Monika Peitsch

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Monika Sybill Peitsch (born December 23, 1936 in Zeitz , Province of Saxony ) is a German actress and voice actress .

Life

Monika Peitsch, who was born in Zeitz in what is now Saxony-Anhalt and grew up in Berlin , initially trained as a dental assistant. At the same time, she gained her first stage experience as an extra at the Hebbel Theater in Berlin . Finally, on the advice of Erik Ode , she took acting lessons from Marlise Ludwig . In 1960 she was brought into the ensemble of the Berlin Schiller Theater by Boleslaw Barlog , for which she was on stage until 1965. Numerous other stage engagements followed, including a. in Hamburg and several touring theaters.

In 1957, Monika Peitsch also made her film debut in the comedy Jenny - Eight Girls in the Boat alongside Heli Finkenzeller . She made her breakthrough in 1963 with her role alongside Hanns Lothar in the television play Clothes Make People . In 1965 she became known to a wide audience as Inge Meysel's daughter through the television series The Despicable One , which she embodied in six sequels. During this time she also played some major film roles. For example in the Jürgen Roland crime thriller Four Keys (1965), in closed season for foxes (1965), in the crime thriller Hotel der toten Zeiten (1965) and in Der Bucklige von Soho (1966), but a film career did not develop. In television, on the other hand, she was soon a popular leading actress for literary adaptations such as Invitation to the Castle by Jean Anouilh (director: Helmut Käutner ) or in the crime comedy The Man Who Sells the Eiffel Tower . She was also in demand as a guest in television crime novels. She was particularly popular as the agent Conny in Okay SIR. In this crime series, she and Anita Kupsch solved 32 cases between 1972 and 1974 using combination skills and feminine charms.

In the mid-1970s, after the birth of her son, she withdrew into private life for some time, with a few exceptions.

From the early 1980s she played again in theater and television. She remained a star in the theater. In television, however, she mostly played major supporting roles, for example in the multi-part Mathias Sandorf based on Jules Verne , as the murderess in Francis Durbridge's Sudden and Unexpected , in love dramas (several productions based on Rosamunde Pilcher ) and satires such as the Schulz & Schulz comedies with Götz George . In addition to various guest roles in series, she was also seen in the television series Das Erbe der Guldenburgs in a continuous supporting role.

In addition, Monika Peitsch lent her voice in the dubbing to prominent actress colleagues such as Claudia Cardinale , Doris Day and Audrey Hepburn and also took on roles in radio play productions such as Die Drei ??? and Perry Rhodan .

In 2015 she said she retired from acting. She has been in a relationship with the architect Sven Hansen-Höchstädt since 1979/80 and married since 2017. After 25 years in Hamburg, she moved with him to Munich in 2002. The sculptor Peter Hohberger created a portrait bust of her.

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Actress Monika Peitsch is 80 years old. , accessed January 16, 2017
  2. ↑ Star No. 36 from August 27, 2015 What is actually doing?
  3. ↑ Nataly Bombeck: Heimweh nach Hamburg , abendblatt.de of July 17, 2004, accessed on May 7, 2017
  4. ↑ Artist Archive Museum European Art , 2015
personal data
SURNAME Whip, Monika
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Peitsch, Monika Sybill (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress and voice actress
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Zeitz , Province of Saxony