Susanne Lothar (15 November 1960 â€" 21 July 2012) was a German film,
television and stage actress.Susanne Lothar was born on 15 November
1960 in Hamburg, Germany. She was the daughter of actors Hanns Lothar
and Ingrid Andree, who divorced in 1965, the year before her father's
death. She studied drama at the Hochschule für Theater und Musik
(School of Theatre and Music) in Hamburg.Lothar was a member of the
company of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus theatre in Hamburg for many
years and her performances include roles in Frank Wedekind's Lulu
plays (Erdgeist (Earth Spirit) and Die Büchse der Pandora (Pandora's
Box)), produced by Peter Zadek. For her first film Strange Fruits
(Eisenhans) in 1983, she received the German Federal Film Prize. With
Ulrich Mühe, she appeared as the victimised married couple in the
original version of Michael Haneke's Funny Games released in 1997.
Lothar worked again with Haneke as Mrs Schober in The Piano Teacher
(2001) and in The White Ribbon (2009). Lothar's three films with
Haneke were shown at the Cannes Film Festival.Lothar married actor
Ulrich Mühe in 1997; the couple had two children. Mühe died of
stomach cancer in 2007.
television and stage actress.Susanne Lothar was born on 15 November
1960 in Hamburg, Germany. She was the daughter of actors Hanns Lothar
and Ingrid Andree, who divorced in 1965, the year before her father's
death. She studied drama at the Hochschule für Theater und Musik
(School of Theatre and Music) in Hamburg.Lothar was a member of the
company of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus theatre in Hamburg for many
years and her performances include roles in Frank Wedekind's Lulu
plays (Erdgeist (Earth Spirit) and Die Büchse der Pandora (Pandora's
Box)), produced by Peter Zadek. For her first film Strange Fruits
(Eisenhans) in 1983, she received the German Federal Film Prize. With
Ulrich Mühe, she appeared as the victimised married couple in the
original version of Michael Haneke's Funny Games released in 1997.
Lothar worked again with Haneke as Mrs Schober in The Piano Teacher
(2001) and in The White Ribbon (2009). Lothar's three films with
Haneke were shown at the Cannes Film Festival.Lothar married actor
Ulrich Mühe in 1997; the couple had two children. Mühe died of
stomach cancer in 2007.
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