Monica Bleibtreu

Monica Bleibtreu (May 4, 1944 – May 13, 2009) was an Austrian actress and screenwriter, best known in the German-speaking world for her German film, television and stage roles.

Bleibtreu was born in Vienna, Austria, the daughter of Helene Buchholt and Renato Attilio Bleibtreu. She studied drama at the renowned Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and made her cinema debut in Ludwig-Requiem for a Virgin King in 1972. Her later roles included appearances in Four Minutes and Tom Tykwer's Run Lola Run, which also starred her son, actor Moritz Bleibtreu.

She also starred as Katia Mann in Heinrich Breloers television biodrama, The Manns - Novel of a Century, and in Hilde, a biopic of the late German actress and singer Hildegard Knef, which was released in 2009. From 1993 to 1998 Bleibtreu taught drama at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.

Bleibtreu died on 13 May 2009, aged 65, in Hamburg, Germany, after a long battle with cancer. German President Horst Koehler released a statement saying he was "dismayed" by her death, telling her son that "she enthused countless people" during her career. Her last films, Tannöd (de) or The Murder Farm, directed by Bettina Oberli (de), and Soul Kitchen, directed by Fatih Akın, were released in 2009 after her death.

• 1969 Change (TV film)
• 1972 Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King
• 1972 Adele Spitzeder (TV film)
• 1976 Lemminge, Teil 2: Verletzungen (TV film)
• 1976 Mittags auf dem Roten Platz (TV film)
• 1982 Ich werde warten (TV film)
• 1982 Variation (TV film)
• 1982 Das Dorf an der Grenze (TV miniseries)
• 1984 Love Is the Beginning of All Terror
• 1986 Wohin und zurück 2 - Santa Fe (fr) (TV film)
• 1986 Mit meinen heißen Tränen (de) (TV film)
• 1986 Lethal Obsession
• 1998 Run Lola Run
• 1998 Rosenzweigs Freiheit
• 1999 Tödliche Schatten (TV film)
• 2000 Marlene
• 2000 The Farewell
• 2001 Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman (TV miniseries)
• 2002 Amen.
• 2002 Tattoo
• 2002 Bibi Blocksberg (de)
• 2003 Himmel Polt und Hölle (TV film)
• 2004 Der Wunschbaum (TV miniseries)
• 2004 Bibi Blocksberg und das Geheimnis der blauen Eulen (de)
• 2005 Wellen (TV film)
• 2005 Marias letzte Reise (de) (TV film)
• 2006 Four Minutes
• 2007 Max Minsky und ich
• 2007 Das Herz ist ein dunkler Wald (de)
• 2008 Die zweite Frau
• 2009 Hilde
• 2009 Soul Kitchen
• 2009 Ladylike (TV film)
• 2009 Tannöd (de)