Renate von Wangenheim

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Renate von Wangenheim ; born Renate Reinecke , (born April 21, 1944 in Wendgräben ; † December 19, 2016 ) was a German actress . She played under her maiden name in numerous DEFA films as well as films and series on GDR television .

life and work

Renate von Wangenheim was the daughter of the actress Charlotte Reinecke and the dramaturge and director Horst Reinecke . Her brother, Hans-Peter Reinecke (1941–2005), was also an actor. Her half-sister Ruth Reinecke is also an actress.

After studying acting at the drama school in Berlin-Schöneweide , she made her debut on a stage in Parchim in 1964 , before being a member of the Maxim Gorki Theater ensemble from 1965 to 2000 . Since the beginning of the 1960s, she has also worked in film and television productions for DEFA and German television . She became famous in 1973 with the television film Stülpner-Legende at the side of Manfred Krug and the much discussed film How should a woman decide? .

From 1989 until his suicide on April 6, 2001, she was married to the German director, author and writer Friedel Freiherr von Wangenheim .

Filmography (selection)

theatre

Radio plays

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ We remember in the DEFA Foundation newsletter , April 2017
personal data
SURNAME Wangenheim, Renate von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reinecke, Renate
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Wendgräben (Möckern)
DATE OF DEATH 19th December 2016