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- Dietrich Hollinderbäumer is a leading German actor and has played a versatile range of characters over his decade-long career. He trained as an actor at the Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm under the direction of Stig Torslow and Ingmar Bergman. Hollinderbäumer continued his theater work in Vienna, Bonn, Bremen, Zurich, and Hamburg. However, he became known primarily for his numerous television roles. Dietrich Hollinderbäumer lives with his wife in Berlin and on Mallorca. He has two adult children, who also work in the film industry.
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Anja Kruse was born on 5 August 1956 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Die schöne Wilhelmine (1984), Forsthaus Falkenau (1989) and Barbara Wood - Spiel des Schicksals (2002). She was previously married to Jean-Louis Daniel.- Actor
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Veysel Gelin was born on 3 January 1984 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He is an actor and composer, known for Crooks (2024), Man from Beirut (2019) and 4 Blocks (2017).- Actor
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Henning Baum was born on 20 September 1972 in Essen, Germany. He is an actor and producer, known for Der letzte Bulle (2010), Mit Herz und Handschellen (2002) and Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver (2018).- Actress
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Elisabeth Volkmann was born on 16 March 1936 in Essen, Germany. She was an actress, known for Kein Pardon (1993), Veronika Voss (1982) and Oh, diese Geister (1966). She was married to Eberhard Radisch and Walter Hass. She died on 25 July 2006 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Actor
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First he should take over his father's inheritance. When his parents divorced, Rühmann was just 14 years old. His father then committed suicide. In 1919, after completing his schooling and completing his secondary school leaving certificate, Rühmann took acting lessons. He got his first theater role a year later in the play "Rose Bernd". Shortly afterwards, Rühmann played with Theo Lingen at the Residenztheater in Hanover. In 1923 Rühmann became a member of the Schauspielhaus Munich, from where he moved to the Munich Kammerspiele a year later. During this time he married the actress Maria Herbot. Rühmann got his major roles from 1927 in Berlin with Max Reinhardt. Among others, he played here with Marlene Dietrich and Hans Albers.
In 1930, Rühmann realized his dream and got his pilot's license. The famous film "The Three from the Gas Station" was also made during this time. The film, which was one of the first German sound films, made him the most popular actor in Germany. During the Second World War, Rühmann was indifferent to politics. He tried to come to terms with the rules of National Socialist cultural policy, which benefited his career. He was later blamed for his friendship with high-ranking members of the Nazi regime. In 1938 he divorced his wife. Shortly afterwards he married the actress Hertha Feiler, with whom he also had a son. From 1938 to 1945 Rühmann was a member of the Berlin State Theater under the direction of Gustav Gründgens. During the Second World War, Rühmann was drafted into the Wehrmacht as a pilot. The funny film "Quax, the Break Pilot" was made, which was specially commissioned from Ufa-Film in 1941 by Propaganda Minister Josef Goebbels to keep the people happy.
In 1944, Rühmann appeared in the legendary comedy "Die Feuerzangenbowle", one of the classics that was produced to calm the "home front" during the war years. The film became one of his most famous films. After the end of the war, Rühmann was "denazified" and a temporary ban on playing was lifted. He moved back to Munich with his family and founded his own film company "Comedia" here in 1947. But this didn't bring him any luck; he had several failures. It wasn't until the film "Don't Be Afraid of Big Animals" came out that things started to look up again financially. Rühmann became a respected actor in post-war German cinema. He also had great success with "The Captain of Köpenick" by Carl Zuckmayer, among others. In this film, Rühmann played a shoemaker who took advantage of the confusion of authority in the military hierarchy to put himself in the position of a captain. In the 1950s, successful entertainment films such as "When the Father and the Son", "Charley's Aunt" and "The Pauker" were made.
With the thriller "It Happened in Broad Daylight" he asserted himself in demanding roles. In 1957 Rühmann was awarded the German Film Critics' Prize. Over time, the comedian became a character actor. Rühmann made a film in Hollywood in 1965: "The Ship of Fools" alongside Vivien Leigh. "The Love Carousel" was also created in 1965 with Gert Fröbe and Curd Jürgens. In 1966 the actor received the Federal Cross of Merit and in 1972 the Federal Film Prize. In 1968 Rühmann got his first television role in the film "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller. Two years later his wife died. On October 9, 1974, he married Hertha Droemer for the third time. After the film "Fondenes Fressen" was filmed, Rühmann withdrew from acting and only appeared occasionally on television.
During this time he wrote his autobiography "That was it". A final film was released in 1993: "Far away, so close" by Wim Wenders. In 1995 he was posthumously awarded the Golden Camera as "Greatest German Actor of the Century".
Heinz Rühmann died on October 3, 1994 at the age of 92 on Lake Starnberg.- Barbara Nüsse was born on 17 February 1943 in Essen, Germany. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Dark (2017) and Die Kleinbürger (1969).
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Ralf Richter was born on 17 August 1957 in Essen, Germany. He is an actor and producer, known for Das Boot (1981), Was nicht passt wird passend gemacht (2003) and Es wäre gut, daß ein Mensch würde umbracht für das Volk (1991).- Often called the First Lady of German cinema, Ruth Leuwerik was at the peak of her popularity during the 1950's when partnered on screen by the leading male stars of the post-war era: Dieter Borsche, Hannes Messemer, Curd Jürgens and O.W. Fischer. She proved her range by alternating between glamorous damsels and emancipated, resilient heroines in quality productions, invariably directed by master film makers like Wolfgang Liebeneiner, Robert Siodmak or Helmut Käutner.
Young Ruth first became enamoured with acting after watching a movie with Greta Garbo at the age of ten. Julius Martin Leeuwerik, a merchant, was sufficiently prosperous to afford his daughter private acting tuition after she was initially rejected by Berlin's premier acting academy. Undeterred, Leuwerik made her theatrical debut in 1943. The war, however, proved decidedly limiting to further career prospects. Between 1947 and 1949, she was able to gain steady theatrical engagements in Bremen and Lübeck. The following year, she came to the attention of film audiences in the vacation comedy, Dreizehn unter einem Hut (1950). Success was almost immediate and work on the stage henceforth took a back seat to the celluloid medium.
Between 1950 and 1963, Ruth Leuwerik starred in 28 pictures, nearly all of them box-office gold. These ranged from creaky melodramas like Die große Versuchung (1952) and Geliebte Feindin (1955) to prestige pictures like Rosen im Herbst (1955) (as Effie Briest, based on the novel by Theodor Fontane) and Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs (1955) (as Empress Elisabeth of Austria). Her varied roles encompassed not only the standard Mittel-European aristocratic heroines of the period, but also hardy bourgeois mothers, victims of circumstance and dedicated professional women. She played Maria von Trapp in The Trapp Family (1956) -- long before the musical version with Julie Andrews was conceived -- and showcased her abilities as a serious dramatic actress in the role of a priest's daughter, on trial for murdering her husband, in the title role of A Matter of Minutes (1959). Another moving and sympathetic portrayal was that of the physician Hanna Dietrich, tending to 300 German POW's inside a Siberian concentration camp, in the gritty post-war drama Taiga (1958). This particular performance won her the Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco Film Festival. Arguably the culmination of her career was Liebling der Götter (1960), a biopic of the tragic actress Renate Müller. Voted Germany's most popular actress by Bravo, "the magazine for film and television", Leuwerik also picked up four prestigious Bambi Awards in 1953, 1960, 1961 and 1962. She was the first German actress to participate in a Royal Performance in London in 1960.
From 1964 -- having rejected an offer from Hollywood -- Leuwerik began to withdraw from public life and restrict her appearances to occasional guest spots on television. Unlike other screen divas, her personal life was remarkably devoid of scandal and controversy. Her second husband was the famous German opera singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Ruth Leuwerik died in Munich in January 2016 at the age of 91. - Dirk Küchmeister was born on 20 May 1962 in Essen, Germany. He was married to Sabine Küchmeister. He died on 17 December 2014 in Duisburg, Germany.
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Stephan Lacant was born on 9 September 1972 in Essen, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Free Fall (2013), Strange Daughter (2017) and Little India (1996).- Marlon Kittel was born on 11 December 1983 in Essen, Germany. He is an actor, known for Summer Storm (2004), Die Wache (1994) and Mein Leben & ich (2001).
- This actor's chief claim to fame lies in being the most in-vogue screen cop of post-war German cinema. He first established his reputation in the role of the charismatic Inspector Yates in Francis Durbridge's miniseries Das Halstuch (1962), which hit an impressive eighty percent in TV ratings. He continued in the same vein (same part, same crew cut, different names) apprehending villains in a series of Edgar Wallace potboilers with lurid titles evocative of the genre: The Avenger (1960), The Indian Scarf (1963), Coffin from Hong Kong (1964), Again the Ringer (1965) and The Horror of Blackwood Castle (1968), among others. After his contract with Constantin Filmverleih expired, he took a sabbatical from the screen and returned to the stage.
Drache was smitten by the performing arts from childhood (at the age of fourteen, he could recite Goethe's "Faust" by heart). He started acting on stage as an extra in his senior year at high school. Though intended for flight training in the Luftwaffe, he was excused from active military service and permitted to continue his theatrical training in Berlin. Whilst at the Deutsches Theater, he was spotted by Gustaf Gründgens and given a key part in the bizarre comic fantasy "Der Schatten" ("The Shadow", based on a Russian play). This turned out to be a substantial hit. While it did not make him a star, it led to further character roles under the direction of Gründgens in classics like "Danton's Death", "Candida" and "Othello". Following engagements at the Berliner Schillertheater and the Kleine Komödie in Munich, Drache made his first film appearance in 1954. For the next eight years, he alternated youthful romantic leads with more challenging assignments in serious drama (Spy for Germany (1956), The Rest Is Silence (1959)). His archetypal crime fighting image was inaugurated with ""Der Rächer" and cemented with "Das Halstuch". Audiences took a shine to the easy-going approach and quick-witted, often cynical repartee of his screen detectives. Drache also made good use of his distinctively sonorous voice, frequently synchronising for English-speaking stars like Sean Connery, Christopher Lee, Kirk Douglas and Richard Widmark.
On the stage, Drache was able to escape typecasting and occasionally portrayed rather less wholesome characters. The screen, however, rarely permitted him to show his acting range. After a period of relative absence (just five appearances between 1969 and 1985), he returned somewhat reluctantly in familiar guise as the elegant, pin-stripe suited Kriminalhauptkommissar Hans Georg Bülow in TV's top crime-time series Tatort (1970). However, the era for anachronistic gentlemen sleuths had passed and a mixed critical reception prompted Drache to quit the show after just six episodes. After that, he quietly faded from the spotlight and died in Berlin in April 2002 at the age of 79. - Heinrich Schafmeister was born on 2 March 1957 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He is an actor, known for The Harmonists (1997), Kinder, Kinder (2007) and Katrin ist die Beste (1997). He has been married to Jutta Schafmeister since 1995.
- Lars Gärtner was born on 20 September 1974 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He is an actor, known for The Experiment (2001), Stromberg (2004) and Der Lehrer (2009). He was previously married to Katharina Schubert.
- Roland Riebeling was born in 1978 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) (2019), Der Liebeswunsch (2006) and Tatort (1970).
- Fred Aaron Blake was born on 25 October 1968 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Look Who's Back (2015), The Ghost Writer (2010) and A Coffee in Berlin (2012).
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Diether Krebs was born on 11 August 1947 in Essen, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Sketch-up (1984), Bang Boom Bang - Ein todsicheres Ding (1999) and Komm in die Wanne, Schätzchen (1971). He was married to Bettina von Leoprechting. He died on 4 January 2000 in Hamburg, Germany.- Markus von Lingen was born in 1974 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Defiance (2008), Homeland (2011) and Genius (2017).
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Thomas Kufus was born in 1957 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is a producer and director, known for Zeit der Helden (2013), My Private War (1990) and Blockade (1992).- Writer
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Karsten Dusse was born on 30 April 1973 in Essen, Germany. He is a writer and actor, known for Ladykracher (2002), Achtsam Morden and I've Never Been to New York (2019).- Actor
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Mille Petrozza was born on 18 December 1966 in Essen, Germany. He is an actor and producer, known for Dark (2017), Kreator: Isolation (1995) and Kreator: Toxic Trace (1988).- Thomas Limpinsel was born in 1965 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Downfall (2004), Lena Lorenz (2015) and The Collini Case (2019).
- Anneliese Uhlig was born on 27 August 1918 in Essen, Germany. She was an actress, known for Der Monddiamant (1974), Der Vorhang fällt (1939) and La primadonna (1943). She was married to Douglas Byron Tucker and Kurt Waitzmann. She died on 17 June 2017 in Santa Cruz, California, USA.
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Lady-like Leny Marenbach was Germany's answer to Irene Dunne. She seemed to have little artifice about her and was therefore ideally suited to play gentle, impeccably well-mannered model wives or brave battlers against the forces of adversity. In more emancipated mode, she added a much-needed sparkle to assorted mainstream melodramas and could also occasionally display a deft talent for comedy. Leny already had a distinguished theatrical career under her belt by the time she entered the movies. On stage from 1926, she became an audience favorite at the Schauspielhaus Zürich where she starred in plays by Molières, Shakespeare, Guitry and Molnar. She briefly joined the ensemble of the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna (1934-35) which led directly to an offer from the Czech production company Meissner and a starring role in the German-language film Jana, the Girl from the Bohemian Forest (1935). Stardom was almost instantaneous with her next breakthrough role as Heinz Rühmann's loyal wife in Wenn wir alle Engel wären (1936). The financial success of the picture led to two further pairings with Germany's number one box-office star: Model Husband (1937) and the enjoyably farcical Five Millions Seek an Heir (1938).
Leny showcased her versatility as a dramatic actress in more demanding fare, especially with her dual role in Helmut Käutner's Frau nach Maß (1940) and as the devoted Countess Kollowrat in Friedemann Bach (1941) (a depiction of the dissipated life of Johann Sebastian Bach's eldest son). In the aftermath of World War II, audience tastes in screen entertainments had changed fundamentally and Leny's popularity declined. She managed to secure a short-term contract with East Germany's Defa, but her espionage thriller Geheimakten Solvay (1953) aroused criticism in the West for its blatant propagandist content. With no prospective offers, Leny's film career was all but over. She briefly returned to the stage, did some voice-over work and went on tour with a show in which she recited poems and performed sketches. By the end of the 60's, she had left the limelight, and acting, behind her.- Actor
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Sinan Farhangmehr was born on 1 September 1987 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Dogs of Berlin (2018), Ready to Rumble (2018) and Pedaz Feat. MoTrip, Silla, Joka, RAF Camora, Sinan-G, Joshi Mizu, BK, Sido: Wie ein Mann (Remix) (2016).- Armin Meiwes was born on 1 December 1961 in Essen, Germany. He is an actor, known for The Cannibal Next Door (2023), Most Evil (2006) and Bodyshock (2003).
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John Steppling was born on 8 August 1870 in Essen, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for The Reckless Age (1924), Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1913) and Lombardi, Ltd. (1919). He died on 5 April 1932 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Actor
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Jonas von Lingen was born on 7 April 1977 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor and cinematographer, known for Out of the Darkness (2022), Sphinx - Geheimnisse der Geschichte (1994) and Prince Maximilian of Wied (2017).- Gordon Sterne was born on 16 January 1923 in Essen, Germany. He was an actor, known for An American Werewolf in London (1981), Highlander (1986) and Melissa (1997). He died on 4 April 2017.
- Markus Knüfken was born on 18 August 1965 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997), Millennium Mann (2001) and Bang Boom Bang - Ein todsicheres Ding (1999). He is married to Andrea Lion. They have two children. He was previously married to Ellen Ten Damme.
- Christian Möllmann was born on 12 March 1972 in Essen, Germany.
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Florian Baxmeyer, born in 1974 in Essen (West Germany), studied Sociology at the University of Cologne (West Germany), and has worked as an assistant director before his career starts. Since 2000, he has been attending the Film Studies Program at the University of Hamburg (North Germany). His films include the shorts "Pas de deux" (2000), "Der Verkäufer" (2000), "Benny X" (2001), "Joker-Zu Fuss" (2001), and "Die Rote Jacke" (2002), which won the Student Academy Award in 2003 and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Short Film - Live Action 2004. At present he works on the conversion of the most successful radio play series of Germany "Die drei Fragezeichen und die Geisterinsel" (German title) which will be released in 2006.- Actress
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Viktoria Brams was born on 17 September 1944 in Essen, Germany. She is an actress, known for Der Vater und sein Sohn (1967), Endspurt (1970) and Marienhof (1992).- Gernot Endemann was born on 24 June 1942 in Essen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Unverbesserlichen (1965), Jan Billbusch (1972) and Mandara (1983). He was married to Sabine Schmidt-Kirchner, Reinhilt Schneider and Jocelyne Boisseau. He died on 29 June 2020 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Barbara Freier was born on 22 April 1948 in Essen, Germany. She is an actress and writer, known for Konsul Möllers Erben (1983), Tatort (1970) and Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (1997).- Director
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Niki Stein was born on 25 January 1961 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Tatort (1970), Bis nichts mehr bleibt (2010) and Morgen musst Du sterben (2010).- Jochen Kolenda was born on 28 February 1953 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Rush (2013), Reiff für die Insel (2012) and Der Mordsfilm (1997).
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Robin Jacob had no interest in acting or the movies, other than watching them until his last year at Bell Lane Junior School when his English teacher Anna Scher cast him in the lead of the school play 'The Mayflower.' From then on Robin knew what he wanted to do. Anna was confident in Robin's talent that she agreed to try and get him in RADA but his mother would not let him try. At the age of 14 after saving for a year he bought his first Super 8 movie camera and started from scratch to teach himself how to shoot, edit, sync up sound, etc. He worked weekends, holidays in a local sports shop to save up for the cost of the film, developing and the editing equipment. During one summer holidays he spent several weeks picking fruit which he described as the most back breaking work he had ever done. In two successive CO-OP Young People's Film Festivals he had his first two movies exhibited and won an award for them both. His second movie made just after he passed his driving test involved doing a spoof on his favourite movies; James Bond and he nearly wrote off his Austin 1100 and nearly rolled his friends VW Kombi! At Hendon County Grammar School he seldom excelled in the academic side of things unless there was a teacher of exceptional talent and communication skills. He did however, excel in drama and sports. Playing for the 1st 11 in cricket, athletics (long distance & triple jump), basketball and badminton. He still to this day plays badminton whenever he has the chance. At the age of 16 he was given the chance to attend the London Film School but again his mother refused to let him go. On finishing Grammar School he was a freelance photographer as well as doing many other part-time jobs. He had the good fortune to meet Steve Previn AIP (Pinewood) who had several meetings with Robin helping him develop some ideas he had for movies. Robin has never forgotten that kindness shown to him. Robin moved to the Philippines in 1983 and spent most of his time in Asia producing/directing TV shows, documentaries and Pop Videos. He has produced more than fifty music albums including several Gold Discs and the Multi-platinum Kumusta Ka for Freddie Aguilar. He was in Manila 1986 during the EDSA Revolution that ousted Ferdinand Marcos. He also experienced several Coup attempts during the Aquino administration and in 1991 the Aquino Administration tried to ban his pop Video 'Paraiso' for the top selling international Philippine band Smoky Mountain because it featured the real life Smoky Mountain rubbish tip in the centre of Manila. The record company BMG and the band management refused to comply with the governments request... in the light of the 'EDSA Revolution' to allow Free Speech. Robin married his girlfriend Monette De Vera in 2004.- Actress
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Jessica Franz is an actress, voiceover artist, and an award-winning filmmaker from Germany. She made her Hollywood debut by appearing in the David Fincher film, "The Social Network," starring Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Timberlake. In Germany, she took a leading role on a major television network, starring as "Jennifer Miller" in the movie "Rosamunde Pilcher." She is also noted for her work at German TV giant Constantin Entertainment and Buetow Mainusch Productions. In 2009, she founded the production company Triple Threat Pictures, which has produced the comedy web series "Holly Would Show" and the award-winning short film "A Child" - both of which she wrote, directed, and produced. The company's first spec-commercial just won an award at the MoFilm competition, overseen by chairman Jon Landau. Triple Threat Pictures is developing the television series "Wild Kat" and two feature films.
Starting out with ballet lessons when she was six, Jessica went on to win multiple awards in ballroom dancing by the time she was fourteen. The same year, her father bought a VHS camera, which enabled Jessica to produce her first short films. Jessica went on to enroll in her high school theater program, where she made her stage debut in "The Crucible," then tackled the challenging role of "Mrs. Antrobus" in Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, "The Skin of our Teeth." After graduation, she studied under a private acting coach and a month later had her first guest appearance on a German soap opera. Jessica joined the cast of "Football Rules Ok," a German comedy. It became an instant classic, winning multiple honors the following year at the prestigious Bavarian Film Awards in 2000. By the time Jessica graduated from the International Academy of Performing Arts Stuttgart in 2002, she already had a number of performances under her belt. She appeared in numerous national television shows and films such as "Vaya Con Dios" and "Meet Your Star."
In 2002, she took on a role in the sitcom "Schulmaedchen," for which she received much recognition. In that same year, Jessica began writing and she won the national writing competition SAT.1 Talent Class with her comedic short film script "Dieb is' gut." Her directorial film debut, the suspenseful short "Blind Sushi," was funded by the network Bayerischer Rundfunk and got picked up by the national TV station Pier111. Jessica spent three years in Munich where she worked at the German TV giant Constantin Entertainment as a casting assistant and project manager (2006 - 2007), as well as a production assistant for Buetow Mainusch Productions. She was cast in the comedy "Blindflug," which was showcased at the Berlin Film Festival in 2007. Later that year, Jessica landed her first leading role on a major television network, starring as "Jennifer Miller" in the popular television movie "Rosamunde Pilcher."
In 2009, Jessica moved to Los Angeles and took classes at the Ivana Chubbuck Studio. Since then, Jessica made her Hollywood debut by appearing in the David Fincher film, "The Social Network," starring Jesse Eisenberg and JustinTimberlake, took on a small role on the television series "Castle" and went on to star in the feature film "Grey Sheep," which premiered at the Max Ophuls Festival, Saarbrucken. In 2011 Jessica was cast to play the empress of Austria, Sisi, in a 3D documentary and the project was filmed at historical locations in Vienna.
Jessica founded Triple Threat Pictures in 2009, which has produced the comedy web series "Holly Would Show" and the award-winning short film "A Child" - both of which she wrote, directed, and produced. The production company has since produced numerous award-winning commercials, music videos and completed their first longer film "Chew." Current projects in development include two feature films and a comedy TV show.- Actor
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Paul Klinger was born on 14 June 1907 in Essen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tim Frazer (1963), Marriage in the Shadows (1947) and Rommel ruft Kairo (1959). He was married to Karin Andersen and Hildegard Wolf. He died on 14 November 1971 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.- Actor
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Otto Gebühr was born on 29 May 1877 in Kettwig, Essen, Rhine Province, Prussia [now Northrhine-Westphalia], Germany. He was an actor and producer, known for Der große König (1942), Fridericus (1937) and Pretty Miss Schragg (1937). He was married to Doris Krüger and Cornelia Bertha Julius. He died on 14 March 1954 in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany.- Ann-Cathrin Sudhoff was born in 1972 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. She is an actress, known for The Air Rescue Team (1997), Die rote Meile (1999) and Tatort (1970).
- Jürgen Schornagel was born in 1939 in Essen, Germany. He is an actor, known for Doppelter Einsatz (1994), Treasure Island (2007) and Goebbels und Geduldig (2001). He is married to Elisabeth.
- Anne Sarah Hartung was born on 22 February 1979 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Fliehendes Land (2004), Valerie (2006) and Be.Angeled (2001). She was previously married to Hinnerk Schönemann.
- Sascha Göpel was born on 15 January 1979 in Essen, Germany. He is an actor, known for The Miracle of Bern (2003), Tatort (1970) and Verrückt nach Clara (2007).
- Paul Neuhaus was born on 26 January 1938 in Essen, Germany. He is an actor, known for Der Stoff aus dem die Träume sind (1972), Der irische Freiheitskampf (1969) and Battle of Britain (1969).
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Andi was born on 24 July 1962 in Essen, Germany. He is an actor, known for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (2007), Rock Band (2007) and Die Toten Hosen: Reisefieber (1983). He has been married to Carla Achenbach since September 2006.- Technically gifted, with pace to boot, Leroy Sane joined City in August 2016 as one of Europe's hottest prospects.
Having attracted interest from the continent's footballing giants, the attacking midfielder made the switch from Germany to England in a bid to continue his football education.
A bright young talent, his versatility proved a major attraction. He is able to play on either wing, as well as a number 10 or even a 'false 9'.
Guardiola commented: "He has great technical ability, is very comfortable on the ball, and there is much to admire about the way he plays football. He is fast, enjoys creating chances for others, works hard for the team and scores goals, too. He also has a very positive attitude and will fit in well with our squad."
Sane rose to fame after breaking through Schalke's highly respected academy to their first team in 2014. He had also enjoyed a spell with Bayer Leverkusen's youth team between spells at Schalke.
His senior debut arrived in April against VfB Stuttgart - his only appearance that year - but since then, he has blossomed, becoming a first-team regular and quickly building up a reputation as a Bundesliga talent to watch.
He had already caught the eye in a visit to Manchester back in the 2014/15 season, playing for Schalke's Under-19s against Patrick Vieira's City in the UEFA Youth League. The German side's best moves came through the forward, and he certainly stood out as one for the future.
As he continued to impress at senior level, he wrote his name into the history books in March 2015 with a stunning strike to edge Real Madrid in a memorable 4-3 win in the Champions League, during a season in which he made 42 appearances and scored nine goals.
Born to a rhythmic gymnast champion and a former footballer, Sane was destined for sporting greatness. With dual French and German citizenship, he had the option to represent either country, eventually opting for his birth nation, Germany.
Ironically, he made his first-team debut against France in November 2015 and was called up to the Euro 2016 side, which reached the semi-final stage. He follows in the footsteps of Ilkay Gundogan in making the move from Germany to Manchester and is the latest in a long tradition of German players who have graced the sky blue shirt.
Leroy made his debut away to Manchester United in September 2016, and his displays for City earned a PFA Young Player of the Year nomination. A year and two trophies later, and the exciting winger had won the PFA Young Player of the Year after an excellent second season in Manchester. - Actor
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Dieter Wieland was born on 20 October 1929 in Essen, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Der erste Frühlingstag (1971), Intimitäten (1980) and André und Ursula (1955). He died on 18 June 1983 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.