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Irm Hermann
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Irm Hermann in 2008
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| Born | 4 October 1942 |
| Died | 26 May 2020 (aged 77) Berlin, Germany
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| Years active | 1966–2018 |
| Awards | Deutscher Filmpreis |
Irmgard Hermann (born October 4, 1942 – died May 26, 2020) was a German actress. She worked in movies, television shows, and on stage. She appeared in more than 160 film and TV productions during her career.
She was discovered by the famous director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. He cast her in many of his films, even though she hadn't gone to acting school. Irm Hermann won the Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Award) twice. She won for her role as Irmgard Epp in Fassbinder's The Merchant of Four Seasons. She won again for playing Else Gebel in Percy Adlon's Fünf letzte Tage. Else Gebel was a woman in prison with the resistance fighter Sophie Scholl.
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Her Life and Career
Irm Hermann was born in Munich, Germany. After finishing school, she worked as a publishing clerk. This meant she helped prepare books and magazines for printing. Later, she worked as a secretary for a company called ADAC.
In 1966, she met director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. He saw her talent and convinced her to leave her job to work with him. She started acting in his short film The City Tramp that same year. Irm Hermann went on to act in 19 of Fassbinder's films. These included The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972).
She often played characters who were a bit frustrated or old-fashioned. Her biggest role for Fassbinder was Irmgard Epp in The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971). This role earned her the Deutscher Filmpreis award. She was a close part of Fassbinder's group of friends and colleagues. Their working relationship was sometimes difficult, but she became one of his trusted friends.
In the mid-1970s, Irm Hermann moved to Berlin. Her acting career really took off there. She worked with many other directors like Werner Herzog and Christoph Schlingensief. In 1982, she played Else Gebel in Percy Adlon's film Fünf letzte Tage. This role won her another Deutscher Filmpreis in 1983.
Irm Hermann also enjoyed acting in comedies. She appeared in films like Loriot's Pappa Ante Portas (1991). She even played a fictional version of Queen Elizabeth II in Hape Kerkeling's Willi und die Windzors (1996). Her film Paradiso: Seven Days with Seven Women (2000) won an award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
She acted in over 160 films and TV shows until 2018. She also performed on stage at famous theaters in Berlin, like the Volksbühne.
Irm Hermann was married to Dietmar Roberg, who wrote children's books. They had two sons together, named Franz Tizian and Fridolin. Irm Hermann passed away in Berlin on May 26, 2020, at the age of 77. Her agent said she had been sick for a short time.
Selected Films
Here are some of the films Irm Hermann appeared in:
Films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Katzelmacher (1969) as Elisabeth
- Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970) as a Neighbour
- Pioneers in Ingolstadt (1972) as Irmgard Epp
- The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972) as Irmgard Epp
- The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) as Marlene
- Wildwechsel (1975) as a police woman
- Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (1973, TV miniseries) as Irmgard Erlkönig
- Effi Briest (1974) as Johanna
- Fox and His Friends (1974) as Madame Cherie
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) as Krista
- Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven (1975) as Helene Küsters
- Angst vor der Angst (1975) as Lore
- Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980, TV miniseries) as Trude
- Lili Marleen (1980) as a Nurse
Films by Hans W. Geißendörfer
- The Sternstein Manor (1976) as Sali
- The Magic Mountain (1982) as Fräulein Engelhart
Film by Werner Herzog
- Woyzeck (1979) as Margret
Film by Percy Adlon
- Fünf letzte Tage (1982) as Else Gebel
Films by Ulrike Ottinger
- Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press (1984) as Passat
- Joan of Arc of Mongolia (1989) as Fräulein Müller-Vohwinkel
Films by Christoph Schlingensief
- The German Chainsaw Massacre (1990) as a GDR borderwoman
- The 120 Days of Bottrop (1997) as Irm Hermann
Films by Rudolf Thome
- Tigerstreifenbaby wartet auf Tarzan (1998) as Birgit Kirschstein
- Paradiso: Seven Days with Seven Women (2000) as Berenice
Films by Other Directors
- The Passenger – Welcome to Germany (1988)
- Pappa Ante Portas (1991) as Hedwig
- Zu treuen Händen (1995, TV film) as Isolde Krautinger
- Willi und die Windzors (1996, TV film) as Queen Elizabeth II
- Die Affäre Semmeling (2002, TV mini series) as a financial officer
- My Brother Is a Dog (2004) as Grandma Gerda
- A Woman in Berlin (2008) as a widow
- Faust Sonnengesang (2011) (voice role)
- Vatertage – Opa über Nacht (2012) as Marianne Oberrotter
- Lotta (2012, TV series) as Frau Johansson
- Die Libelle und das Nashorn (2012) as a publisher
- Stuttgart Homicide (2012, TV series) as Ilse Vogelmann
- Die Erfindung der Liebe (2012) as Johanna von Kirsch
- Fack ju Göhte 3 (2017) as Ploppi's grandma
- Labaule & Erben (2018, TV miniseries) as Marianne Labaule
See also
In Spanish: Irm Hermann para niños
