Constanze Engelbrecht (; 6 January 1950 – 21 July 2000) was a German actress who was one of the most popular actresses in the country between 1980 and 1990. She appeared in more than seventy films from 1960 to 1998. Her husband was an actor, and her daughter

Julie Engelbrecht Julie Charon Engelbrecht (born 30 June 1984) is a French-born German actress. Early life Engelbrecht was born in Paris. She is the daughter of the actress Constanze Engelbrecht, and made her acting debut at 12 years old, appearing with her mot ...

is an actress.

Biography

Constanze Engelbrecht was born on 6 January 1950 in Munich, Germany to actress and sculptor Gen Golch. Her very first role was the voice actress for the character "Jeff" in the German version of the TV series ''

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'', which she performed for six years. She debuted as a television actress at ten years old in the TV movie ''Und nicht mehr Jessica'' (1965) with

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and

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. Engelbrecht's original goal was to become a classical soprano and she studied at the

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of Munich, at the Salzburg Mozarteneum and finally at the

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in London before changing to acting and studying under the direction of

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. She performed in both live theater and television. Engelbrecht was well known at the theaters of Munich and also performed in Paris at the "Theatre de la ville". Beginning in the 1970s, she worked in television, playing in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and in 1979 she appeared as Gabrielle d'Estrées in a 12-part historical drama ''Heinrich, der gute König''. In 1980, she and her husband, French writer, director and actor , moved to Paris, but she continued to act in German television. During the 1980s, she starred in many mini-series, including ''Unter der Trikolore'' (1980), in the seven-part Feuchtwanger adaptation '' Exil'' (1981) and the lead actress in ' (1983). She also appeared in films on the big screen during this period with roles in ' (1983) as Ilona with

Michael Sarrazin Michael Sarrazin (May 22, 1940 – April 17, 2011)

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; in ' (1984) as the character "Rosi", with

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, and ; in ' (1984) as "Rita" with

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, and in ' with

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. Between 1987 and 1990 Engelbrecht became known throughout Germany as Brigitte Sanders for the role she played in the television series in ''

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''. She was the devious ex-wife of Martin Sanders (played by

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), who will do whatever she can to destroy the new relationship her ex-husband is having with Vera Drombusch (played by

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). In 1990, she made a television film, ''Der Eindringling'' which was one of her most acclaimed performances. Throughout the 1990s, she worked in television completing the miniseries ''Die Frauen von Bonne Espérance'' (1990) and several successful series like ''

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'' (1990), ''

'' (1991), ''

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'' (1992), ''

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'' (1993), ''

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'' (1994), ''

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'' (1997), among others. She received praise for the TV miniseries ' (1996) with

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, Heinz Hoenig,

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and

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and for her lead role in ' (1998). Her last role was with

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in a television production of ''

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''. Engelbrecht died on 21 July 2000 at the Frauenklinik des Roten Kreuzes Hospital in Munich. She had been fighting breast cancer since 1998 and it had spread to the liver and brain.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Engelbrecht, Constanze 1950 births 2000 deaths German film actresses German television actresses 20th-century German actresses Actresses from Munich Deaths from cancer in Germany Deaths from breast cancer