Rosemarie Fendel (1927-2013) was a German actress and director, who worked on the stage, in film, and in television. She was also a voice actress, and was the voice of notable actresses for German dubs of their work, including Elizabeth Taylor, Jeanne Moreau, and Annie Giradot. She won numerous awards for her work in film and television, and also directed and wrote a few screen productions herself. Her daughter is German actress,
Suzanne von Borsody
Suzanne von Borsody (; born 23 September 1957 in Munich) is a German actress.
She comes from a prominent theatre family, being the daughter of actress Rosemarie Fendel and actor Hans von Borsody. Her grandfather, Eduard von Borsody, was a famou ...
.
Career
Theater
Fendel began her acting career on stage in 1946, appearing at the Kammerspiele in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
as a flower girl in a production of Girodoux's "Die Irre von Chaillot".
She studied acting with the actress,
Maria Koppenhöfer
Maria Koppenhöfer (11 December 1901 – 29 November 1948) was a German film actress.
Selected filmography
* ''The Opera Ball'' (1931)
* '' 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman'' (1931)
* '' Unheimliche Geschichten'' (1932)
* '' The First Right of th ...
. She was noticed by director and actor,
Gustaf Gründgens
Gustaf Gründgens (; 22 December 1899 – 7 October 1963), born Gustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens, was one of Germany's most famous and influential actors of the 20th century, and artistic director of theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg ...
, who brought her to act in productions in the
Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
The is a theatre building and company in Düsseldorf. The present building with two major auditoria was designed by the architect and built between 1965 and 1969. It opened in 1970.
History
The theatre dates back to 1747 when during the ...
as well as to perform in
Darmstadt
Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it th ...
,
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
and
Frankfurt
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...
.
in 1957, she temporarily retired from the stage after the birth of her daughter,
Suzanne von Borsody
Suzanne von Borsody (; born 23 September 1957 in Munich) is a German actress.
She comes from a prominent theatre family, being the daughter of actress Rosemarie Fendel and actor Hans von Borsody. Her grandfather, Eduard von Borsody, was a famou ...
, who was born to her after she married actor and director
Hans von Borsody
Hans von Borsody (; 20 September 1929 – 4 November 2013) was a German film actor.
He was born in Vienna into an artistic family of Hungarian descent. His father Eduard was a film director, his uncle Julius a set designer.(in German) His daughte ...
.
She later returned to the stage, and in 1982, she had a notable performance in a production of
Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career ...
's ''
The Cherry Orchard
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'', at the
Frankfurt Schauspiel.
She performed roles written for both, men and women, in productions of plays by Bertolt Brecht and Miller.
Other notable performances include roles in
Heiner Müller
Heiner Müller (; 9 January 1929 – 30 December 1995) was a German (formerly East German) dramatist, poet, writer, essayist and theatre director. His "enigmatic, fragmentary pieces" are a significant contribution to postmodern drama and postdr ...
's ''
Quartet
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Classical String quartet
In classical music, one of the most common combinations o ...
.'' Towards the end of her career, she routinely gave private and small performances of works by
Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as treat ...
and
Mascha Kaléko
Mascha Kaléko (born Golda Malka Aufen; 7 June 1907 – 21 January 1975) was a German language, German-language poet.
Biography
Kaléko was born Golda Malka Aufen in Chrzanów, Galicia (Central Europe), Galicia (now Poland). She was the daugh ...
, often in her home in Frankfurt.
Film and television
Fendel appeared in a number of television series in the 1960s, most notably in the crime series ''
Der Kommissar'' as the wife of
Erik Ode
Erik Ode (born Fritz Erik Signy Odemar, 6 November 1910 – 19 July 1983) was a German director and actor who was most famous for playing Kommissar ''Herbert Keller'' in the German television drama '' Der Kommissar'' (The Police Inspector). He mar ...
.
She also had roles in ''
Dem Täter auf der Spur
''Dem Täter auf der Spur'' is a German television series.
See also
* Episodes ''Dem Täter auf der Spur''
*List of German television series
The following is a list of television series produced in Germany:
Current
Drama
* '' 4 Blocks'' ...
'', ''
Das Kriminalmuseum
''Das Kriminalmuseum'' was a German television series. It ran from 1963 to 1970 on ZDF and was one of its first programs. Each episode began with a tracking shot through an unspecified crime museum, stopping at one of the displays, whose story w ...
'', ''
Tatort
''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...
'', ''
Der Havelkaiser
''Der Havelkaiser'' 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 ...
'', ''
Freunde fürs Leben
''Freunde fürs Leben'' 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 Co ...
'' and ''
Der Nachtkurier meldet''.
Fendel also appeared in several films, including ''
Trotta'' (1971) directed by
Johannes Schaaf
Johannes Schaaf (7 April 1933 – 1 November 2019) was a German film, theatre and opera director and actor. Several of his films have been internationally recognized. His focus shifted to opera in the 1980s and he worked with many of the leading i ...
, an adaptation of a novel by Joseph Roth, and won a federal prize for her performance in the film.
She is best known for her performance in ''The Sister'' (2010) directed by
Margarethe von Trotta
Margarethe von Trotta (; born 21 February 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, and actress. She has been referred to as a "leading force" of the New German Cinema movement. .
In 1973, she won the Grimme Prize for her performance in ''
Im Reservat,'' written by Peter Stripp and directed by
Peter Beauvais
Peter Beauvais (September 9, 1916, Weißenstadt, Germany – December 17, 1986, Baden-Baden, Germany) was a German television film director and scriptwriter. As a director for three decades, he helped pioneer and significantly influenced the devel ...
.
Other notable film roles include ''
Alle Jahre wieder Alle Jahre wieder (English: "Every year again") is a well-known German Christmas carol. The text was written in 1837 by .Wilhelm Hey: ''Noch funfzig Fabeln für Kinder.'' In Bildern gezeichnet von Otto Speckter. Nebst einem ernsthaften Anhange. Neue ...
'' (1967), ''
Tätowierung'' (1967), ''Traumstadt'' (1973), ''
Ödipussi
''Ödipussi'' is a 1988 German comedy film, written and directed by and also starring Loriot. It was the first of two feature films he directed, the other one being ''Pappa Ante Portas.'' The title is a pun on the Oedipus complex described by Sig ...
'' (1988), ''
Schtonk!
''Schtonk!'' (subtitled ''Der Film zum Buch vom Führer''; "The film accompanying the ''Führer's'' book") is a 1992 German satirical film which retells the story of the 1983 ''Hitler Diaries'' hoax. It was written and directed by Helmut Dietl.
...
'' (1992), ''Das Schwein – Eine deutsche Karriere'' (1994), ' (2000), ''Die Farben der Liebe'' (2003), ''Mensch Mutter'' (2006), and ''Das zweite Leben'' (2007).
Her last film appearance was in a three-part series titled ''
Hotel Adlon: A Family Saga'' (2013) filmed for
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 ...
. She won the Bavarian Television Prize for her role in ''Das zweite Leben''.
Directing and writing
In 1973, Fendel assisted her long-time partner, director
Johannes Schaaf
Johannes Schaaf (7 April 1933 – 1 November 2019) was a German film, theatre and opera director and actor. Several of his films have been internationally recognized. His focus shifted to opera in the 1980s and he worked with many of the leading i ...
, in writing the screenplay for his film ''Traumstadt''. Following this, she wrote a screenplay for a television series, ''
Der Alte'', which was produced by ZDF. In 1980, she wrote and directed the television film ''Der Heuler''. She also wrote the screenplay for ''
Momo
Momo may refer to:
Geography
* Momo (department), a division of Northwest Province in Cameroon
* Momo, Gabon, a town in the Woleu-Ntem province of Gabon
* Momo, Piedmont, a town in the province of Novara, in northern Italy
* Joffrey Tower, in ...
'' (1986).
Voice acting
During her retirement from the stage, Fendel worked as a voice actor and performed roles by
Elizabeth Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. ...
,
Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau (; 23 January 1928 – 31 July 2017) was a French actress, singer, screenwriter, director, and socialite. She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française. Mo ...
,
Simone Signoret
Simone Signoret (; born Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker; 25 March 1921 – 30 September 1985) was a French actress. She received various accolades, including an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, a César Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a ...
,
Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall (; born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) was an American actress. She was named the 20th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute and received an Academy Honorary Aw ...
,
Anne Bancroft
Anne Bancroft (born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano; September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an American actress. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft received an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, tw ...
,
Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy (born Myrna Adele Williams; August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American film, television and stage actress. Trained as a dancer, Loy devoted herself fully to an acting career following a few minor roles in silent films. ...
,
Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, writer, critic, and satirist based in New York; she was known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.
From a conflicted and unhap ...
,
Vanessa Redgrave
Dame Vanessa Redgrave (born 30 January 1937) is an English actress and activist. Throughout her career spanning over seven decades, Redgrave has garnered numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Television Award, two ...
, and
Annie Girardot
Annie Suzanne Girardot (25 October 193128 February 2011) was a French actress. She often played strong-willed, independent, hard-working, and often lonely women, imbuing her characters with an earthiness and reality that endeared her to women und ...
in German dubs.
Her roles include dubbing of roles by Gina Lollobrigida in
Pane, amore e fantasia
''Bread, Love and Dreams'' ( it, Pane, amore e fantasia) is a 1953 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. At the 4th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Silver Bear award.
Plot
The film is set in Sagliena, an imaginar ...
(1927), and Simone Signoret in ''
Les Diaboliques'' (1954).
Life
Fendel was born in 1927 in Metternich near
Koblenz
Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary.
Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili ...
, and spent her childhood in Berlin and Bohemia. During the course of her career, she lived in Munich, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg, eventually settling in Frankfurt.
For several years she lived and worked with director
Johannes Schaaf
Johannes Schaaf (7 April 1933 – 1 November 2019) was a German film, theatre and opera director and actor. Several of his films have been internationally recognized. His focus shifted to opera in the 1980s and he worked with many of the leading i ...
.
She later married to actor
Hans von Borsody
Hans von Borsody (; 20 September 1929 – 4 November 2013) was a German film actor.
He was born in Vienna into an artistic family of Hungarian descent. His father Eduard was a film director, his uncle Julius a set designer.(in German) His daughte ...
, and their daughter is the German actress,
Suzanne von Borsody
Suzanne von Borsody (; born 23 September 1957 in Munich) is a German actress.
She comes from a prominent theatre family, being the daughter of actress Rosemarie Fendel and actor Hans von Borsody. Her grandfather, Eduard von Borsody, was a famou ...
, She died at the age of 85 in her home at Frankfurt, after a short illness.
Selected filmography
* ''
Tattoo
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'' (1967), as Frau Lohmann
* ''
Trotta'' (1971), as Almarin
* ' (1977, TV film), as Mary Rogers
* ' (1978, TV film), as
Rahel Varnhagen
Rahel Antonie Friederike Varnhagen () (née Levin, later Robert; 19 May 1771 – 7 March 1833) was a German writer who hosted one of the most prominent salons in Europe during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. She is the subject of a celeb ...
* ' (1979, TV miniseries), as Elisabeth Chindler
* ''
The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time
''The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time'' () is a film made in West Germany in 1985. It is written and directed by Alexander Kluge. The entire film was filmed in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany. The film's working title was ''Unheiml ...
'' (1985), as Frau von Gerlach
* ''Reise nach Weimar'' (1996, TV film), as Hilde La Rocca
* ''
The Loneliness of the Crocodile'' (2000), as Frau Sperl
References
External links
*
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21st-century German actresses
21st-century German writers
German film directors
German film actors
People from Koblenz
1927 births
2013 deaths