Elisabeth Trissenaar
Elisabeth Trissenaar is an Austrian actress, who lives in Berlin.Life and career
Trissenaar's father was the Dutchman Frans Trijssenaar. After studying at the Max-Reinhardt-Seminar in Vienna, she was cast in her first role at the Bern Theatre in 1964. Between 1972 and 1981, she had great success at the Schauspiel Frankfurt, especially in the roles of Nora Helmer in A Doll's House and Hedda Gabler, as well as Medea.
During this time began her collaboration with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, under his direction she was in movies such as , In a Year of 13 Moons, The Marriage of Maria Braun, and in the television series of Alfred Döblin's Berlin Alexanderplatz. Also, she played leading roles in Robert van Ackeren's films Das andere Lächeln and Purity of Heart, in the Oscar-nominated film Angry Harvest, and in Xaver Schwarzenberger's Franza.
She is married to the director Hans Neuenfels, with whom she has a son, the film director Benedict Neuenfels.Awards
- 1981: German critics' award
Selected filmography
- Miss Julie, as Miss Julie
- A Doll's House, as Nora Helmer
- Hedda Gabler, as Hedda Gabler
- Dorothea Merz, as Bella Schedewy
- Und Rosa und Marilyn und..., as Marilyn
- ', as Hanni Bolwieser
- Das Ende einer Karriere, as Karla
- ', as Ellen
- In a Year of 13 Moons, as Irene Weishaupt
- When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, as Anna's Mother
- The Marriage of Maria Braun, as Betti
- Die Reinheit des Herzens, as Lisa
- Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, as Kunigunde von Thurneck
- Berlin Alexanderplatz, as Lina Przybilla
- Charlotte, as Paulinka Salomon
- Heinrich Penthesilea von Kleist, as Penthesilea
- A Love in Germany, as Elsbeth Schnittgens
- ', as Andrea
- Angry Harvest, as Rosa Eckart
- Franza, as Franza
- ', as Alma Mahler
- Mario and the Magician, as Sofronia Angiolieri
- ', as Madeleine
- Der Hauptmann von Köpenick, as Mathilde Obermüller
- Kalt ist der Abendhauch, as Charlotte's Mother
- SOKO Kitzbühel - Der Ring der Toten, as Sofia von Schöll
- ', as Ingrid, Catherine's Mother
- I've Never Been Happier, as Fritzi
