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In this May 4, 2007 file photo actress Monica Bleibtreu poses with the 'Lola' trophy during the German Movie Award ceremony in Berlin. Bleibtreu received the award for Best Leading Actress in the German movie 'Four Minutes'.
Monica Bleibtreu
German actress who performed in cinema, television and theater
FRANKFURT - Monica Bleibtreu, an actress well-known in the German-speaking world for a prolific range of cinema, television and theater roles, died Thursday. She was 65.
The Players agency said Bleibtreu died early in Hamburg after a long battle with cancer.
Bleibtreu was born in the Austrian capital, Vienna, on May 4, 1944.
She made her cinema debut in "Ludwig - Requiem for a Virgin King" in 1972.
Later roles included appearances in Tom Tykwer's "Run Lola Run," which also starred her son, German actor Moritz Bleibtreu; German TV biodrama "The Manns - Novel of a Century"; and in this year's "Knef," a biography of actress and singer Hildegard Knef.
May 4, 1944 - May 14, 2009
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