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Biography from Baseline's Encyclopedia of Film
Occupation: Actress
Born: December 25, 1943, Kattowitz, Germany (now Poland)
One of the most celebrated European leading ladies of the last two decades.
Schygulla's career was sparked by
Rainer Werner
Fassbinder, whom she met while taking an acting class in Munich and with whom she
worked at the Munich Action Theater. A luminous, enigmatic beauty in the classic Teutonic
mold, Schygulla provided the dramatic cornerstone of many of
Fassbinder's finest films, appearing in nearly 20 features directed by him between
1969 (LOVE IS COLDER THAN DEATH) and 1981 (LILI MARLEEN). She has also worked with Volker
Schlöndorff (CIRCLE OF DECEIT, 1981), Jean-Luc Godard (PASSION, 1982) and Andrzej Wajda
(A LOVE IN GERMANY, 1984).
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