Ursula Strätz
Ursula Strätz (born September 28, 1940 in Schweinfurt ; † September 15, 2011 in Burglengenfeld , Bavaria ) was a German actress , director , screenwriter and painter .
Live and act
Ursula Strätz founded the Action Theater in Munich in March 1967 together with her first husband Horst Söhnlein , Hans Hirschmüller and Peer Raben . Rainer Werner Fassbinder soon joined the action theater as an actor and director at the invitation of Ursula Strätz . Fassbinder's own play Katzelmacher premiered there in 1968 . The latter quickly became the head of the theater group.
Ursula Strätz appeared in several Fassbinder films, mostly in minor supporting roles. She also worked with other New German Film directors , including a. with Hans-Jürgen Syberberg , Werner Schroeter and Josef Rödl .
The artist, who also worked as a painter, was married to Bernd Thomä for the second time . She was buried in the Burglengenfeld cemetery.
Filmography (selection)
- 1969: love is colder than death
- 1970: Mathias Kneissl
- 1970: Gods of the plague
- 1972: Adele Spitzeder (TV)
- 1972: Eight hours are not a day (TV)
- 1974: Fontane Effi Briest
- 1975: Freedom of thumb
- 1979: The first polka
- 1980: Theo against the rest of the world
- 1982: limitless
Web links
- Ursula Strätz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Article in the Mittelbayerische Zeitung
- Obituary on the website of the Fassbinder Foundation
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strätz, Ursula |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress, director, screenwriter and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schweinfurt , German Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 2011 |
| Place of death | Burglengenfeld , Bavaria , Federal Republic of Germany |