Ruth Leuwerik
Ruth Leuwerik was a German film actress, one of the most popular stars of German film during the 1950s. She appeared in 34 films between 1950 and 1977. Leuwerik is probably best known for her portrayal of Maria von Trapp in the films The [Trapp Family] and The Trapp Family in America.
Born in Essen as Ruth Leeuwerik, she grew up there and in Münster. She began her acting career with stage roles in the late 1940s. In the 1950s she and Dieter Borsche were considered as the ideal couple of the German film. In 1962 she starred in the Helmut Käutner film Redhead, which was entered in the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. She is a five-time Bambi Award winner. Leuwerik died in Munich on 12 January 2016.
Partial filmography
' – Evelyne Winterthur Father Needs a Wife – Susanne MeissnerThe Great Temptation – HildeA Heart Plays False – Sybilla ZanderMust We Get Divorced? – Garda von DoerrBeloved Life – Louise von BolinHis Royal Highness – Imma SpoelmanPortrait of an Unknown Woman – NicoleLudwig II – Kaiserin Elisabeth von ÖsterreichBeloved Enemy – Violante GoreRoses in Autumn – Effi BriestThe Golden Bridge – TimaThe Trapp Family – Baronin Maria von TrappQueen Louise – Königin LuiseGoodbye, Franziska – FranziskaImmer wenn der Tag beginnt – Dr. Hanna BurkhardtTaiga – Hanna DietrichThe Trapp Family in America – Baronin Maria von TrappDorothea Angermann – Dorothea AngermannThe Ideal Woman – Fanny BeckerSweetheart of the Gods – Renate MuellerA Woman for Life – Margarete BarnebuschYou Don't Shoot at Angels – MariaDie Stunde, die du glücklich bist – VeraDer Traum von Lieschen Müller – Autograph hunterRedhead – Franziska LukasEleven Years and One Day – Tina RodenbachThe House in Montevideo – Marianne NäglerAn Alibi for Death – Dr. Maria RohnUnd Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen – Valerie Steinfeld- '