Sabine Bethmann (25 October 1929 – 8 November 2021) was a German film and television actress.
Biography
Bethmann was born in
Tilsit
Sovetsk (russian: Сове́тск; german: Tilsit; Old Prussian: ''Tilzi''; lt, Tilžė; pl, Tylża) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the south bank of the Neman River which forms the border with Lithuania.
Geography
So ...
,
East Prussia on 25 October 1929. She first appeared in the 1956 movie ''Waldwinter'' and became popular by her
Fritz Lang
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movies like ''
The Tiger of Eschnapur'' and ''
The Indian Tomb''. Bethmann abandoned her career in 1968 and appeared only in a few TV productions afterwards.
She was originally cast for the role of Varinia in ''
Spartacus
Spartacus ( el, Σπάρτακος '; la, Spartacus; c. 103–71 BC) was a Thracian gladiator who, along with Crixus, Gannicus, Castus, and Oenomaus, was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprisin ...
'' but only lasted two days. During that time,
Anthony Mann resigned as director after a falling-out with
Kirk Douglas and was succeeded by
Stanley Kubrick who demanded a more experienced actress for the role. Bethmann was replaced by
Jean Simmons.
Bethmann died on 8 November 2021, at the age of 92.
Filmography
*1956: ''
Waldwinter''
*1956: ''Das Donkosakenlied''
*1956: ''
My Aunt, Your Aunt''
*1957: ''Das große Heimweh'' / ''Heimweh – dort, wo die Blumen blüh'n''
*1957: '
*1958: ''
The Csardas King
''The Csardas King'' (German: ''Der Czardas-König'') is a 1958 West German musical film directed by Harald Philipp and starring Gerhard Riedmann, Rudolf Schock and Elma Karlowa.Bock & Bergfelder p.61 It is a biopic of the life of the Hungarian o ...
''
*1958: ''Vergiß mein nicht'' / ''Ohne Dich kann ich nicht leben''
*1959: ''
The Tiger of Eschnapur''
*1959: ''
The Indian Tomb''
*1959: ''Heimat – Deine Lieder''
*1959: '
*1960: ''
Juanito
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Professional footballers
* Juan Ignacio Gomez Taleb (born 1985), Argentinian forward
* Juan Díaz Sánchez (1948–2013), Spanish forwa ...
''
*1962: ''
Doctor Sibelius''
*1962: ''Alarm für Dora X'' (TV)
*1962: ''Trompeten der Liebe'' / ''Der Pastor mit der Jazztrompete''
*1963: '
*1963: ''
Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse
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''
*1964: ''Schwarzer Peter'' (TV)
*1965: ''Intercontinental-Express'' (TV)
*1965: ''Jean'' (TV)
*1965: ''Mädchen hinter Gittern''
*1965: ''
Oklahoma John
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Cas ...
''
*1966: ''
Cliff Dexter
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'' (TV)
*1966: ''
The Doctor Speaks Out
''The Doctor Speaks Out'' or ''The Doctor Says'' (german: Der Arzt stellt fest...) is a 1966 West German-Swiss drama film directed by Aleksander Ford and starring Tadeusz Łomnicki, René Deltgen and Margot Trooger.Monaco p.199
The film's sets w ...
''
*1968: ''Erotik auf der Schulbank''
*1968: ''Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank – Zum Teufel mit der Penne''
*1968: '
*1970: ''
Gentlemen in White Vests
Gentlemen in White Vests (german: Die Herren mit der weißen Weste) is a 1970 German comedy film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and starring Martin Held, Walter Giller and Heinz Erhardt.
It was shot at the Spandau Studios and on location aroun ...
''
*1979: ''
The Old Fox: Teufelsbrut'' (TV)
*1990: ''Kaffeklatsch'' (short)
References
External links
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Biography of Sabine Bethmann(German)
1929 births
2021 deaths
20th-century German actresses
German film actresses
German television actresses
People from East Prussia
People from Tilsit
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