Monica Bleibtreu (born May 4, 1944, in Vienna; died May 13, 2009, in Hamburg) was an Austrian actress, acting instructor, and screenwriter. Bleibtreu hailed from a family with a long-standing theatrical tradition. Her father, Renato Attilio Bleibtreu, directed the *Wiener Zimmerbühne* in Mödling, and her great-aunt was the renowned actress Hedwig Bleibtreu. Following the financial failure of the theater, Monica Bleibtreu was compelled to contribute to her family's livelihood while still a teenager. At the age of sixteen, she moved to Hamburg, where she took acting lessons. She later studied at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. Her career began on the stage, where she performed at venues including the *Schillertheater* in Berlin, the *Freie Volksbühne Berlin*, the *Münchner Kammerspiele*, and the *Burgtheater*. From 1993 to 1998, Bleibtreu served as a professor of acting at the University of Music and Theatre Hamburg. She landed her first television role in 1972 in the crime series *Der Kommissar*. Over the following decades, she established herself as one of the most distinguished character actresses in German-language film and television. Her later works include the television film *Ein starker Abgang*—starring alongside Bruno Ganz—as well as the feature films *Tannöd* and *Soul Kitchen*, both of which were released posthumously. Her son, the actor Moritz Bleibtreu, was born of her relationship with the actor Hans Brenner. Monica Bleibtreu died in Hamburg in 2009 at the age of 65.
86 movies · 41 shows
Ladylike – Jetzt erst recht!
2010·0.0
The Murder Farm
2009·5.1
Soul Kitchen
2009·6.9
Hilde
2009·5.3
Was wenn der Tod uns scheidet
2008·7.0
Ein starker Abgang
2008·6.5
My Mother, My Bride And I
2008·3.9
The Heart Is a Dark Forest
2007·5.5
Max Minsky and Me
2007·5.8
Muttis Liebling
2007·5.6
Der Tote am Strand
2006·5.8
Four Minutes
2006·6.8
Maria an Callas
2006·6.2
Eine Liebe in Saigon
2006·4.0
Marias's Last Journey
2005·4.8
Happy Hour oder Glück und Glas
2005·10.0
Waves
2005·4.0
The Runaway
2004·6.0
Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of Blue Owls
2004·6.2
Liebe ist die beste Medizin
2004·4.8
Wedding Shower
2003·8.0
Gefährliche Gefühle
2003·9.0
Eine Liebe in Afrika
2003·5.0
Himmel, Polt und Hölle
2002·9.5
Bibi Blocksberg
2002·6.0
Icarus
2002·5.5
Tattoo
2002·6.1
Verlorenes Land
2002·3.0
Amen.
2002·7.0
Germanija
2002·9.0
Blumen für Polt
2001·9.0
Liebesschuld
2001·7.0
Polt muss weinen
2001·9.5
Babykram ist Männersache
2001·5.0
Für die Liebe ist es nie zu spät
2000·8.5
The Farewell
2000·4.7
Marlene
2000·5.7
Schwiegermutter
2000·3.7
Der Nebelmörder - Schatten über der Stadt
2000·8.5
Das gestohlene Leben
2000·10.0
Die Nichte und der Tod
1999·9.0
Tödliche Schatten
1999·8.0
No Sex
1999·8.0
Dr. Robert Schumann, Teufelsromantiker
1999·10.0
Ein einzelner Mord
1999·10.0
Der Hurenstreik - Eine Liebe auf St. Pauli
1999·3.7
Love Your Female Neighbor!
1998·7.0
Run Lola Run
1998·7.3
Totalschaden
1998·9.0
Frauen lügen nicht
1998·4.3
Die einzige Chance
1998·10.0
Das Siegel
1998·3.0
Single sucht Nachwuchs
1998·4.3
Die Sekretärinnen
1998·9.0
Rosenzweig's Freedom
1998·8.0
Maria
1997·5.2
It Happened in Broad Daylight
1997·6.9
Angst hat eine kalte Hand
1996·7.0
Kinder des Satans
1995·7.0
Mau Mau
1992·5.1
Midnight Cop
1988·4.7
Lethal Obsession
1987·4.9
Santa Fe
1987·7.9
Gesichter des Schattens
1984·9.0
Love Is the Beginning of All Terror
1984·5.8
Variation
1983·6.8
Der Zappler
1983·10.0
Heimkehr nach Deutschland
1982·7.0
Ich werde warten
1982·7.0
Obscene: The Case of Peter Herzl
1981·6.9
Fallstudien
1979·8.0
Ein Mord, den jeder begeht
1979·0.0
Der Geist der Mirabelle
1978·0.0
Alzire or the New Continent
1978·6.0
Mittags auf dem Roten Platz
1978·7.0
Der Unbekannte
1978·0.0
Menschenfresser
1976·8.0
Liebe leidet mit Lust
1973·7.0
Im bayerischen Stil
1972·0.0
Adele Spitzeder
1972·10.0
Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
1972·5.5
Die Mutter
1971·10.0
Amerika oder der Verschollene
1969·9.0
Epitaph für einen König
1969·0.0
Die Dame vom Maxim
1969·0.0
Die Ballade von Peckham Rye
1966·8.0