Simone Rethel-Heesters (born 15 June 1949 in

Herrsching am Ammersee Herrsching am Ammersee is a municipality in Upper Bavaria, Germany, on the east shore of the Ammersee, southwest of Munich. The population is around 8,000 in winter, increasing to 13,000 in summer. Situated at one terminus of the Munich S-Bahn l ...

, Bavaria) is a German actress and writer.

Biography

Simone Rethel is the daughter of painter and designer Alfred Rethel and the granddaughter of aircraft designer

Walter Rethel Walther Karl Paul Rethel (15 August 1892 – 1977) was a German aircraft designer born in Wesel. Rethel was born to parents Paul Rethel (1855-1933) and Mally Rethel. His father was a Prussian Major General and grandfather was painter Otto Ret ...

. She is the descendant of historical painter , the brother of

Alfred Rethel Alfred Rethel (May 15, 1816December 1, 1859) was a German history painter. Early life and education Rethel was born in Aachen in 1816. He showed an interest in art in his early life, and at the age of thirteen he executed a drawing which procure ...

. As a student in 1965, she played the main role in

Axel von Ambesser Axel Eugen Alexander von Oesterreich (22 June 1910 – 6 September 1988), better known as Axel von Ambesser, was a German playwright, actor and film director. Ambesser's father was Alexander Constantin von Oesterreich. Ambesser was born in Hambur ...

's film ' alongside Theo Lingen and Friedrich von Thun. After she completed schooling, she took part to Hanna Burgwitz's acting lessons and made her stage debut during her formation by playing in Joseph von Eichendorff's ''Die Freier'' at the ' in Munich in 1966 under the direction of Axel von Ambesser, who had discovered her and later granted her several stage and television roles. Rethel mainly appeared in boulevard theatre plays and had roles in numerous television series such as '' Der Kommissar'', '' Derrick'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Simone Rethel was married with Johannes Heesters from 1992 until his death in 2011. Heesters was 46 years older than her. Besides her acting career, Rethel was also a painter and a photographer. Since early 2005, she has been an ambassador of ''Altern in Würde'' and has raised awareness about

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. In early 2010, she published her book ''Sag nie, du bist zu alt'', in which she criticises negative view of society on ageing.

Filmography

* 1965: ' * 1969: ''

Junger Herr auf altem Hof ''Junger Herr auf altem Hof'' is a German television series that premiered on December 15, 1969. Plot The Grothe farm has been passed down from generation to generation as a proud family property. However, father Christian Grothe is getting too ...

'' (TV series, 13 episodes) * 1971: ''Der erste Frühlingstag'' (TV film) * 1971: '' Der Kommissar: Der Moormörder'' (TV) * 1972: '' Der Kommissar: Tod eines Schulmädchens'' (TV) * 1972: ' * 1973: ' * 1973: ''

Der Komödienstadel ''Der Komödienstadel'' is a German comedy franchise, which consists of a television series, radio plays and stage shows. It was first developed by Olf Fischer as a radio play series which first aired on Bayerischer Rundfunk on 19 April 1954. Th ...

: Kleine Welt'' (TV) * 1973: '' Der Kommissar: Der Tod von Karin W.'' (TV) * 1974: '' Der Kommissar: Mit den Augen eines Mörders'' (TV) * 1974: ''Die schöne Helena'' (TV film) * 1977: '' Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein'' (TV series) * 1977: '' Tatort: Drei Schlingen'' (TV) * 1977: ''

: Konkurs'' (TV) * 1978: ''Das Geld liegt auf der Bank'' (TV film) * 1978: ' * 1979: ''

: Neue Sachlichkeit'' (TV) * 1983: ''Omelette Surprise'' (TV film) * 1983: ''Der Trauschein'' (TV film) * 1983: ''Die violette Mütze'' (TV film) * 1983: '' Derrick – Die Schrecken der Nacht'' (TV * 1985: ' (TV series, 5 episodes) * 1985–1986: '' Polizeiinspektion 1'' (TV series, 2 episodes) * 1992–1993: ''

'' (TV series, 9 episodes) * 1992: ''Chéri, mein Mann kommt!'' (TV film) * 1993: ''Glückliche Reise: Neuseeland'' (TV) * 1994: ''Der Heiratsvermittler'' (TV film) * 1994–1996: ''

Immer wieder Sonntag ''Immer wieder Sonntags'' (''Again on Sundays'') is a German television entertainment show which is broadcast live every Sunday in the summer months from Europa Park in Rust, Southwest Germany. The series was first aired in 1995 and is produced ...

'' (TV series) * 1994: ''Drei zum Verlieben'' (TV) * 1995: ''Der Mond scheint auch für Untermieter'' (TV) * 1995: ''Zwei alte Hasen'' (TV) * 1996: ''Ein gesegnetes Alter'' (TV film) * 1996: ''

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: Schneesturm im Frühling'' (TV) * 1996: ''

Im Namen des Gesetzes ''Im Namen des Gesetzes'' ( en, in the name of the law) is a German television series. It follows the work of Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and populati ...

: Das Heim'' (TV) * 1997: ' (TV miniseries) * 1999: ''Theater: Momo'' (TV film) * 1999: '' Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall: Die Seherin'' (TV) * 1999: ''

Das Amt ''Das Amt'' was a German comedy television series which aired between 1997 and 2002 on RTL. It was created by Dietmar Jacobs. External links * German comedy television series 1997 German television series debuts 2002 German television ...

: Späte Liebe'' (TV) * 2000: ''Fast ein Gentleman: Der Gockl'' (TV) * 2003: '' In aller Freundschaft: Zurück ins Leben'' (TV) * 2008: ''

Wege zum Glück ''Wege zum Glück'' (English: ''Ways to Happiness'') is a German telenovela. The show was starting on October 6, 2005 on ZDF and originally was planned to have 250 chapters. Later the concept was changed and the title became a label to tell diffe ...

'' (1 episode) * 2012: '' Die Garmisch-Cops: Badeschaum für einen Toten'' (TV) * 2016: ''

Die Rosenheim-Cops ''Die Rosenheim-Cops'' is a German television series set in Chiemgau, mainly in Rosenheim. It is produced by the Bavaria Film GmbH for the ZDF public TV network. The cost per episode is estimated at 425,000 euros. Concept The series' main ...

: Schönheit hat ihren Preis'' (TV) * 2016: ''Schwarzach 23 und die Jagd nach dem Mordsfinger'' (TV film) * 2017: '' SOKO München: Altweibersommer'' (TV) * 2017: ''

Sturm der Liebe ''Sturm der Liebe'' (, "Storm of Love") is a German television soap opera created by Bea Schmidt for Das Erste. It premiered on 26 September 2005. It follows in several interwoven plot threads stories about relationships taking place in the ...

'' (TV series) * 2019: ''

Stuttgart Homicide ''SOKO Stuttgart'' (English title: ''Stuttgart Homicide'') is a German police procedural television series that premiered on 12 November 2009 on ZDF. It is the eighth offshoot of ''SOKO München'', launched in 1978 under the name ''SOKO 5113''. ...

: Kaffeefahrt'' (TV)

Publications

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References

External links

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Simone Rethel
Munzinger-Archiv *
Simone Rethel
''filmportal.de''
Simone Rethel's official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rethel, Simone 20th-century German actresses 21st-century German actresses German stage actresses German television actresses German film actresses 20th-century German women writers 21st-century German women writers 21st-century German non-fiction writers German women non-fiction writers People from Starnberg (district) 1949 births Living people