Barbara Valentin
Date of birth: 1940-12-15
Place of birth: Vienna, Austria
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ursula Ledersteger, Barbara Valentine
Biography
Barbara Valentin was an Austrian actress and daughter of film architect Hans Ledersteger and actress Irmgard Alberti. Rainer Werner Fassbinder cast her prominently in his films after she had previously acted in somewhat controversial roles.
Movie Credits
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974-03-05
Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown
Effi Briest
1974-06-20
When 17-year-old Effi Briest marries the elderly Baron von Instetten, she moves to a small, isolated
Martha
1974-05-28
After the death of her abusive father, lonely librarian Martha finds herself caught up in a strange,
Im Himmel ist die Hölle los
1984-10-31
Teenage girl idolises television game show host, and gets a chance to be his assistant
Horrors of Spider Island
1960-04-15
A bite from a giant spider turns a man into a creature that terrorizes a group of women who survived
Go Trabi Go
1991-01-17
Family Struutz lives in Bitterfeld (GDR). After the fall of the wall, they take the opportunity to g
Die Geierwally
1988-01-28
Geierwally is a musical comedy and a parody of traditional movies with regional background, especial
Geld oder Leber!
1986-08-14
Mike and Susanne are a loving couple who keep afloat through petty crime. When they are pursued by t
Scrounged Meals
1977-03-03
Homeless Alfred would like to spend his life on Mallorca. A destination far away. But one day he mee
The Festival Girls
1961-07-06
Hollywood stars go wild at the Riviera film festivals.
The Island of the Bloody Plantation
1983-01-27
A women's prison on a tropical island is a hellhole where the inmates are raped, tortured and otherw
Bomber & Paganini
1976-10-06
The story follows two simple as well as incorrigible petty crooks, who always fail spectacularly in
Der Partyphotograph
1968-11-29
A television technician who is mistaken for a star photographer can hardly save himself from girls w
Our Man in Jamaica
1965-09-04
The FBI sends agents to Jamaica to investigate arms smuggling to revolutionaries in Santo Domingo.
Die Hunde sind schuld
2001-09-19
A comedy directed by Andreas Prochaska. Barbara Valentin's last movie.
Drei gegen Hollywood
1982-02-20
In the 1930s, three unsuccessful variety artists dream of making it big. When they hear about the ri
King, Queen, Knave
1972-06-06
Based on a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, this English-language satirical drama details the experiences
News from Robber Hotzenplotz
1979-03-09
Cunning Hotzenplotz has managed to escape from the village prison with a trick. Kasperl and Seppl im
The Curse
1988-11-30
When a young family, father, mother and their daughter, is on a trip in the mountains, they lose ori
Knife in the Back
1975-01-01
At night, a violent confrontation between a pimp and a Greek guest worker takes place on Hamburg's R
Der Durchdreher
1979-03-08
The chaotic journalist Maximilian Glanz is working on his big book that will never be finished, answ
Primel macht ihr Haus verrückt
1980-02-25
Nine-year-old Primel’s single mother must leave town, so her apartment building’s seven tenants take
Die unglaublichen Abenteuer des Guru Jakob
1983-07-14
Jakob Feierabend has a hard time. Everywhere he applies for work, he is rejected. The reason is his
Call Girls of Frankfurt
1966-08-17
After the brutal murder of the prostitute Vera Paterny, Inspector Reinisch hardly makes any progress
Unsere Tante ist das Letzte
1973-11-28
A dorky uncle and a nag of an aunt mess up a family, their surroundings and ultimately half of Venic
Bite Me, Darling
1970-08-28
A descendant of Count Dracula returns to his ancestral village to take revenge on the people who des
Women in Hospital
1977-04-07
Schuman and Oberhoff are successful hospital doctors who treat pregnant women. However, their person
Mal drunter – mal drüber
1960-10-12
The Woman with the Carbuncle Stones
1985-01-01
The Star Maker
1968-12-12
Once-famous movie director Paul Lamont has fallen on hard times. Hollywood has forgotten him. His pi
The Girl with the Narrow Hips
1961-02-17
An Isfahani in the Land of Hitler
1977-03-21
Mirza-Bagher meets Agha-Balakhan and Manizheh on a train heading to Germany. Agha-Balakhan is going
Olympia – Olympia
1971-04-16
Nora Helmer
1974-02-03
A childish wife reveals surprising strength when faced with blackmail. Based on A Doll's House by Ib
The Second Victory
1987-06-04
After the end of Word War II, a lone and elusive skier from the German Mountain Troops continues to
Fox and His Friends
1975-06-06
Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things
Lili Marleen
1981-01-14
The story of a German singer named Willie, who while working in Switzerland, falls in love with a Je
Der Wasserball von Schildershausen
1981-01-01
Rita Ritter
1984-02-25
A writer tries unsuccessfully to sell his screenplays and plays. He marries a television editor, but
Ein Abend mit Labiche
1980-01-01
Das blaue Bidet
1982-02-21
Ohne Ball und ohne Netz
1982-07-01
The (male) members of the "Fussballclub Reith" are so focused on their passion for football playing
Fassbinder's Women
2000-11-10
An essay film in which filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim interviews "the willing victims of Rainer Werner
The Head
1959-07-24
A scientist invents a serum that keeps a dog's head alive after its body dies. When the scientist di
Carmen, Baby
1967-10-09
Carmen, a free-spirited young woman who sometimes earns money as a prostitute, lives a bohemian exis
Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press
1984-03-09
The final installment in Ulrike Ottinger’s Berlin Trilogy (following TICKET OF NO RETURN and FREAK O
Today We're Playing Boss
1981-11-27
Film extras take possession of a bogus film production company and acting as ideal world of film to
Herr S. kommt nicht zum Zuge
1976-01-01
Looping
1981-01-05
A small carnival is in dire financial straits. Their show is attracting fewer and fewer paying custo
Flaming Hearts
1978-04-14
When Peter Huber the proprietor of a Bavarian corner newsstand, wins a free trip to New York City in
Happy End oder Wie ein kleines Heilsarmeemädchen Chicagos größte Verbrecher in die Arme der Gesellschaft zurückführte
1972-04-30
Die Jagd nach Helena
1963-10-03
Ein Mann für meine Frau
1993-04-26
Victor
1979-01-04
Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars
1986-05-30
Together with her bisexual friend and manager Stefan, singer Miko is working on a great career that
There's Still Room in Hell
1961-07-28
American Dexter travels to Turkey on behalf of a US client in order to put an end to the drug gang l
The Second Victory
1987-06-04
After the end of Word War II, a lone and elusive skier from the German Mountain Troops continues to
Die Computer-Show
1971-01-21