Barbara Valentin

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Barbara Valentin (born Ursula Ledersteger December 15, 1940 in Vienna - died February 22, 2002 in Munich) was an Austrian actress. In 1984-85, she was romantically involved with Queen frontman, Freddie Mercury, whom she would come to call the love of her life. She worked in film, often with Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Barbara Valentin is buried in the Ostfriedhof cemetery in Munich.

[edit] Selected filmography

Lili Marleen (1981, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
Faustrecht der Freiheit (aka Fist-Right of Freedom and Fox and His Friends; 1975, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
Angst essen Seele auf (aka Ali: Fear Eats the Soul; 1974, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
Effi Briest (1974, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
A Corpse Hangs in the Web (1960, directed by Fritz Böttger)