Solveig Dommartin
Solveig Dommartin (born May 16, 1961 in Constantine , Algeria , † January 11, 2007 in Paris ) was a French actress .
Life
Dommartin's acting career began with the “Compagnie Timothee Laine” and at the “Theater Labor Warsaw”. She gained her first film experience as an assistant to Jacques Rozier . She made her debut as a film actress in Wim Wenders ' film Der Himmel über Berlin (1986/87).
This was followed by other roles in Wenders' films, including the leading role in the film Until the End of the World , which she conceived together with Wenders. Together they traveled around the world looking for suitable locations for the project. They were also a couple in private.
However, Dommartin's career stagnated after the Wenders films. She also played two television roles, one as a guest star alongside Jean-Claude Dauphin and Claude Jade in the Kommissar Navarro crime thriller Sentiments mortels (1995), the other in 1996 alongside Francis Huster in the television crime thriller A qui profite le crime? from the "Commandant Nerval" series. In 1998 she directed the film If There Were a Bridge .
Solveig Dommartin died on January 11, 2007 at the age of 45 from complications from a heart attack . She is buried in Bulgnéville , where she spent part of her childhood.
Filmography
As an actress
- 1987: The sky over Berlin
- 1989: The Prisoner of St. Petersburg
- 1990: I fell for you (Je t'ai dans la peau)
- 1990: Fuck death (S'en fout la mort)
- 1991: Until the End of the World (also co-author)
- 1993: Far away, so close!
- 1994: I can't sleep (J'ai pas sommeil)
- 1995: Commissioner Navarro (TV series, episode Sentiments mortels )
- 1996: Commandant Nerval (TV series, episode A qui profite le crime? )
- 1997: Eiffel Tower Trilogy: Height, Weight & Gravity (short film)
As a film editor
- 1985: Tokyo-Ga
As a director
- 1998: Il suffirait d'un pont (short film)
Web links
- Solveig Dommartin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Entry in Les gens du cinema
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Dommartin, Solveig |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | french actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1961 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Constantine (Algeria) , Algeria |
DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 2007 |
Place of death | Paris |