Erika Pluhar is an actress, singer and author from

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and was born on 28 February 1939 in

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. Erika Pluhar is the daughter of Anna and Dr Josef Pluhar. One of her sisters, Ingeborg G. Pluhar, is a painter and sculptor. After finishing school in 1957, Erika Pluhar studied at the

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, the Viennese academy for music and the performing arts where she graduated with distinction in 1959. She immediately went into acting at the

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, the imperial court theatre, where she was a member of the acting troupe from 1959 until 1999. At the beginning of the 1970s Erika Pluhar embarked on a singing career. She has been writing books since her childhood; her first book was published in 1981. Erika Pluhar has been married twice (with

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, businessman and convict of the murder of six people, and

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, poet and all-rounder artist) and has had a daughter, Anna (1961–1999).

Literary works (German)

* Aus Tagebüchern (1981) * Über Leben : Lieder und ihre Geschichten (1982) * Lieder (1986) * Als gehörte eins zum anderen : eine Geschichte (1991) * Zwischen die Horizonte geschrieben : Lieder, Lyrik, kleine Prosa (1992) * Marisa : Rückblenden auf eine Freundschaft (1996), Hoffmann und Campe, * Am Ende des Gartens : Erinnerungen an eine Jugend (1997) * Matildas Erfindungen (1999) * Der Fisch lernt fliegen : unterwegs durch die Jahre (2000) * Verzeihen Sie, ist das hier schon die Endstation? (2001) * Die Wahl (2003) * Erika Pluhar: Ein Bilderbuch (2004) * Die stille Zeit : Geschichten und Gedanken nicht nur zu Weihnachten (2004) * Reich der Verluste (2005) * Paar Weise. Geschichten und Betrachtungen zur Zweisamkeit, (Januar 2007), Residenz/Niederösterreichisches Pressehaus, ,

Records

* Erika Pluhar singt (1972) * So oder so ist das Leben (1974) * Die Liebeslieder der Erika Pluhar (1975) * Hier bin ich (1976) * Beziehungen (1978) * (1979) * Narben (1981) * Über Leben (1982) * Liebende (1983) * Wiener Lieder * Bossa à la Marinoff (1989) * For ever * Ein Abend am Naschmarkt (1995) * Jahraus, jahrein (1998) * I geb net auf (1999) * Lieder vom Himmel und der Erde (2002) * Es war einmal (2004) * Wien. Lied. Wir. (2006)

Film appearances (in German)

* 1961: ''Die Türen knallen'' (TV film) * 1963: ''Die Möwe'' (TV film) * 1964: ''Das vierte Gebot'' (TV film) * 1968: ' (TV film) * 1968: '' Moss on the Stones'', directed by Georg Lhotzky * 1968: ''Die Bürger von Calais'' (TV film) * 1969: ''Schwester Bonaventura'' (TV film) * 1969: ''Traumnovelle'' (TV film) * 1970: ''Hier bin ich, mein Vater'' (TV film) * 1970: ', directed by

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* 1970: ' (TV film) * 1971: '' The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty'', directed by

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– based on a story by

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* 1971: ''Die Nacht von Lissabon'' (TV film) * 1972: ''Monsieur Chasse'' (TV film) * 1973: ''Der Zuschlag'' (TV film) * 1973: ' * 1974: ''Der Schwierige'' (TV film) * 1975: ' (TV miniseries) * 1976: ', directed by

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* 1977: ''Gaslicht'' (TV film) * 1977: ', directed by

* 1977: '' Just a Gigolo'', directed by

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* 1978: ''Die Kameliendame'' (TV film) * 1978: ''

The Man in the Rushes ''The Man in the Rushes'' (German: ''Der Mann im Schilf'') is a 1978 West German thriller film directed by Manfred Purzer and starring Jean Sorel, Erika Pluhar and Nathalie Delon.Bock & Bergfelder p.529 The film's sets were designed by the art dir ...

'', directed by

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* 1980: '' Sunday Children'', directed by

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* 1983: ', directed by * 1986: ''Mamortische'', directed by Antonio Victor D’Almeida * 1992: ''Rosalinas Haus'' * 1994: ''Etwas am Herzen'' * 1994: ''Mrs. Klein'' (TV film), directed by * 1994: ''Rosen aus Jerichow'', directed by Hans Peter Heinzl * 2001: ''Marafona: ein Film über das Lieben'', directed by Erika Pluhar * 2010: ''

The End Is My Beginning ''The End Is My Beginning'' (german: Das Ende ist mein Anfang, it, La fine è il mio inizio) is a 2010 German-Italian biographical drama film directed by Jo Baier. It is based on the posthumous autobiographical best-seller with the same name wri ...

Awards

* The Josef Kainz Medal from the City of Vienna (1979) * The Robert Musil Medal from the city of Klagenfurt and the Robert Musil Archive (1984) * Chamber Actress of the Year (1986) * Honorary Medal of the City of Vienna, Gold (2000)

References

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External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pluhar, Erika 1939 births Living people Austrian stage actresses Austrian film actresses Austrian television actresses 20th-century Austrian actresses Actresses from Vienna Austrian women writers