Susanne Lothar facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Susanne Lothar
Lothar at the Cinema for Peace gala, 27 June 2011
Born	(1960-11-15)15 November 1960 Hamburg, West Germany
Died	21 July 2012(2012-07-21) (aged 51) Berlin, Germany
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1983–2012
Spouse(s)	Ulrich Mühe ​ ​ (m. 1997; died 2007)​
Children	2
Parent(s)	Hanns Lothar Ingrid Andree

Susanne Lothar (15 November 1960 – 21 July 2012) was a German film, television and stage actress.

Early life and education

Susanne Lothar was born on 15 November 1960 in Hamburg, Germany. She was the daughter of actors Hanns Lothar and Ingrid Andree, who divorced in 1965, the year before her father's death. She studied drama at the Hochschule für Theater und Musik (School of Theatre and Music) in Hamburg.

Career

Lothar was a member of the company of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus theatre in Hamburg for many years and her performances include roles in Frank Wedekind's Lulu plays (Erdgeist (Earth Spirit) and Die Büchse der Pandora (Pandora's Box)), produced by Peter Zadek. For her first film Eisenhans (Strange Fruits, 1983), she received the prize for best young actress at the German Film Awards. With Ulrich Mühe, she appeared as the victimised married couple in the original version of Michael Haneke's Funny Games released in 1997. Lothar worked again with Haneke in The Castle (which also featured Mühe, 1997), as Mrs Schober in The Piano Teacher (2001), and The White Ribbon (2009).

Personal life and death

Lothar married actor Ulrich Mühe in 1997; the couple had two children. Mühe died from cancer in 2007.

Susanne Lothar's death was announced in a written statement by lawyer Christian Schertz, representing her family, on 25 July 2012. ..... Lothar died just a day before the fifth anniversary of her husband's death.

Filmography

See also

In Spanish: Susanne Lothar para niños