Ruth Drexel (; 14 July 1930 – 26 February 2009)
was a German actress, director, and theatre director/manager. Her best-known role was as "Resi Berghammer" in the
German
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television series,
''
Der Bulle von Tölz
''Der Bulle von Tölz'' is a German television series which has been produced and broadcast by Sat.1 since 1996. As of January 2009, 69 self-contained feature-length episodes have been made.
Genre
Set in Bad Tölz, Bavaria, the series is about t ...
'', in which she played the mother of the eponymous
cop. As of January 2006, she played the role in 58 episodes.
Life and career
Born in
Vilshofen an der Donau
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Demographics
Religion
The population of Vilshofen is predominantly Christian. In Vilshofen there is a Catholic Church, a Protestant Church and a new Apostolic Church. 78.36 ...
, near
Passau
Passau (; bar, label=Central Bavarian, Båssa) is a city in Lower Bavaria, Germany, also known as the Dreiflüssestadt ("City of Three Rivers") as the river Danube is joined by the Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north.
Passau's po ...
, Drexel trained as an actress 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 ...
, where she was also given her first engagement. She subsequently worked in
Berlin (as a member of the
Berliner Ensemble
The Berliner Ensemble () is a German theatre company established by actress Helene Weigel and her husband, playwright Bertolt Brecht, in January 1949 in East Berlin. In the time after Brecht's exile, the company first worked at Wolfgang Langho ...
during 1955–56),
Wuppertal
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,
Darmstadt
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and
Düsseldorf
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. She also appeared, to great critical acclaim, in new plays by
Franz Xaver Kroetz
Franz Xaver Kroetz (; born 25 February 1946) is a German author, playwright, actor and film director. He achieved great success beginning in the early 1970s. ''Persistent'', '' Farmyard'', and ''Request Concert'', all written in 1971, are some o ...
and
Felix Mitterer
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. In 1980, she co-founded the ''Tiroler Volksschauspiele'' in
Telfs
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,
Tyrol
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.
Drexel's early television work included
Wedekind's ''
Der Marquis von Keith'' (1962), a German adaptation of
Shaw
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's ''
Candida'' (1963),
Frisch's ''
Biedermann und die Brandstifter'' (1967), and Kroetz's ' (''Jail Bait''), directed by
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (; 31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the major figures and catalysts of the New German Cinema movement.
Fassbinder's main ...
(1973). She also put in guest appearances on ''
Der Kommissar'' and ''
Tatort
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''.
Drexel was a member of the cast of the
cult television series ' (1974) and ''
Zur Freiheit
''Zur Freiheit'' is a German television series.
See also
* List of German television series
External links
*
1987 German television series debuts
1988 German television series endings
Television shows set in Munich
German-language televis ...
'' (1987). In 2005, she started a new television series,
''
Agathe kann's nicht lassen'', playing Agathe Heiland, an elderly
sleuth modelled on
Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictiona ...
's
Miss Marple
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.
Family
Ruth Drexel was married once, to Michael Adami. They had a daughter, Katharina Adami (b. 1956). Drexel had a second child, Cilli Drexel (b. 1975) by her long-time companion, actor Hans Brenner.
Death
Drexel's long-time companion, actor Hans Brenner, died in 1998. Until her own death from cancer in 2009, aged 78, Ruth Drexel lived in
Feldkirchen, near Munich.
Filmography
References
External links
*
Ruth Drexel great Interview, German
1930 births
2009 deaths
People from Vilshofen an der Donau
Deaths from cancer in Germany
German stage actresses
German television actresses
German theatre directors
20th-century German actresses
21st-century German actresses
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