Barbara Valentin
Barbara Valentin | |
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.jpg) Valentin, c. 1959 | |
| Born | Ursula Ledersteger 15 December 1940 |
| Died | 22 February 2002 (aged 61) Munich, Germany |
| Other name | Barbara Valentine |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1959–2001 |
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
[edit]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]
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During the early to mid-1980s, Valentin was close[4] friends[5] with Freddie Mercury, who lived with her and her daughter in her Munich apartment for some time.[6][7] She is featured in the video for the Queen song It's a Hard Life.
During her career, Valentin was nicknamed "the German Jayne Mansfield".[8]
On 22 February 2002, Valentin died of a stroke in Munich at the age of 61.[8] She was buried in the Ostfriedhof in Munich.
Selected filmography
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Barbara Valentin, German actress". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- 1 2 Bret, David (2014). Freddie Mercury: An Intimate Biography. ISBN 9781291819434.
- 1 2 Reimer, Robert C.; Reimer, Carol J. (2010). The A to Z of German Cinema. Plymouth, U.K.: Scarecrow Press. p. 300. ISBN 9781461731863.
- ↑ Jones, Lesley-Ann. "Freddie Mercury's secret love — and the purification of his legacy". thetimes.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
- ↑ Jones, Lesley-Ann (2025). Love, Freddie: Freddie Mercury's Secret Life and Love. Whitefox Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-917523-55-4.
- ↑ 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 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - 1 2 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.
- ↑ "Die Nackte und der Satan". Filmportal.de. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ 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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