Barbara Rütting (21 November 1927 – 28 March 2020), also known as Barbara Ruetting was a German film actress, politician, author and

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activist."German actress, vegetarian activist Barbara Ruetting dies aged 92"
thenationonlineng.net. Retrieved January 30 2023. She appeared in 50 films between 1952 and 1979.

Biography

Rütting won the

German Film Award The German Film Award (), also known as Lola after its prize statuette, is the national film award of Germany. It is presented at an annual ceremony honouring cinematic achievements in the Cinema of Germany, German film industry. Besides being ...

as Best New Actress of the Year in 1953. She was a star of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing in '' Canaris'' with O. E. Hasse and in '' The Last Bridge'' with Maria Schell. In 1961, she played the female lead as a journalist in the American-German film '' Town Without Pity'', co-starring

Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in '' The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'' (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. ...

and

Christine Kaufmann Christine Maria Kaufmann (; 11 January 1945 – 28 March 2017) was a German-Austrian actress, author, and businesswoman. The daughter of a German father and a French mother, she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress f ...

. After the 1970s, Rütting's film and television appearances were sporadic. She instead focused on her career as a writer of children's and lifestyle books. She was a vegetarian and became a vocal supporter of

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and

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. She joined the

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (, ), often simply referred to as Greens (, ), is a Green (politics), green political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of the Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (formed in East Ger ...

in the 1980s, and was elected twice, in 2002 and 2008, into the

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(Bavarian parliament). She left the Greens in 2009, and became a member of V-Partei3 in 2016. Rütting authored natural food cookbooks including a

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cookbook in 2013."Barbara Rütting: Vegan und vollwertig"
magentratzerl.de. Retrieved January 30 2023.

Partial filmography

* ''

Turtledove General Delivery ''Turtledove General Delivery'' () is a 1952 West German comedy film directed by Gerhard T. Buchholz and starring Horst Niendorf, Barbara Rütting and Heinz Schacht.Bock & Bergfelder p. 305 The title is a reference to the Poste restante mail s ...

'' (1952) – Ilse Krüger * '' All Clues Lead to Berlin'' (1952) – Tamara, Dolmetscherin * '' Christina'' (1953) – Christina Neuhaus * '' The Country Schoolmaster'' (1954) – Ursula Diewen * '' The Last Bridge'' (1954) – Militza * '' A Double Life'' (1954) – Sybil * '' Canaris'' (1954) – Irene von Harbeck * ''

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'' (1955) – Nadeschda * '' A Girl Without Boundaries'' (1955) – Maria Johnson * '' In Hamburg When the Nights Are Long'' (1956) – Karin Thorwaldt * '' The Vulture Wally'' (1956) – Geierwally * ''Rot ist die Liebe'' (1957) – Lisa * ''Glücksritter'' (1957) – Alice Dreher * ''Liebe, wie die Frau sie wünscht'' (1957) – Renate * ' (1957) – Charlotte Bernhardt * ''

All the Sins of the Earth ''All the Sins of the Earth'' () is a 1958 West German drama film directed by Fritz Umgelter and starring Barbara Rütting, Ivan Desny and Paul Dahlke (actor), Paul Dahlke.Bock & Bergfelder p. 79 Cast References Bibliography * Externa ...

'' (1958) – Dr. Regine Lenz * '' I Was All His'' (1958) – Anette Klinger * '' Heart Without Mercy'' (1958) – Anja Wegener * ''Un homme se penche sur son passé'' (1958) – Hannah Malloy * '' A Time to Love and a Time to Die'' (1958) – Woman Guerrilla * ' (1958) – Marianne Ospel * ''Frauensee'' (1958) – Martina Nissen * ' (1959) – Monika * ''Arzt ohne Gewissen'' (1959) – Dr. Marianne Cordt * ' (1961) – Lysistrata * '' Town Without Pity'' (1961) – Inge Koerner * '' The Shadows Grow Longer'' (1961) – Christa Andres * '' Doctor Sibelius'' (1962) – Sabine Hellmann * '' Love Has to Be Learned'' (1963) – Hermine * '' The Squeaker'' (1963) – Beryl Stedman * ' (1963) – Susanne * '' The Phantom of Soho'' (1964) – Clarinda Smith * ''

Operation Crossbow ''Crossbow'' was the code name in World War II for Anglo-American operations against the German V-weapons, long range reprisal weapons (V-weapons) programme. The primary V-weapons were the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket, which were launched agai ...

'' (1965) –

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* '' Neues vom Hexer'' (1965) – Margie Fielding * '' Four Queens for an Ace'' (1966) – Miss Parker (uncredited) * ' (1968) – Mutter Bricks * ' (1969) – Helen * ' (1969, TV series, 6 episodes) – Dr. Kramer * ' (1972) – Celia * '' Der Kommissar: Ein Playboy segnet das Zeitliche'' (1975, TV series episode) – Frau Eber * ''

The Old Fox ''Der Alte'' ("The Old One" or "The Old Fox") is a German crime drama series created by Helmut Ringelmann. It premiered on 11 April 1977 on ZDF. Since 1978 the series is part of the Friday Crime Night of the network. It depicts the crime-solvi ...

: Der Neue'' (1980, TV series episode) – Beate Wallner * ''

: Das letzte Wort hat die Tote'' (1980, TV series episode) – Brigitte Moland * ''

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: Prozente'' (1981, TV series episode) – Frau Mertens * '' Ein Fall für zwei: Das Haus in Frankreich'' (1981, TV series episode) – Birgit Weißenborn * ''In the Land of Cockaigne'' (1981, TV film) – Adelheid Türkheimer * '' Schwarz Rot Gold: Um Knopf und Kragen'' (1984, TV series episode) – Frau Lövenich * ''

Rosamunde Pilcher Rosamunde Pilcher, OBE (''née'' Scott; 22 September 1924 – 6 February 2019) was a British novelist, best known for her sweeping novels set in Cornwall. Her books have sold over 60 million copies worldwide. Early in her career she was publis ...

: Im Licht des Feuers'' (2000, TV series episode) – Catherine

Selected publications

* 1976 ''Mein Kochbuch – naturgesunde Köstlichkeiten aus aller Welt'' * 1979 ''Ach du grüner Kater'' (for children) * 1979 ''Koch- und Spielbuch für Kinder'' * 1985 ''Mein neues Kochbuch'' * 1988 ''Mein Gesundheitsbuch'' * 1991 ''Lieblingsmenüs aus meiner Vollwertküche'' * 1993 ''Träumen allein genügt nicht'' * 1997 ''Grüne Rezepte für den blauen Planeten'' * ''Essen wir uns gesund. 30 Jahre unterwegs in Sachen Vollwerternährung'', * ''Lachen wir uns gesund. Anleitungen zum Glücklichsein''. 3-7766-2236-9 * ''Bleiben wir schön gesund'', * ''Koch- und Spielbuch für Kinder vorgestellt von dem Kater Fettucini,'' * ''Ach du grüner Kater'' (Hörbuch) * ''Mein neues Kochbuch. Schlemmereien aus der Vollwertküche'', * ''… und dennoch. Erfahrungen eines Lebens.'' Herbig Verlag, München, 2004 * 2007 ''Ich bin alt und das ist gut so. Meine Muntermacher aus acht gelebten Jahrzehnten.'' Nymphenburger Verlag, * 2013 ''Vegan und vollwertig: Meine Lieblingsmenus für Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Winter'' Nymphenburger Verlag.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rutting, Barbara 1927 births 2020 deaths 20th-century German actresses 20th-century German women writers 20th-century German writers 21st-century German women writers 21st-century German writers German film actresses German television actresses German vegetarianism activists People from Ludwigsfelde Actors from the Province of Brandenburg Rajneesh movement Vegan cookbook writers German cookbook writers German women food writers Actresses from Brandenburg