Janette Rauch (born 16 March 1962) is a Swiss-German actress.

Life

Janette Rauch grew up in Berlin as the daughter of a Swiss father. She was one of the original cast members of the musical ''

Linie 1 ''Linie 1'' is the second-most successful German musical after Bertolt Brecht’s Threepenny Opera. The title refers to Berlin's subway line U1. The musical was first performed by the ensemble of the GRIPS-Theater on 30 April 1986. In October 2 ...

'' at Berlin's

Grips-Theater The Grips-Theatre in Berlin (official name: GRIPS Theater) is a well-known and well-respected emancipatory children's and youth theatre, located at Altonaer Straße at Hansaplatz in the Hansaviertel in Berlin's Mitte district. It is “the first t ...

. She played the main role of "girl" until 1989. Since then, Rauch has been active in numerous German cinema and television films and series. She became known to a wider audience through her role as Sister Christine in the 1990 movie ' and her role in the

ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...

series '' Zwei alte Hasen''. She was often seen alongside

Hape Kerkeling Hans Peter Wilhelm "Hape" Kerkeling (; born 9 December 1964) is a German comedian, TV presenter, author, and actor. Career At secondary school in Recklinghausen, Hape Kerkeling and some fellow students formed a band (''Gesundfutter'', meanin ...

in some of his films. Since 6 November 2006, she starred in the telenovela ''

Rote Rosen ''Rote Rosen'' (Red Roses) is a German telenovela produced by Studio Hamburg Serienwerft Lüneburg and broadcast by Das Erste since 6 November 2006. The show is a complex telenovela, which tells one love story every season about women in their ...

''; after the departure of

Angela Roy Angela Roy (born Angela Giesen; 24 June 1957) is a German actress and director. Life and career Angela Roy was born into a family of artistes. Her parents were acrobats who with a third partner made up the ''Iris Roy Trio''. Up to the age of ...

in episode 214, she took over the lead role of gardener Alice Albers. Since 2011, she has been a permanent fixture on the ZDF evening series ''

Notruf Hafenkante ''Notruf Hafenkante'' is a German television series broadcast on ZDF. It is set in Hamburg and is about the members of the police department PK 21 and the doctors of the fictional hospital Elbkrankenhaus. The show's premise is modelled on the ...

''. Rauch claims to have survived the 2006 tsunami in Sri Lanka. She lives in

Bremen, Germany Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

Social engagement

Janette Rauch is a Children's Ambassador for Bremer Children's Day and was, until 2010, the patron of the children's hospice Löwenherz in

Syke Syke () is a town in the district of Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km south of Bremen. Population * 1961: 16,203 * 1970: 17,013 * 1979: 19,413 * 1987: 18,796 * 1992: 21,411 * 1997: 23,340 * 2002: 23,7 ...

(near Bremen).

Filmography

* 1987: ' * 1988: ''Schafe in Wales'' * 1990: ' * 1990–1993: ''Vera und Babs'' (26 episodes) * 1995: ''

Das Traumschiff ' ("The Dream Ship") is a German television drama series by ZDF. The series, about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world, debuted in 1981 and became one of the most-watched television shows in Germany. A total of 83 episodes have ...

'' (TV series) – "Tasmanien" * 1996: ''

Mensch, Pia! ''Mensch, Pia!'' is a German television series. See also *List of German television series The following is a list of television series produced in Germany: Current Drama * '' 4 Blocks'' ( TNT Serie, 2017–2019) * '' Alarm für Cobra 1 ...

'' (TV series) (10 episodes) * 1996: ''

Willi und die Windzors Willi is a given name, nickname (often a short form or hypocorism of Wilhelm (name), Wilhelm) and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Willi Apel (1893–1988), German-American musicologist * Willi Boskovsky (1909–1991), A ...

'' * 1997: ''Teneriffa – Tag der Rache'' (TV movie) * 1997–1999: ''

Gegen den Wind ''Gegen den Wind'' (''Against the Wind'') is a German television series which ran from 1994 to 1997. Cast * as Nik Andersen * Hardy Krüger junior as Sven Westermann * Alexander Haugg as Knut * Henry van Lyck as John Westermann * Daniela Ziegle ...

'' (TV series) (15 episodes) * 1998: ''

In aller Freundschaft (''In all friendship'') is a German television soap opera that began airing in 1998 every Tuesday. The series follows the staff of the fictional Sachsenklinik hospital in the city of Leipzig. The series is produced by Degeto (a subsidiary of ...

'' * 1998: ''Die Oma ist tot'' * 1999: ''Herz über Bord'' * 1999–2001: ''Aus gutem Haus'' * 2000: ''Die Traumprinzen'' * 2001: ''Alles wegen Paul'' (film) * 2002: ''Rosamunde Pilcher: Mit den Augen der Liebe'' (TV movie) * 2004: ''

'' (TV series) – "Sri Lanka" * 2004: ''Samba in Mettmann'' (film) * 2005: ''

'' * 2005: ''

alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP ''Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP'' (German: ''Alpha Team - The Lifesaver in the OR'') was a German hospital drama television series that aired on Sat.1 between 1996 and 2005. The series covered the work of a team of doctors, nurses and ca ...

'' * 2006: ''

Balko ''Balko'' is a German prime time television series broadcast on the private TV channel RTL. It is a police detective story with comical twists featuring two inspectors of the Dortmund police, Balko (played by Jochen Horst until episode 48, the ...

'' – "Tod eines Fahrlehrers" * 2006: ''

Wilsberg ''Wilsberg'' is a German TV series based on novels about the fictional private detective Georg Wilsberg. A first TV episode was aired in 1995, five years after the release of the first novel, starring Joachim Król. Since the second episode (aired ...

: Tod auf Rezept'' * 2006–2008: ''

'' * 2008: ''

Im Tal der wilden Rosen ''Im Tal der wilden Rosen'' ( en, In the Valley of Wild Roses) is a German television series. It aired 13 episodes on ZDF from January 29, 2006 to November 23, 2008. The entire series is available on DVD in PAL format in German. Episodes Se ...

'' – "Zerrissene Herzen" * 2009: ''

Küstenwache The German Federal Coast Guard (german: Küstenwache des Bundes) is a civilian law enforcement organisation whose primary missions are border protection, maritime environmental protection, shipping safety, fishery protection and customs enforcem ...

'' – "Duell ohne Gnade" * 2010 - 2018: ''

'' * 2012: ''Zwei für alle Fälle'' (TV series) – "Manche mögen Mord"

References

External links

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Homepage von Janette Rauch

Homepage der Telenovela Rote Rosen
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rauch, Janette 1962 births Swiss television actresses Living people 20th-century Swiss actresses German television actresses 20th-century German actresses 21st-century German actresses 21st-century Swiss actresses Actresses from Berlin People from Winterthur