A German acting legend from Munich, died after a short illness. The agent of the artist informed.
The German acting legend Irm Hermann is dead. She died on 26. May in Berlin. Hermann played since the 60s in several successful films.
Update from the 29. May, 11.04 PM: was, As is well known, belonged to the late Munich-based acting legend Irm Hermann to the inner circle of the already in 1982 with 37 years of late Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder . Therefore, the transmitter TELE 5 be “D-movie special: Rainer Werner Fassbinder is dedicated to” the actress. On Sunday, 31. May be shown in the classic film “fear eats the soul” at 20.15 and after “The Katzelmacher” of the Director, where Irm Hermann was involved.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder is one of the most important German film-makers and shaped the German film scene with his unconventional films. His work includes 44 films from within 16 years of its short life time.
Irm Hermann is dead: acting legend from Munich, died, family confirms death
initial message of 28. May 2020:
Berlin – The award-winning actress Irm Simpson is dead. The native Munich died at the age of 77 years . The informed agent Antje impact on Thursday .
citing the family Irm Hermann, it is said that the actress is already on the 26. May had died in Berlin after a short illness. If your death with the Coronavirus*-is pandemic in the context, is not explicitly confirmed.
+ actress Irm Hermann is dead.©dpa / Gregor Fischer
Irm Hermann: With Cooper in the fast Lane
Irmgard Hermann, which was later called just “Irm”, was on 4. October, born in 1942 in Munich*. First of all, you made a lesson to the Publisher’s clerk and then worked as a Secretary at the ADAC. Only in the year 1966, she met by chance at a drama competition of the young Academy of Munich, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who was himself at the beginning of his career. Hermann was occupied in Fassbinder’s first short film “The City tramp”.
With Fassbinder actress Hanna Schygulla, she founded the “Action-Theater”. Hermann developed in addition to the roles for Fassbinder, a close Confidant of the Director.
Irm Hermann starred in several hit films, with Loriot or in “Fack ju Göthe”
In connection Hermann belonged to Fassbinder to the narrow circle of the extremely successful film Director. They played until their move to Berlin, 1975, in several other of his films. This also includes the now-classic calculated “Effi Briest” or “The bitter tears of Petra von Kant were about”. In their Berlin films, “Berlin Alexanderplatz” and “Lili Marleen” followed.
Hermann has played with numerous well-known Directors. With Werner Herzog, you turned “Woyzeck” in addition to Klaus Kinski, Hans W. Geissendörfer committed to you for “Edith’s diary”, for Ulrike Ottinger you stand in “Johanna D’arc of Mongolia” in front of the camera. With Christoph Schlingensief, she shot the film “The German chainsaw massacre” and “The 120 days of Bottrop”.
But Hermann has played not only in serious movies. You excelled in humorous pieces on the side of Gerhard Polt, Loriot or Hape Kerkeling.
in addition to a number of “scene of the crime*”performances and other series roles was to see Hermann in the hit film “Fack ju Göthe 3” from the year 2017. The German film price got Hermann for the role of fellow prisoners of Sophie Scholl in Percy Adlons “Five last days”.
Recently died and another former “Tatort”actor. His demise caused great sadness among Fans and colleagues. In the USA, you are grieving all the while a actor who was in two Oscar-strips.
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