicki) . She became his assistant director in 1976. Her first assistant job was in Leopold Wagner's child murderer at the Residenztheater in Munich. Then she enjoyed language and singing training with Margret Langen and Bennie Gillette.

In 1977 she married Andras Fricsay. In 1980 she and Andras Fricsay founded the independent Munich theater company “Die Zauberflöte” (1980–1987), other founding members were: Jacques Breuer , Sissy Höfferer , Thomas Schücke , Mario Andersen. Her acting career then began at German theaters and on television. At the same time she began to create costume designs in collaboration with highly qualified theater tailors. The costumes she developed became one of her trademarks. 1988 divorce from Andras Fricsay. It was the end of the “Magic Flute” theater troupe. For Mühlmann, acting without fricsay was like soup without salt.

  • 1992 first appearances with own poems (Loft Munich)
  • 1996 first book publication with poems I open your heart gently but dangerously .
  • (Frankfurt and Geneva Book Fair)
  • Start of a series of readings of her own poems with Life Musik and the musician Landy.
  • In 1997 during a visit to West Africa, Benin, formerly Dahomé, Jeanette received the name "Sena" from the mother of the initiated voodoo drummer Arsene de Souza.
  • In 1999 she moved to NYC and started a second career:
  • CD release: SENA - Natural High
  • Founding of his own fashion label: "SENA"

Theater (selection)

  • 2010: The Crooner by Laurence Holder (Hanna) with Rome Neal and George V Johnson (Nuyorican Poets Cafe NYC)
  • 1996: Cat on the hot tin roof of Tennessee Williams (Maggie) Atelier Theater Bern
  • 1994: Be nice to Mr. Sloane by Joe Orton (Kathy) with Peter Fricke (tour through German-speaking countries)
  • 1993: Paradise now by Mona Winter (Rose) with Lauretta Hickman
  • 1992: Queentett by Mona Winter (Lady Yellow) with Lauretta Hickman
  • 1991: Interlude by Arthur Schnitzler (Frederike) with Peter Sattmann, directed by Gerd Böckmann (Kammerspiele Hamburg)
  • 1988: Lovestories by Arthur Miller (Modernes Theater Munich)
  • 1987: Don Karlos von Friedrich Schiller (Queen Elisabeth) with Heinz Baumann, Andras Fricsay, Sabina Trooger and Vincenzo Benestante
  • 1984: Memories (director) with Gundel Thormann and Andras Fricsay
  • 1982: Red Ryder by Mark Medoff (Clarisse) with Andras Fricsay, Thomas Schücke, Sissy Hoefferer a. a.
  • 1981: Kabale und Liebe by Friedrich Schiller (Lady Milford) with Jaques Breuer, Sissy Hoefferer, Thomas Schücke a. a.
  • 1980: Looking back in the anger of John Oborne (Helena) with Jacques Breuer, Sissy Höfferer, Thomas Schücke and Mario Andersen

Filmography (selection)

Feature films
  • 1984: The quiet poison
  • 1986: Reschke's big shoot
  • 1989: Purgatory or the trip to prison
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Short films
  • 2007: Keep it clean (NYC)

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personal data
SURNAME Mühlmann, Jeanette
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress and producer, author, songwriter, singer, dancer and designer
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich