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- Actress
- Soundtrack
Christiane Maybach was born on 14 March 1932 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for A Study in Terror (1965), Unter uns (1994) and Gaslicht (1960). She died on 12 April 2006 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Art Department
Leonide Massine, dancer and choreographer was born in Moscow in 1895 the son of a soprano & a musician from the Bolshoi Theatre chorus. He studied acting & dance from the age of 8 at Moscow's Imperial Theatre School. He was 19 when he was spotted by Diaghilev and recruited as the principal dancer in the Ballets Russes to replace the recently married Nijinsky. Although many said that as a person he was distant and unemotional, when on stage (or film) he showed a livliness and an ability for the understanding and expressing of strong emotions and tremendous humour. Massine's first original work of choreography was the innovative Parade (1917) with a libretto by Jean Cocteau, music by Erik Satie and decor by Pablo Picasso. Later on his set designers included Matisse, Salvador Dalí and Chagall. He went on to a hugely successful career as an international dancer and choreographer and while his private life remained tempestuous with four marriages and many affairs, his professional career seems to have been totally happy and satisfying for him. he was still dancing in his mid-sixties and was choreographing right up to his death in 1979.- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hanno Brühl was born on 19 February 1937 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was a director and writer, known for Die Andere Seite der Welt (1984), Baff - Fast eine Sendung (1968) and Sehnsucht (1990). He died on 5 October 2010 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Actress
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Gisela Uhlen was born on 16 May 1919 in Leipzig, Germany. She was an actress and writer, known for The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979), Rembrandt (1942) and The Indian Scarf (1963). She was married to Herbert Ballmann, Wolfgang Kieling, Hans Bertram, Beat Hodel and Kurt Wessels. She died on 16 January 2007 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Jan Hahn was born on 22 September 1973 in Leipzig, Germany. He was an actor, known for Frühstücksfernsehen (1987), Pastewka (2005) and Der letzte Bulle (2010). He died on 4 May 2021 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Hildegard Krekel was born on 2 June 1952 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. She was an actress, known for Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein (1977), Zoff (1972) and Tatort (1970). She was married to ? ?. She died on 26 May 2013 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
René Deltgen was born on 30 April 1909 in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg. He was an actor, known for The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959), No Way Back (1953) and Journey to the Lost City (1960). He was married to Anita Irene Wapordjieff and Elisabeth Scherer. He died on 29 January 1979 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Arved Birnbaum was born on 31 March 1962 in Forst, German Democratic Republic. He was an actor, known for In the Face of Crime (2010), We Are the Night (2010) and Tatort (1970). He was married to Sabine. He died on 24 October 2021 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Helma Seitz was born on 23 February 1913 in Offenbach am Main, Germany. She was an actress, known for Der Tod läuft hinterher (1967), Der Kommissar (1969) and Tatort (1970). She was married to Arthus Hartog and Theodor Becker. She died on 11 July 1995 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Walter Bockmayer was born on 4 July 1948 in Fehrbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Flaming Hearts (1978), Looping (1981) and Rivalinnen unter griechischer Sonne (1974). He died on 7 October 2014 in Cologne, Germany.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Alan Barton was born on 16 September 1953 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987), Smokie: My Heart Is True (1988) and Smokie: Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1989). He died on 23 March 1995 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Willy Millowitsch was born on 8 January 1909 in Cologne, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985), Das Paradies der flotten Sünder (1968) and Der Etappenhase (1956). He was married to Gerda Feldhoff and Linny Lüttgen. He died on 20 September 1999 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Maurice Karl was born on 21 February 1978 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Unter uns (1994) and Nesthocker - Familie zu verschenken (1999). He died on 31 July 2000 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Mimi Thoma was born on 9 October 1909 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. She was an actress, known for Schindler's List (1993), Fährmann Maria (1936) and Am Ende der Welt (1947). She died on 16 May 1968 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Xao Seffcheque was born in 1956 in Graz, Styria, Austria. He was a writer and actor, known for Ein Jahr - die Anrheiner (1999), Die Kleinen und die Bösen (2015) and Das große Sitzen (1998). He died on 26 May 2023 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Miriam Pielhau was born on 12 May 1975 in Heidelberg, Germany. She was an actress, known for Cinema TV (1997), Der letzte Bissen (2007) and Zepp (2007). She was married to Thom. She died on 12 July 2016 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
At the age of 14, Pleitgen was already working as a freelancer for sports and court reporting for the local edition Bünde der Freie Presse Bielefeld. He also began a two-year traineeship here in 1959. At the beginning of 1963, Pleitgen joined WDR television in Cologne, where he worked for the "Tagesschau" until 1970. This is where the journalist's foreign reporting began, who reported from Brussels and Paris on the discussions between the "European Economic Community" (EEC) and NATO and in 1967 reported from the Middle East on the "Six-Day War" between Israel and its Arab neighbors. In 1969 he married Gerda Lichtenberg. Together they became parents of four children. In 1970, Pleitgen was appointed as a foreign correspondent for ARD in Moscow, from where he kept the German television audience informed about the internal events in the Soviet Union until 1977 in such a way that he soon became a "Cold War reporter".
In mid-1977, Pleitgen moved to East Berlin in the same role after Klaus Bednarz replaced him in Moscow. Until 1982, the foreign correspondent had a lasting impact on the German public's image of the other German state through his reports and reports from the GDR. As the successor to Peter Merseburger, Pleitgen went to Washington in mid-1982 to document the era of the Reagan administration as ARD's USA correspondent until 1987 - not without critical judgments about the president's policies. After Pleitgen temporarily managed the ARD studio in New York in 1987/88, he was appointed editor-in-chief of WDR television in mid-1988. A little later he also took over the moderation of the foreign magazine "Weltspiegel". At the beginning of 1994, Pleitgen was promoted to radio director of WDR, whose five programs he restructured in terms of content. In mid-1995, Pleitgen was appointed director of WDR, succeeding Friedrich Nowottny.
The new boss of the largest ARD broadcaster focused on quality in his programming by trying to increase viewership through good television journalism (reports, documentaries) and upscale entertainment films. During his term in office, Pleitgen also promoted the expansion of ARD's online program in the spirit of the new media revolution. Finally, he himself played an active role in the programming as the moderator of the Sunday ARD "Press Club". Pleitgen was confirmed as director of WDR for another term in 2000. At the beginning of 2001, Pleitgen was also appointed chairman of ARD. In the following months, the new chairman of "First" was particularly involved in the dispute over the television broadcasting rights for the 2002 and 2006 World Cups. At the end of 2002, Pleitgen resigned from the ARD chairmanship. In addition to being director of WDR, he now took on the role of deputy chairman of ARD.
In September 2004, the deputy chairman of ARD and director of WDR took action against the planned introduction of a state-determined quota in public broadcasting: In this context, Pleitgen warned against interference with the broadcasters' program autonomy. In January 2005, the WDR director also spoke out in favor of expelling politicians from broadcasting committees in the future in order to guarantee the independence of the media. On December 17, 2006, after almost 300 broadcasts, Fritz Pleitgen hosted the ARD "Presseclub", one of the oldest series on German television, for the last time. Monika Piel followed him. In May 2005, Pleitgen was awarded the "Médaille Charlemagne pour des Médias Européens" in Aachen as a European media personality. From April 1, 2007 to the end of 2011, Pleitgen was chairman of the management board of Ruhr 2010 GmbH.
He was honored with the Great Cross of Merit in 2012 for his voluntary, social commitment, such as as President of the German Cancer Aid. He was also awarded the "Golden Blokhin Medal" from the Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology in 2019. In June 2020 it became known that Pleitgen was suffering from pancreatic cancer.
Fritz Pleitgen died on September 15, 2022 in Cologne.- John Cannon was born on 26 March 1920 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for I've Got a Secret (1952), Strike It Rich (1951) and Studio One (1948). He was married to Trudy Wilson Cannon. He died on 22 June 2001 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Lotti Krekel was born on 23 August 1941 in Roetgen, Germany. She was an actress, known for Tim Frazer (1963), Die spanische Fliege (1958) and Familie Heinz Becker (1992). She was married to Ernst H. Hilbich. She died on 11 April 2023 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Elsa Scholten was born on 28 February 1902 in Homberg [now Duisburg], Germany. She was an actress, known for Prinzess Wäscherin: Die rote Jule (1954), Der kühne Schwimmer (1960) and Der blaue Heinrich (1955). She was married to Hans Scholten. She died on 14 October 1981 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.
- Production Designer
- Art Director
- Actor
Wilhelm Vorwerg was born on 6 August 1899 in Saarau, Lower Silesia, Germany [now Zarów, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was a production designer and art director, known for Goal in the Clouds (1939), The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse (1964) and Das Mädchen mit den Katzenaugen (1958). He died on 15 July 1990 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Willi Herren was born on 17 June 1975 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He was an actor, known for Lindenstraße (1985), Lola and Billy the Kid (1999) and Tatort (1970). He was married to Jasmin Herren. He died on 20 April 2021 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Loris Bazzocchi was born on 5 January 1931 in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was an actor, known for La piovra (1984), Shoot First, Die Later (1974) and From the Orient with Fury (1965). He died on 19 April 2019 in Cologne, Germany.
- Christoph Hemrich was born on 29 June 1956 in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Feuerengel (1997), Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (1997) and De Partizanen (1995). He died on 20 May 2012 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Margret van Munster was born on 13 November 1920 in Cologne, Germany. She was an actress, known for Lindenstraße (1985), Die Reisegesellschaft (1968) and Der Idiot (1968). She died on 22 February 2010 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Music Department
- Composer
- Actor
Werner Müller was born on 2 August 1920 in Berlin, Germany. He was a composer and actor, known for Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) and Hoch droben auf dem Berg (1957). He died on 28 December 1998 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Ruth Herz was born on 27 October 1943 in Haifa, Palestine [now Israel]. She was married to Thomas Herz and Gabriel Gorodetsky. She died on 2 February 2023 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Friedl Münzer was born on 4 September 1892 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. She was an actress, known for Zum Geburtstag (1960), Südsee-Affaire (1965) and Die Träume von Schale und Kern (1960). She died on 13 January 1967 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.
- Elisabeth Scherer was born on 30 July 1914 in Cologne, Germany. She was an actress, known for Jetzt oder nie - Zeit ist Geld (2000), Helden und andere Feiglinge (1998) and Tatort (1970). She was married to René Deltgen and Dieter Werner. She died on 18 April 2013 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Klaus Wolfgang Niemöller was born on 21 July 1929 in Gelsenkirchen, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany. He died on 13 April 2024 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Producer
- Writer
Ica Souvignier was a producer and writer, known for Shoot the Duke (2009), Fatal Rescue (2009) and Perfect Hideout (2008). She was married to Michael Souvignier. She died on 7 July 2012 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Hans Schulze was born on 7 October 1930 in Bochum, Germany. He was an actor, known for Macbeth (1974), Na krawedzi (1973) and Tatort (1970). He died on 29 August 2023 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Lorose Keller was born on 28 July 1932 in Iserlohn, Germany. She was an actress, known for Die Tigerin (1992), Nobody Loves Me (1994) and The Voice of the Moon (1990). She died on 3 November 2016 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Helmut Schlich was born on 26 January 1935 in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He died on 2 January 2015 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Kurt Steinwendner was born on 7 September 1920 in Vienna, Austria. He was a director and writer, known for Venedig (1962), Die fünf Karnickel (1953) and Wienerinnen (1952). He died on 3 March 1992 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
George Moorse was born on 1 May 1936 in Bellmore, New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Inki (1974), 'In Side Out' (1964) and Schnelles Geld (1983). He was married to Barbara Moorse. He died on 30 July 1999 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Director
- Writer
- Editor
Marcel Broodthaers was born on 28 January 1924 in Saint Gilles, Brussels, Belgium. He was a director and writer, known for Mademoiselle (1969), Chère Petite Soeur: La Tempête (1972) and The Last Voyage (1974). He died on 28 January 1976 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Dieter Bongartz was born on 25 March 1951 in Dülken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was a writer and director, known for Ein Sommer und eine Liebe (1999), Der zehnte Sommer (2003) and Lieber Liebe (1996). He died on 18 November 2015 in Cologne, Germany.- Rudi Lindt was born on 19 September 1920 in Cologne, Germany. He was married to Margot Böhm. He died on 18 March 2000 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Christiane Ensslin was born in 1939 in Bartholomä, Germany. She died on 20 January 2019 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Paul Schalluck was born on 17 June 1922 in Warendorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was a writer, known for Provinces (1968), Karlovarstí poníci (1971) and Einmal Show und retour (1970). He was married to Ilse Nelsen. He died on 29 February 1976 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Hans Bertram was born on 3 April 1915 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was a composer, known for Wenn mein Schätzchen auf die Pauke haut (1971), Rudi, benimm dich! (1971) and Kinderarzt Dr. Fröhlich (1972). He was married to Lilibert. He died on 27 January 1991 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Writer
- Actor
Attik Kargar was born on 31 March 1969 in Kabul, Afghanistan. He was a writer and actor, known for Ladykracher (2002), Kinder, Kinder (2007) and Die Ingo Appelt Show (2000). He died on 21 December 2023 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Ingrid Kalinowski was born in 1937. She was an actress, known for Verbotene Liebe (1995), Die ProSieben Märchenstunde (2006) and Markus Lanz (2008). She was married to Klaus Kalinowski. She died on 11 May 2021 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Hannelore Lübeck was born on 5 April 1927 in Wuppertal, Germany. She was an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Kammerflimmern (2004) and Narren (2003). She died on 25 October 2014 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Franz Grothe was born on 17 September 1908 in Berlin, Germany. He was a composer and actor, known for The Good Liar (2019), Waltz Melodies (1938) and Das Schloß in Flandern (1936). He was married to Kirsten Heiberg and Gerda Eckert. He died on 12 September 1982 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.- Actress
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Lucy Millowitsch was born on 8 November 1905 in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany. She was an actress and writer, known for The Unknown (1936), Die spanische Fliege (1958) and Das große Spiel (1942). She was married to Josef Haubrich. She died on 21 June 1990 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Klaudi Fröhlich was born on 18 June 1940 in Cologne, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Bombastus Ballmann (1978), Geschichten aus der Heimat (1983) and Strong Times (1988). He was married to Marlis Fröhlich. He died on 15 October 2019 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Stefanie Mühle was born on 19 March 1960 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She was an actress, known for Lindenstraße (1985), Tatort (1970) and Alarm für Cobra 11 - Einsatz für Team 2 (2003). She died on 18 April 2011 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Dieter Wellershoff was born on 3 November 1925 in Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was a writer, known for Der Liebeswunsch (2006), Schattengrenze (1979) and Ein ungleiches Paar (1988). He was married to Maria von Thadden. He died on 15 June 2018 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.