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Ruth Leuwerik

Stage Actress / Film Actress / Voice Actress | * 04/23/1924 († 91, 01/12/2016) | Essen (Germany)
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Ruth Leuwerik (German: [ʁuːt ˈlɔɪ̯.və.ʁɪk] ; 23 April 1924 – 12 January 2016) was a German film actress, one of the most popular stars of German film during the 1950s. She appeared in 34 films between 1950 and 1977. Leuwerik is probably best known for her portrayal of Maria von Trapp in the films The Trapp Family and The Trapp Family in America. Born in Essen as Ruth Leeuwerik, she grew up there and in Münster. She began her acting career with stage roles in the late 1940s. In the 1950s she and Dieter Borsche were considered as the ideal couple of the German film. In 1962 she starred in the Helmut Käutner film Redhead, which was entered in the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. She is a five-time Bambi Award winner. Leuwerik died in Munich on 12 January 2016. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Biography of the famous German actress Renate Müller, who died in 1937 under unsettled circumstances; While doing her first movie for the UFA in Berlin, she meets the elderly secretary-general Dr. Si ...

Sweetheart of the Gods

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1960 | 1h 39min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Rosen im Herbst

Certification unknown

1955 | 2.5/5 | 1h 47min
Drama
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Taiga

Certification unknown

1958 | 1h 40min
Drama
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The von Trapp family are struggling to survive in America, where their performances of European church music are not popular with the audiences. Only when they start performing more upbeat Austrian fo ...

The Trapp Family in America

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1958 | 2.8/5 | 1h 27min
Kids & Family, Comedy, Drama, Music
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Awards & Nominations for Ruth Leuwerik

Bavarian Order of Merit Commander's Cross of The Order of Merit of The Federal Republic of Germany
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Movies with Ruth Leuwerik as Actress(38)

as Baronin von Trapp2014 Goodnight Mommy
as herself1997 Denk ich an Deutschland – Das Wispern im Berg der Dinge
as Gerda Cornelius, seine Frau1977 Unordnung und frühes Leid
as Katharine Markham1976 Meine beste Freundin
as Valerie Steinfeld1971 And Jimmy Went to the Rainbow's Foot
as Genia Hofreiter1970 Das weite Land
as Ninotschka1965 Ninotschka
as Dr. Maria Rohn1963 An Alibi for Death
as Hedda Gabler1963 Hedda Gabler
as Tina Rodenbach1963 Elf Jahre und ein Tag
as Marianne Nägler1963 The House in Montevideo
as Franziska Lukas1962 Redhead
as Autograph hunter1961 The Dream of Lieschen Müller
as Vera1961 Die Stunde, die du glücklich bist
as Renate Müller1960 Sweetheart of the Gods
as Margarete Barnebusch1960 Eine Frau fürs ganze Leben
as Maria1960 Auf Engel schießt man nicht
as Maureen1959 Ein Tag, der nie zu Ende geht
as Dorothea Angermann1959 Dorothea Angermann
as Fanny Becker1959 The Ideal Woman
as Baronin von Trapp1958 The Trapp Family in America
as Hanna Dietrich1958 Taiga
as Franziska1957 Goodbye, Francesca!
as Dr. Hanna Burkhardt1957 Immer wenn der Tag beginnt
as Königin Luise1957 Königin Luise
as Baronin Maria von Trapp1956 The Trapp Family
as Tima Sombor1956 Die goldene Brücke
as Empress Elisabeth von Österreich1955 Ludwig II
as Violante Gore1955 Geliebte Feindin
as Effi Briest1955 Rosen im Herbst
as Nicole1954 Portrait of an Unknown Woman
as Garda von Doerr1953 Muss man sich gleich scheiden lassen?
as Louise von Bolin1953 Geliebtes Leben
as Imma Spoelman1953 Königliche Hoheit
as Sibylla Zander1953 Ein Herz spielt falsch
as Hilde1952 Die große Versuchung
as Susanne Meissner1952 Vater braucht eine Frau
as Evelyne Winterthur1950 Dreizehn unter einem Hut

TV Shows/Series with Ruth Leuwerik as Actress(9)

as herself2006 Filmlegenden. Deutsch
as herself1979 NDR Talk Show
as herself1977 Bitte umblättern
as Dr. Marta Schwenn1974 Derrick
as Vera Baruda1974 Derrick
as herself1971 Dalli Dalli
as Magda Reger1969 Der Kommissar
as herself1959 Stars in der Manege
as herself1957 Zum blauen Bock

Citizenship: Germany
Born: Wednesday, 04/23 1924 (April) in Essen (Germany)
Died: Tuesday, 01/12 2016 (January) in Munich (aged: 91)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: German (DE)
Ruth Leuwerik frequently works together with these people:
Dirk Galuba (22x, Actor)
Sky du Mont (20x, Actor)
Pierre Franckh (19x, Actor)
Holger Petzold (19x, Actor)
Dirk Dautzenberg (18x, Actor)
Philipp Moog (16x, Actor)
Wolf Roth (15x, Actor)
Thomas Astan (15x, Actor)
Christiane Krüger (15x, Actress)
Dieter Eppler (14x, Actor)
Wolfried Lier (14x, Actor)
Klaus Herm (14x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:477008, Added: 10/02/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024