Austrian actress
Barbara Valentin (born Ursula Ledersteger; 15 December 1940 – 22 February 2002)[1] was an Austrian actress. She worked in film, often with Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Biography
Valentin was born in 1940 as Ursula Ledersteger in Vienna, Austria (then part of Nazi Germany).[2][3] Her father was the Austrian art director, Hans Ledersteger and her mother the actress, Irmgard Alberti. She had a half-brother, Alfred Ledersteger. She was married to German film director Helmut Dietl.[2]
During the early to mid-1980s, Valentin was close friends with Freddie Mercury, who lived with her and her daughter together in her Munich apartment for some time.[4][5] She is featured in the music video for the Queen song, It's a Hard Life.
During her career, Valentin was nicknamed "the German Jayne Mansfield".[6]
On 22 February 2002, Valentin died of a stroke in Munich, Germany at the age of 61.[6] She was buried in the Ostfriedhof in Munich, Germany.
Selected filmography
References
- ^ "Barbara Valentin, German actress". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ a b Bret, David (2014). Freddie Mercury: An Intimate Biography. ISBN 9781291819434.
- ^ a b Reimer, Robert C.; Reimer, Carol J. (2010). The A to Z of German Cinema. Plymouth, U.K.: Scarecrow Press. p. 300. ISBN 9781461731863.
- ^ Bardola, Nicola (2021). Mercury in München: Seine besten Jahre [Mercury in Munich: His best years]. Heyne Verlag. ISBN 978-3641276539.
- ^ Sechs Jahre hat Freddie Mercury in München gelebt - eine Spurensuche [Freddie Mercury lived in Munich for six years - a search for clues] (in German). Bayerischer Rundfunk. 4 October 2021. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022.
- ^ a b Lentz III, Harris M. (2003). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2002: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 309. ISBN 0786414642 – via Google Books.
- ^ Lim, Dennis (10 April 2010). "A Bold Vision, Still Ahead of Its Time". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "Angst essen Seele auf". Festival de Cannes (in French). Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (1994). "FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW; Fassbinder on the Painfully Tight Bonds of Marriage". Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "Screen: By Fassbinder, 'BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ'". The New York Times. 10 August 1983. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
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