Trude Breitschopf

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Trude Breitschopf (born May 16, 1915 in Cilli , Austria-Hungary , † September 19, 2001 in Munich ) was an Austrian actress.

life and work

Trude Breitschopf was born in Cilli in Lower Styria during the First World War , which was renamed Celje after the end of the war and fell to the newly founded Yugoslavia . Today it belongs to Slovenia .

She completed her training as an actress with a scholarship from Max Reinhardt in Berlin. Engagements in the imperial territory and in the Generalgouvernement of Poland followed. "After fleeing and everything the century had to offer" back in the Federal Republic of Germany, she appeared in Eugène Ionesco's play The Chairs in Frankfurt am Main. The role of the eighty-year-old Maud in a German version of the black comedy Harold and Maude at the Team-Theater in Munich (first performance on her 75th birthday on May 16, 1990) was also remarkable .

In the 1950s, Breitschopf appeared in a number of German movie productions, including the prominent films Night when the Devil Came (the film that made Mario Adorf a star) and Die Brücke , an anti-war film by Bernhard Wicki .

Since 1960 Trude Breitschopf was mainly employed in the television industry. She was also involved in radio play productions. Generally as an actress of smaller or larger supporting roles, she was seen in numerous popular television series, such as Das Kriminalmuseum , Der Kommissar , Tatort , SOKO 5113 , Jauche and Levkojen , Der Landarzt , Der Alte or Großstadtrevier .

As grandma Piepenbrink in the children's film series Neues aus Uhlenbusch , Breitschopf was able to take on her most popular role. Her appearances as Mrs. Zangl in the children's series Meister Eder und seine Pumuckl also helped her to gain further popularity. In the German-Swiss television film The Forgotten Valley (1991) by Clemens Klopfenstein , she played a leading role as Salomé .

Filmography

Audio books and radio plays (selection)

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personal data
SURNAME Broadhead, Trude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actress
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Celje
DATE OF DEATH September 19, 2001
Place of death Munich