Hanna Schygulla

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Hanna Schygulla
Schygulla as Lili Marleen in 1981 motion picture.
Born	25 December 1943 (1943-12-25) (age 64) Kattowitz, Königshütte, Upper Silesia

Hanna Schygulla (born 25 December 1943) is a German actress and chanson singer.

She was born in Königshütte, Upper Silesia, to Antonie (née Mzyk) and Joseph Schygulla.^[1] Her father was an infantryman in the German Army and was captured by American forces in Italy, subsequently being held as a prisoner of war until 1948.^[1] In the 1960s, Schygulla studied Romance languages and German studies, while taking acting lessons on the side in Munich.

Acting eventually became her focus, and today she is a well-known actress, particularly for her collaborations with Rainer Werner Fassbinder. She acted in French, Italian, and American films. In the 1990s she also became known and well-regarded as a chanson singer. Schygulla has lived in Paris since 1981.

In 2002, she appeared in VB51, a performance by the artist Vanessa Beecroft.

[edit] Filmography

• Katzelmacher (1969)
• The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)
• The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
• The Wrong Move (1975)
• The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
• Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
• Lili Marleen (1981)
• That Night in Varennes (1982)
• Passion (1982)
• A Love in Germany (1983)
• The Future is Woman (1984)
• The Delta Force (1986)
• Dead Again (1991)
• Warsaw Year 5073 (1992)
• Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
• Winterreise (2006)
• The Edge of Heaven (2007)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Hanna Schygulla at the Internet Movie Database

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