Charlotte Kerr
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Born | Frankfurt am Main, Hesse |
May 29, 1927
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Bern, Switzerland |
Occupation | film director, film producer, actress, writer, and journalist |
Spouse(s) | Friedrich Dürrenmatt (deceased) |
Charlotte Kerr (May 29, 1927 – December 28, 2011) was a German director, film producer, actress, writer and journalist.[1][2]
She first performed on stage in Fritz Kortner’s version of Schiller’s Don Carlos in 1951. She became well known for her television role as commander of the spaceship Hydra in the Raumpatrouille series and for her appearances in the films of Rainer Erler, including Fleisch.
In 1971, she was a member of the jury at the 21st Berlin International Film Festival.[3]
In 1983, during the filming of a film about the Greek minister Melina Mercouri, Kerr met the Swiss poet Friedrich Dürrenmatt. They became close after discussing his latest play Achterloo and were married in 1984.[1] The two collaborated on the film Portrait eines Planeten and the play Rollenspiele. Dürrenmatt died in 1990. Her autobiography, Die Frau im roten Mantel, discussed her life with the writer. In 2000, her Centre Dürrenmatt was opened in Neuchâtel.
She took legal action against the writer Hugo Loetscher for an alleged affront of her dignity and personal rights in his book about Dürrenmatt's death and funeral, which was released 13 years after Dürrenmatt's death and published by Lesen statt Klettern.[2]
She died on December 28, 2011 in a hospital in Bern.[2]
Filmography
- Das Wunder des Malachias (1961)
- Raumpatrouille (Fernsehserie, 1966) - as General Lydia van Dyke
- Heißer Sand auf Sylt
- Die Antwort kennt nur der Wind (1974)
- Plutonium (1977)
- Fleisch (1979)
- Eine Liebe von Swann (1984)
- Raumpatrouille Orion – Rücksturz ins Kino (2003)
References
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- German film directors
- German film actresses
- German television actresses
- German stage actresses
- German theatre directors
- 1927 births
- 2011 deaths
- People from Frankfurt
- German journalists
- German autobiographers
- 20th-century German actresses
- 21st-century German actresses
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt
- Women autobiographers