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Sonja Sutter

Sonja Sutter

Actor

Born January 17, 1931 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Died June 2, 2017

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Fluent in Greek and Latin and self-educated in classical literature, Sonja Sutter was a mesmerizing actress who explored profound dramatic expression on both stage and screen throughout a career beginning in 1951. The daughter of a banker, she finished a basic education in her hometown of Freiburg, where she also made her theatrical debut. Discovered for film by Luis Trenker during a Heimatfilm audition, she was recommended to director Slatan Dudow, who cast her in a key role in his post-war drama Frauenschicksale (1952). Working with both East and West German cinema, Sutter appeared in several prestigious films, including Das Schweigen im Walde (1955) and Die Barrings (1955). It was not until five years later that she starred as the lead in Lissy (1957), directed by Konrad Wolf. This anti-fascist drama, depicting the struggles of a working-class family in 1930s Berlin under Nazi rule, became one of Wolf’s most acclaimed works and marked the pinnacle of Sutter’s film career. Perhaps due to being strongly associated with a specific character type, her film offers from the West diminished in the 1960s. The construction of the Berlin Wall effectively ended her collaboration with DEFA. Returning to theater, Sutter joined the distinguished Vienna Burgtheater ensemble in 1959. She remained with the company for four decades, accumulating up to seventy leading roles. She also frequently performed at the Salzburg Festival, taking on roles such as Strindberg’s Queen Christina, Schiller’s Intrigue and Love (Kabale und Liebe), and Gute Werke in Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s medieval play Everyman. Later in her career, she increasingly focused on television, often portraying refined ladies in popular crime series like Tatort (1970), Derrick (1974), and The Old Fox (1977).

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Filmography

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Year

Jedermann Remixed Poster

Jedermann Remixed TV Movie2011Glaube

Schloßhotel Orth Poster

Schloßhotel Orth TV Series1996Elisabeth Dahlmann

Lieben wie gedruckt TV Series1995Dora Krummacher

Wilhelm Tell Poster

Wilhelm Tell TV Movie1990Armgard

Wer erschoß Boro? Poster

Wer erschoß Boro? TV Series1987Helga Holzmann

Der Marquis von Keith TV Movie1985Anna Gräfin Werdenfels

Jedermann Poster

Jedermann TV Movie1983Glaube

Heidi TV Series1978Fraulein Rottenmeier

The Old Fox Poster

The Old Fox TV Series1977Beate Kranz

Ich will leben Poster

Ich will leben Feature Film1976Lucille

The Wild Duck Poster

The Wild Duck Feature Film1976Frau Sörby

Wir pfeifen auf den Gurkenkönig TV Movie1976Ruth Hogelmann

Die weiße Stadt Poster

Die weiße Stadt TV Movie1975Lepa

Ein treuer Diener seines Herrn TV Movie1975

Derrick TV Series1974Eva Dalinger

Dalli Dalli Poster

Dalli Dalli TV Series1971Self - Candidate

Jedermann Poster

Jedermann TV Movie1970Glaube

Nachbarn TV Movie1970Sie

Tatort TV Series1970Frau Homann

Der Kommissar Poster

Der Kommissar TV Series1969Frau Weise

Schmutzige Hände TV Movie1968Olga

Onkel Wanja - Szenen aus dem Landleben TV Movie1965Jelena Andrejewna

Die letzte Folge Poster

Die letzte Folge TV Movie1964Gwendoline

Heinrich VI TV Movie1964

Ein Dorf ohne Männer TV Movie1963Die Blonde

Elektra TV Movie1963Chrysothemis

Mario und der Zirkus TV Movie1963Steffi

Lumpazivagabundus Poster

Lumpazivagabundus TV Movie1962Amorosa

Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua TV Movie1961Leonore

Everyman Poster

Everyman Feature Film1961Gute Werke

Der Lotterieschwede Poster

Der Lotterieschwede Feature Film1958Frau Jönsson

Sie kannten sich alle Poster

Sie kannten sich alle Feature Film1958Herta Klausner

Tatort Berlin Poster

Tatort Berlin Feature Film1958Walters Freundin

Der Geisterzug Poster

Der Geisterzug TV Movie1957Julia

Lissy Feature Film1957Liesbeth 'Lissy' Frohmeyer

Minna von Barnhelm TV Movie1957Minna von Barnhelm

Mrs. Cheneys Ende TV Movie1957Mrs. Cheney

Drei Birken auf der Heide Poster

Drei Birken auf der Heide Feature Film1956Rose Heidkämper

Johannisnacht Poster

Johannisnacht Feature Film1956Irene Hofmann

Das Schweigen im Walde Poster

Das Schweigen im Walde Feature Film1955Lo Petri

Die Barrings Poster

Die Barrings Feature Film1955Gisa von Eyff

Star mit fremden Federn Poster

Star mit fremden Federn Feature Film1955Isolde Sturm

Meines Vaters Pferde, 1. Teil: Lena und Nicoline Poster

Meines Vaters Pferde, 1. Teil: Lena und Nicoline Feature Film1954Lena

Frauenschicksale Poster

Frauenschicksale Feature Film1952Renate Ludwig

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