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Growing up as the daughter of the teacher Wolfgang Meffert and his wife Marianne née Kleber, she attended school in Großenhain from 1961 to 1973. She completed her Abitur at the extended high school. After training as a nurse, she began studying textile engineering at the TU Dresden in 1976. From 1978 to 1981 she attended the Ernst Busch Drama School in Berlin and came to Chemnitz, then Karl Marx City. There she made her acting debut with the Goethe play "Faust II". Under Heiner Müller she played in the Shakespeare drama "Macbeth" at the Berlin Volksbühne in 1982. Roles in Berlin followed, including in the "Threepenny Opera" and in "Now Only Brecht". Corinna Harfouch became a celebrated film actress in the GDR and rose to stardom on German television and on the screen after the fall of communism. During the GDR era she starred in films such as "The House by the River", "Fallada - Last Chapter" (1987), "The Little Public Prosecutor" (1987), "The Actress" (1988), "The Big Mouth" and " Meeting in Travers" (1989).
After reunification, she thrilled television audiences in the TV series "Our teacher Dr. Specht", in the TV film "5 Hours of Fear - Taking Hostages in Kindergarten" and in crime films such as "Tatort" and "Kommissar Beck". Further film roles followed for Corinna Harfouch. In 1993 she impressed in her first leading role in Joseph Vilsmaier's "Charlie & Louise" and then in "The Promise". She appeared in front of the camera for many other successful productions. She played alongside Helmut Berger alongside Jürgen Vogel in "Come Back, Sexy Sadie" (1995), in "Damn, He Loves Me", with Katharina and Anna Thalbach in "Dangerous Girlfriend" (1996) and together with Til Schweiger and Jan Josef Liefers in "Knockin'' On Heavens Door" (1997). "To err is male" (1996), "Solo for Clarinet" (1998), "The Great Bagarozy" (1999), "Fandango - Members Only" (2000) and "Now or Never - Time is Money" (2000) were other film hits in which Corinna Harfouch was seen. She also received a lot of attention in 1996 when she appeared in "Eva, Hitler's Lover".
She also appeared on the stage of the Berliner Volkstheater in "The Woman from the Sea" and "Des Teufels General". Corinna Harfouch starred alongside Katja Riemann in the children's film "Bibi Blocksberg", which was released in German cinemas in 2002. The sequel "Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of the Blue Owls" was published in 2004. Corinna Harfouch has received several awards for her achievements. She received the Critics' Prize for Best Actress twice - in 1989 for "The Actress" and in 1990 for "Meeting in Travers." In 1995 she was awarded the "Bavarian Film Prize" for "Irren ist Mann" and in 1997 she was honored with the "Golden Lion" and the "Bavarian Film Prize" for "The Outbreak" and "Dangerous Girlfriend". One of her most spectacular roles is her portrayal of Magda Goebbels in the Oliver Hirschbiegel drama "Downfall". The film with Bruno Ganz in the role of Adolf Hitler is about the last days in the Führerbunker.
In November 2005, "Through this night I don't see a single star" was released in cinemas. Corinna Harfouch plays Bozena Nemcová (1820 - 1862), the most famous Czech writer to date, who led a life far removed from all conventions. Harfouch was named "Best German Actress" at the 2007 "Golden Camera" award ceremony.
Corinna Harfouch is the mother of a son from her marriage to Michael Gwisdeck.EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Nominee 1989 (Treffen in Travers)- Actress
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A strikingly beautiful German lead actress, Barbara Sukowa broke into TV and films as the protégée of famed director Rainer Werner Fassbinder with his masterpiece mini-series Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) and the moody film drama Lola (1981) in the title role. In the latter, Barbara won critical kudos portraying a cynical, manipulative singer/hooker who sets her sights on an unsuspecting town politician played by Armin Mueller-Stahl. Following Fassbinder's sudden death in 1982, Barbara was gloriously displayed in a couple of stark, brilliant, politically-motivated films by director Margarethe von Trotta. In Marianne & Juliane (1981), Barbara won both the Venice Film Festival and German Film awards and as _Rosa Luxemburg (1986)_ , she copped the Cannes Film Festival award. A number of international productions, notably Lars von Trier's Europa (1991), brought Barbara to the attention of Hollywood. Although not well known here by name, this fascinating figure has added her exotic allure to a number of American films including The Sicilian (1987), M. Butterfly (1993), Johnny Mnemonic (1995), Cradle Will Rock (1999) and the just-completed Romance & Cigarettes (2005), which was written and directed by John Turturro. Barbara started up a second career as a concert vocalist in recent years, performing works by such classical composers as Arnold Schönberg, among others.EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Nominee 1992 (Europa) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Nominee 2013 (Hannah Arendt)- Bibiana Beglau was born on 16 July 1971 in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. She is an actress, known for The Legend of Rita (2000), Unter dem Eis (2005) and Luna's Revenge (2017).EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Nominee 2000 (Die Stille nach dem Schuss)
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Martina Gedeck was born in Munich. After spending a year in the US, she studied drama at the Berlin University of the Arts. Martina's film career began while she was still at drama school. Her filmography covers practically all genres of film.
Gedeck has won a total of 23 major cinema and TV awards. She was nominated as Europe's best actress on her role in "Mostly Martha". The film was later remade with Catherine Zeta-Jones playing her role.
Her films were twice selected as Germany's entry to the Oscars. In 2007, "The Lives of Others" with her in the lead role won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2009 she again had the title role in Germany's Oscar contender "The Baader Meinhof Complex", also nominated for the Golden Globes.
Martina Gedeck resides in Berlin, Germany.EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Nominee 2002 (Bella Martha) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Nominee 2006 (Das Leben der Anderen)- Actress
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Katja Riemann was born on 1 November 1963 in Kirchweyhe, Weyhe, Lower Saxony, Germany. She is an actress and director, known for Suck Me Shakespeer (2013), Rosenstrasse (2003) and Bandits (1997).EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Nominee 2003 (Rosenstraße)- Katrin Sass was born on 23 October 1956 in Schwerin, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Good Bye Lenin! (2003), The Weissensee Saga (2010) and Bürgschaft für ein Jahr (1981). She was previously married to Siegfried Kühn.EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Nominee 2003 (Good Bye, Lenin!)
- Sibel Kekilli is a German actress of Turkish origin. With her debut in Fatih Akin's movie "Head On" she gained major public attention. The film won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival 2004 and her acting performance received several national and international prizes, among them the highly prestigious German film award Lola for Best Actress.
Since then Kekilli played in several national and international productions like "Eve Dönüs" ("Home coming"), awarded Best Actress at the Antalya Film Festival, aside with Josef Bierbichler and Hanna Schygulla in "Winter Journey" ("Winterreise) or the leading role Umay in Feo Aladags "When We Leave" ("Die Fremde") in 2010 which lead to Best Actress Award at the Tribeca Film Festival and once again the Lola award among others.
Apart from other movie roles, as the very successful comedy "What a man" (2011) directed by Matthias Schweighöfer, she has been investigating in the highly regarded German series "Tatort" since 2010.
She has also become widely known as part of the main cast for her role as Shae in the HBO award-winning series "Game of Thrones" (Season 1 until Season 4).(1980 - ) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Nominee 2004 (Gegen die Wand) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Nominee 2010 (Die Fremde) - After school, Jentsch turned to acting. She attended the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. Jentsch then began her acting career in the theater. In 2001 she joined the ensemble of the Munich Kammerspiele, where she masterfully interpreted Desdemona in Shakespeare's "Othello", Sophocles' "Antigone" and other classic stage roles. After she had already received the Max Reinhardt Prize in 2000 for her participation in the Berlin production of "The Persians", Jentsch was named the best young actress by the magazine "Theater aktuell" in 2002 for her acting achievements on stage.
In the meantime, Jentsch had already made her cinema debut in Judith Kennel's successful film "Angry Kisses" in 2000. In addition to her theater work, she was also featured in several television productions such as an episode of "Praxis Bülowbogen" (2000), in the film "And the Bride knew of nothing" (2002) and in the "Tatort" episode "Bitteres Brot" ( 2003). The actress continued to shine in the cinema in "Julietta" (2001) by Christoph Stark and in Sven Taddicken's "My Brother, the Vampire" (2001). She then appeared in the internationally acclaimed Hitler film "Downfall" (2004) under the direction of Oliver Hirschbiegel. Jentsch then played the leading role in Hans Weingartner's "The Fat Years Are Over" (2004), for which she won the Bavarian Film Prize for Best Young Actress.
This was followed by another leading role in "Schneeland" (2004) by Hans Wilhelm Geißendörfer. Under the direction of Marc Rothemund, Jentsch continued to play the leading role in the semi-documentary drama "Sophie Scholl - The Last Days" (2005), which was shown for the first time at the 55th Berlinale in February 2005 as one of the three German competition entries. For her performance in this film, Jentsch was awarded the "Silver Bear" as best actress. At the 55th German Film Awards in July 2005, Jentsch received the award for Best Leading Role. A little later, "Sophie Scholl" was nominated for an Oscar as a German contribution.(1978 - ) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Winner 2005 (Sophie Scholl) - Udo Samel was born on 25 June 1953 in Eitelsbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He is an actor, known for Mit meinen heißen Tränen (1986), Killer Condom (1996) and The Piano Teacher (2001).(1953 - ) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Nominee 1988 (Notturno)
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Klaus Maria Brandauer was a music student and studied drama at Stuttgarter Hochschule. He was a true stage actor and therefore didn't like to work in movies except for two small parts in The Salzburg Connection (1972) and Októberi vasárnap (1979). This changed when Hungarian director István Szabó gave him a leading part in Mephisto (1981). Brandauer received the actors award in Cannes and that opened door to international films. Together with the movies Colonel Redl (1985) and Hanussen (1988), all directed by István Szabó, these three movies formed the 'German trilogy' of Brandauer. He received a Golden Globe and Oscar nomination for his role of Bror Blixen in Out of Africa (1985). The first movie he directed himself was Georg Elser - Einer aus Deutschland (1989). He also played the leading role in this movie.(1943 - ) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Nominee 1988 (Hanussen)- Actor
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Mario Adorf, a tell-tale name indeed. Mario calls to mind the actor's Italian roots (his father was a Calabrian surgeon) whereas Adorf reveals his German origins (his mother was a radiologist from the German region Eifel). As for the full name Mario Adorf it echoes to perfection the international character of this living legend's long career. Born in 1930, Mario Adorf was still studying drama at the famous Otto Falkenberg School in Munich when he landed his first role in the first installment of the "O8/15" series in 1954. It was a small part but it didn't go unnoticed and got him new roles in German films, the most remarkable of which being that of Bruno Lüdke, the mentally retarded serial killer in Robert Siodmak's 1957 masterpiece "Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam". It earned him his first prize (the German Film Award of the outstanding young actor of 1958). After this Mario Adorf's career turned international. His Mediterranean looks, his rugged face, his dark oily frizzy hair and his volubility made him an ideal villain in European-made westerns, spy or mafia films. These flicks - made in the 1960s - were mostly just commercial and Adorf hammed his parts but he did it so brilliantly that he alone made them watchable. From the 1970s on, the quality of his films improved and Adorf could lend his remarkable acting talents to more ambitious works such as "Il Delitto Matteotti", in which he was a striking Mussolini, or "Die Blechtrommel", where he was terrifying as a boorish grocer contaminated by Nazism. The list of great directors he worked with is impressive: Robert Siodmak, Volker Schlöndorff, Wolgang Staudte, Michel Deville, Dino Risi, Mikhaïl Kalatozov, Luigi Comencini, Peter Fleischmann, Billy Wilder, John Frankenheimer, Claude Chabrol, Fassbinder... Likewise he served many a great author, either in the theatre (Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, Richard Nash) or the big or small screen (Grass, Böll, Schnitzler, Heny Miller, Joseph Conrad, Gorky, Patrick Süskind...). He also sang and wrote books (five novels and one memoir). Hyperactive for more than fifty-five years now, Mario Adorf, still in fine form at the age of seventy-eight, is still ... hyperactive!(1930 - ) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Nominee 1997 (Rossini)- Actor
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Götz George, born in Berlin in 1938, is the son of the famous actor Heinrich George and his wife, the actress Berta Drews. After first appearances on the stage of Berlin's Hebbel Theater during his childhood, Götz George was trained as an actor by the recognized teacher Else Bongers. At the age of 15, Götz George started his career as a movie actor. In 1960 he received his first major award (the Bundesfilmpreis) for his appearance in the film 'Jacqueline' (directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner), followed by the German Critics Award in 1961. A year later he received the public "Bambi"-award as the most popular German actor. Between 1959 and 1969 Götz George appeared in 26 cinema features, among them 'Kirmes' (directed by Wolfgang Staudte), 'Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt' (director Jürgen Goslar), 'Liebe will gelernt sein' (director Kurt Hoffmann), 'Sie nannten ihn Gringo' (director Roy Rowland) and 'Ostwind' (director Jean-Luc Godard). George's next movie production was 'Aus einem Deutschen Leben', directed by Theodor Kotulla, in 1977, where he gave a highly praised performance as the KZ commander Rudolf Höss. The movies 'Abwärts' in 1984 and 'Zahn um Zahn' in 1985 (the latter based on the TV-series 'Schimanski') were both successful at the box office and among critics. In 1985, George received the German Cinema Award (Charlie-Chaplin-Schuh) and the Gold Ribbon (Bundesfilmpreis) as best German movie actor. After starring in 'Zabou' in 1987 (another 'Schimanski'-adaption for cinema) and the action thriller 'Die Katze' in 1988, Götz George appeared in 'Der Bruch', the first East-West-German co-production for cinema, directed by Frank Beyer in 1988. The location of his next film was Argentina, where he starred in the movie 'Blauäugig', produced in 1989 under the direction of Reinhard Hauff. In 1991 George played a lead role in Helmut Dietl's comedy 'Schtonk', a big success in Germany among audience and critics, and official German nomination for the Oscar. For this performance, George again received the Gold Ribbon (Bundesfilmpreis) as best actor. Perhaps his most prominent achievement, however, was the role of the serial killer Fritz Haarmann in Romuald Karmakar's movie 'Der Totmacher', for which he received the Coppa Volpi, the actor's award of the Venice Film Festival in 1995 and, once more, the Gold Ribbon (Bundesfilmpreis) in 1996. In the same year he again appeared in another highly successful film by Helmut Dietl, 'Rossini'. In early 1997, George starred in the movie 'Das Trio', directed by Hermine Huntgeburth, and during the last two months he was filming the thriller 'Solo für Klarinette', directed by Nico Hofmann, a movie adaption of the successful novel by Elsa Lewin. In summer of 1998, Götz George starred as Josef Mengele in Roland Suso Richter's film 'After the Truth / Nichts als die Wahrheit'. In 2000 he played the advertiser Eddie Kaminski in the feature film 'Commercial Man', directed by Lars Kraume, he was strange bird Heinrich in 'Gott ist tot' (2001, written and directed by Kadir Sözen) and designer Jost in 'Maria an Callas' (2004/5, written and directed by Petra K. Wagner).
During the seventies, Götz George worked for television and theater. Among others, notable stage appearances were in 'Troilos und Cressida' (as Troilus), in 'Martin Luther und Thomas Münzer' (as Luther), in 'Endstation Sehnsucht' ('A Streetcar Named Desire' - as Kowalski), in 'Dantons Tod' (as Danton) and in 'Platonow' (as Platonow). Though Götz George has been a popular German movie actor for four decades, he gained his perhaps most unique popularity for the impersonation of the police detective Horst Schimanski in the 'Tatort' TV-series from 1981 to 1991. Aside from their success in Germany, the 'Schimanski' films have introduced George to TV-audiences worldwide: 427 million people have watched so far. Moreover, George's appearances in numerous other successful TV features have made him the most well-known and mostly decorated German actor of our time. After a six-year-intermission, Schimanski returned to German TV-screens in the end of 1997 and has been continued since. Other successful TV-appearances include 'Schulz & Schulz' (1989-93), 'Das Schwein' (1994), 'Der Sandmann' (1995), and 'Die Bubi Scholz Story' (1997). In 1999 Götz George was shooting for the TV feature film 'Die Spur meiner Tochter' in Marocco.The year 2000 started with two further 'Schimanski' movies and was closed with shoots for the TV movie 'Liebe macht blind' in South Africa. ), 'Vinzenz & Claire' followed in 2002. In 2003 und 2004 Götz George starred in 'Blatt & Blüte' (director: Michael Kreindl), 'Alpenglühen I+II' (director: Hajo Gies), and in 'Einmal so, wie ich will' (Regie: Vivian Naefe) along with the suspense-packed feature 'Geheimnissvolle Freundinnnen', filmed by young director Oliver Elias. In 2002 Götz George played one of the leads in the TV movie 'Mein Vater', which won the Emmy Award for best foreign feature film in 2003. The 'Schimanski'-episodes 'Der Golem' and 'Asyl' were nominated for the Emmy in 2004.(1938 - 2016) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Nominee 1999 (Nichts als die Wahrheit)- Actress
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Descendant of the conservative Spanish politician Antonio Maura, Carmen lead an art gallery and appeared in various roles in night- clubs. With Tigres de papel (1977) she had her first successful appearance on the movie screen and thereafter she worked at the theatre, the movies and in TV productions. Although she played dramatic roles, too, her most important genre has always been the comedy, e.g. Sal gorda (1984), Sé infiel y no mires con quién (1985) or Tata mía (1986). She has worked regularly with the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, from the film Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom (1980) (taking in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) for which she was awarded the European Film Award "Felix" as best actress) to, currently Volver (2006).(1945 - ) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD winner 1988 (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) and 1990 (¡Ay Carmela!)- Actress
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Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir was born on 18 June 1954 in Iceland. She is an actress and assistant director, known for Ungfrúin góða og húsið (1999), Privacy (1995) and Shadow of the Raven (1988).(1954 - ) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD nominee 1988 (In the Shadow of the Raven)- Actress
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Ornella Muti was born on 9 March 1955 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Flash Gordon (1980), Oscar (1991) and The Most Beautiful Wife (1970). She was previously married to Federico Fachinetti and Alessio Orano.(1955 - ) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD nominee 1988 (Codice privato)- Actress
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Carol Moore is known for Five Minutes of Heaven (2009), This Belfast Thing (2007) and Reefer and the Model (1988).EUROPEAN FILM AWARD nominee 1988 (Reefer and the Model)- Actor
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Max von Sydow was born Carl Adolf von Sydow on April 10, 1929 in Lund, Skåne, Sweden, to a middle-class family. He was the son of Baroness Maria Margareta (Rappe), a teacher, and Carl Wilhelm von Sydow, an ethnologist and folklore professor. His surname traces back to his partial German ancestry.
When he was in high school, he and a few fellow students, including Yvonne Lombard, started a theatre club which encouraged his interest in acting. After conscription, he began to study at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school (1948-1951), together with Lars Ekborg, Margaretha Krook and Ingrid Thulin. His first role was as Nils the crofter in Alf Sjöberg's Only a Mother (1949). After graduation, he worked at the city theatres in Norrköping and Malmö.
His work in the movies by Ingmar Bergman (especially The Seventh Seal (1957), including the iconic scenes in which he plays chess with Death) made him well-known internationally, and he started to get offers from abroad. His career abroad began with him playing Jesus in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); Hawaii (1966) and The Quiller Memorandum (1966). Since then, his career includes very different kind of characters, like Karl Oskar Nilsson in The Emigrants (1971); Father Lankester Merrin in The Exorcist (1973); Joubert the assassin in Three Days of the Condor (1975), Emperor Ming in Flash Gordon (1980); the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the Never Say Never Again (1983); Liet-Kynes in Dune (1984) the artist Frederick in Hannah and Her Sisters (1986); Lassefar in Pelle the Conqueror (1987), for which he received his first Academy Award nomination; Dr. Peter Ingham in Awakenings (1990); Lamar Burgess in Minority Report (2002) and The Renter in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011), which earned him his second Academy Award nomination.
He became one of Sweden's most admired and professional actors, and is the only male Swedish actor to receive an Oscar nomination. He was nominated twice: for Pelle the Conqueror (1987) in 1988 and for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) in 2012. He received the Guldbagge Award for Best Director in his directing debut, the drama film Ved vejen (1988). In 2016, he joined the sixth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011) as the Three-eyed Raven, which earned him his Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Max von Sydow died on March 8, 2020, in Provence, France, and was survived by his wife Catherine Brelet and four children. He was 90.(1929 - 2020) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD winner 1988 (Pelle the Conqueror)- Actor
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He abandoned his studies of law for the universitary theater. His debut in cinema was in 1962. During the 60's and 70's he participates mainly in not very good comedies. But in the 80's he has revealed as one of the best spanish actors with films like The Holy Innocents (1984) or The Enchanted Forest (1987).(1933 - 2013) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD nominee 1988 (El Bosque animado)- Dorel Visan is a famous Romanian film and theater actor and poet.He was born on June 25, 1937 in Tauseni, Romania.. He graduated from Institute of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in 1965.In 1974, he plays first role in the movie Pacala . Other notable roles in Iacob (1988), Un bulgare de huma (1989) , Senatorul melcilor (1995) . Play on the stage of the theater '' National'' in Cluj.He is a member of the Romanian Writers' Union.National Order of the Faithful Service in the rank of Knight, 2002.Award for his role as "The Snail Senator" at the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, France (1995),TIFF Excellence Award for his uninterrupted work in the service of art (2003).He was married with actress Maria Visan.They have three children .(1937 - ) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD nominee 1988 (Iacob)
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From 1979 to 1984 Johanna ter Steege studied at the academy of dramatic art in Kampen to become a drama teacher. Her initial desire to develop theatre for and with children prompted her to seek a career as an actress and a teacher. From 1984 to 1988 she attended the school of acting at Arnhem to become a stage actress. Considering acting "the language of the heart", one of the most important things she learned was that the personnel and creative development of an actor are closely knit. Her acting experience ranges from Shakespeare, Sophocles, Strindberg and Chekhov to improvisory clown acts.
At the academy, collaboration with fellow students resulted in the very successful theatre group "De Trust", directed by Boermans. In 1987 Johanna was asked for a role in the film The Vanishing (1988) (A.K.A. "The Vanishing"), directed by George Sluizer. This role met international acclaim, winning her the "Felix Award" (Best Supporting Actress) in Berlin.
Inevitably, her career shifted from the theatre to the cinema. For the past twelve years she has traveled all over the world, acting in different languages and working with renowned directors, such as Robert Altman (Vincent & Theo (1990)), István Szabó (Dear Emma, Sweet Böbe (1992), A.K.A. "Sweet Emma, Dear Bobe"), Heddy Honigmann (Goodbye (1995) A.K.A. "Goodbye", for which she won Best Actress at the Locarno International Film Festival) and Bruce Beresford (Paradise Road (1997)).
Johanna has also worked with actors such as Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Isabella Rossellini, Tim Roth and Klaus Maria Brandauer. In January 2001 ter Steege played Countess Geschwitz, in the play "Lulu", directed by Jonathan Kent, both in the Almeida theatre in London and in Washington.(1961 - ) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD winner 1988 (Spoorloos)- Lene Brøndum was born on 26 June 1947 in Aalborg, Denmark. She is an actress, known for Hip hip hurra! (1987), Manden der ville være skyldig (1990) and Matador (1978).(1947 - ) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD nominee 1988 (Hip Hip Hurra!)
- Freda Dowie was born on 22 July 1928 in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Omen (1976), Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) and The Old Curiosity Shop (1979). She was married to David Thompson, John Harding Goodrich and Lionel Tolson Butterworth. She died on 10 August 2019 in Wherstead, Suffolk, England, UK.(1928 - 2019) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD nominee 1988 (Distant Voices, Still Lives)
- Karin Gregorek was born on 26 September 1941 in Wendorf, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. She was an actress, known for Bear Ye One Another's Burden (1988), Einer muß die Leiche sein (1978) and Das große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck (1981). She died on 22 April 2023 in Berlin, Germany.(1941 - 2023) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD nominee 1988 (Einer trage des anderen Last)
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Curt had one of the longest careers in film history appearing in films at the age of 8, In 1933 he fled Germany to seek artistic freedom in New York where he quickly captivated audiences in his many stage appearances. After a few years Hollywood beckoned with the mot productive period of his career taking place in the late 30's and early 40's with such films as The Great Waltz, Hold Back the Dawn and Cover Girl, After WWII he felt it was time to return to Germany where he not only continued to make films but started directing and producing but it was his cabaret performances that earned him a solid reputation as a fine performer. He died in late 1991(1901 - 1991) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD winner 1988 (Der Himmel über Berlin)- Björn Granath was born on 5 April 1946 in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) and Evil (2003). He was married to Annmargret Fyregård. He died on 5 February 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden.(1946 - 2017) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Nominee 1988 (Pelle the Conqueror)
- Ray McBride was an actor, known for Into the West (1992), Reefer and the Model (1988) and Angela's Ashes (1999). He died on 27 July 2021 in Ireland.EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Nominee 1988 (Reefer and the Model)
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Wojciech Pszoniak was born on 2 May 1942 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor and director, known for Danton (1983), The Promised Land (1975) and Korczak (1990). He was married to Barbara. He died on 19 October 2020 in Warsaw, Poland.(1942 - 2020) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Nominee 1988 (Mit meinen heißen Tränen)- Actor
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Helgi Skúlason was born on 4 September 1933 in Iceland. He was an actor and director, known for Pathfinder (1987), When the Raven Flies (1984) and Shadow of the Raven (1988). He was married to Helga Bachmann. He died on 25 September 1996 in Iceland.(1933 - 1996) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Nominee 1988 (Shadow of the Raven)- Actor
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Stefan Wood was born in 1958. He is an actor and composer, known for Das Mädchen mit den Feuerzeugen (1987), Zulu - und was sonst so noch passierte (1987) and No More School (2000).EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Nominee 1988 (Das Mädchen mit den Feuerzeugen)- Michaela Widhalm is known for Mit meinen heißen Tränen (1986).EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Nominee 1988 (Mit meinen heißen Tränen)
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Ondrej Vetchy graduated at 1984 at Prague Conservatory in musical-drama department. His first achievement was the part of young devil in one of the best Czech fantasy for children ever - S certy nejsou zerty (There Are No Jokes with Devils) from the director Hynek Bocan. Ondrej Vetchy succeed like only one Czech movie actor at European Film Awards, when he was nominated for the part of cool masher Dan in drama Dum pro dva. He achieved in comedies as well as in dramas. His most popular characters are soldier Kefalin in comedy Cerni baroni (Nr. 1 hit in Czech theaters of the year), grave digger Broz in Oscar awarded movie by Jan Sverak Kolya (Czech Lion nominee, Nr. 1 hit in Czech theaters of the year), Kvido's father in Bajecna leta pod psa (Wonderful Years that Sucks, Czech Lion nominee, Nr. 1 hit in Czech theaters of the year, Award of Cinema Magazine for Best Actor), pilot in the Tmavomodry svet (Czech Lion nominee, Nr. 1 hit in Czech theaters of the year, Award of Cinema Magazine for Best Actor) and irresponsible son in Babi leto (Autumn Spring). Ondrej Vetchy is a member of very famous Czech theatre Cinoherni klub and he is also very successful in work for TV. Ondrej Vetchy belongs to the most popular Czech actors ever.(1962 - ) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Nominee 1988 (House for Two)- Actor
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Pelle Hvenegaard is a Danish actor and writer, best known for his role in the award-winning film Pelle the Conqueror (1987).
Hvenegaard is named after the title character of Pelle from Danish author Martin Andersen Nexø's 1910 novel Pelle the Conqueror.
At age 11, director Bille August chose Hvenegaard to play the character he is named for, after the crew auditioned 3,000 children. August decided on Hvenegaard, who he said demonstrated concentration, patience and self-control.
Since 2008, Hvenegaard has been the host of Dagens Mand, the Danish version of Taken Out. In 2012, he was a host on the Danish morning talk show Go' Morgen Danmark.(1975 - ) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Winner 1988 (Pelle the Conqueror)- Actress
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Ruth Sheen was born in 1950 in Stepney, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Another Year (2010), Vera Drake (2004) and Run Fatboy Run (2007).(1950 - ) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Winner 1989 (High Hopes)- Actor
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Philippe Noiret was one of French cinema's most familiar faces who appeared in more than 140 films in a career that spanned more than half a century.
He was born on October 1, 1930, in Lille, Nord, France, into a middle class family of shopkeepers. His father was fond of literature. Young Noiret attended the College Janson-of-Sally in the 16th arrondissement in Paris. At school, he was more interested in acting than in academics; he failed to pass his baccalaureate exams three times and left school without graduation. He studied acting at the Centre Dramatique de l'Ouest (Western Drama Theatre). There, in 1950, Noiret made his debut sharing the stage with Gérard Philipe under directorship of Roger Blin . From 1953-1960 Noiret was a permanent member of the troupe with the Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) in Paris. There he played over 40 roles in seven years under directorship of Jean Vilar. While there he met actress Monique Chaumette, whom he married in 1962, and they had one daughter, Frederique. At that time Noiret continued his acting career as a stand-up comedian and a night club entertainer.
Noiret made his big screen debut playing bit part in Gigi (1949), then earned his first on-screen credit in Agence matrimoniale (1952). He landed his first leading role as Lui, a government inspector, in the French New Wave film La Pointe Courte (1955) by notable female director Agnès Varda. His first big success came in 1960 with Louis Malle 's film Zazie in the Metro (1960) (aka.. Zazie in the Metro). In 1968 he became a star in France with the title role in Very Happy Alexander (1968). After that success, Noiret moved on with his acting career and devoted himself almost entirely to the big screen. Noiret's trademark hangdog face and his range allowed him to portray a middle-class man or an aristocrat, but not a handsome romantic hero, so he was cast primarily as the Everyman character. In The Big Feast (1973), an allegoric film about sex orgy and suicide by overeating, which caused a scandal at Cannes in 1973, Noiret co-starred in a controversial role as suicidal judge Philippe, alongside Marcello Mastroianni.
Philippe Noiret shot to international fame with the supporting role as Alfredo, an old man who is a small town projectionist who befriends and inspires a young boy, in Cinema Paradiso (1988). He received international acclaim for his portrayal of the exiled Chilean poet Pablo Neruda in The Postman (1994) by director Michael Radford. Noiret won two Cesar Awards (the French equivalent of the Oscars) and earned three more Cesar nominations. In 1976 he won his first Cesar for his exceptional performance as Julien Dandieu, a surgeon who kills the Nazis in revenge for the death of his wife and daughter, in The Old Gun (1975) (aka.. The Old Gun). Noiret won his second Cesar for the leading role as Major Delaplane in Life and Nothing But (1989) (aka.. Life and Nothing But) in 1990. Over the years, Noiret worked with all of the France's top directors. He also made excellent radio performances and popular books readings, which he narrated with his serious voice and impeccable diction. He was decorated with the Knight of the Legion of Honor.
Philippe Noiret was also known as an elegant hedonist and an avid dog lover. His other interests outside of the acting profession included art, horses, gourmet cuisine and cigars. For about 30 years he resided in his country house in the wine country near Carcassonne, in the South of France, where he generously supported the local causes. Noiret died of generalized complications of cancer on November 23, 2006, in a hospital, in Paris, and was laid to rest in Cimetière du Monparnasse in Paris, France.(1930 - 2006) / EUROPEAN FILM AWARD Winner 1989 (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso)