Elisabeth Trissenaar is an Austrian

Austrians

Austrians are a nation and ethnic group, consisting of the population of the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states who share a common Austrian culture and Austrian descent....

 actress, who lives in Berlin

Berlin

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Life and career

Trissenaar's father was the Dutchman Frans Trijssenaar. In 1964, she got her first role in the Bern Theatre, after studying at the Max-Reinhardt-Seminar in Vienna. Between 1972 and 1981, she obtained great success at the Frankfurt Opera, especially in the roles of Nora, Hedda Gabler and Medea

Medea

Medea is a woman in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, niece of Circe, granddaughter of the sun god Helios, and later wife to the hero Jason, with whom she had two children, Mermeros and Pheres. In Euripides's play Medea, Jason leaves Medea when Creon, king of...

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During this time began her collaboration with Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Rainer Werner Maria Fassbinder was a German movie director, screenwriter and actor. He is considered one of the most important representatives of the New German Cinema.He maintained a frenetic pace in film-making...

, under his direction she was in movies like Bolwieser, The Marriage of Maria Braun

The Marriage of Maria Braun

The Marriage of Maria Braun is a 1979 West German film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The film stars Hanna Schygulla as Maria, whose marriage with the soldier Hermann remained unfulfilled due to World War II and his post-war imprisonment...

, In a Year of 13 Moons

In a Year of 13 Moons

In a Year of 13 Moons is a 1978 drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Volker Spengler. The film was made in response to the suicide of Fassbinder's lover at the time, Armin Meier.- Plot :...

 and in the television film version of Alfred Doblin

Alfred Döblin

Alfred Döblin was a German expressionist novelist, best known for the novel Berlin Alexanderplatz .- 1878–1918:...

's Berlin Alexanderplatz

Berlin Alexanderplatz

Berlin Alexanderplatz is a novel by Alfred Döblin, published in 1929. The story concerns a small-time criminal, Franz Biberkopf, fresh from prison, who is drawn into the underworld. When his criminal mentor murders the prostitute whom Biberkopf has been relying on as an anchor, he realizes that...

. Also, she played leading roles in Robert van Ackeren

Robert van Ackeren

Robert van Ackeren is a German movie director, actor, producer, writer and cinematographer, born in 22 December 1946, West Berlin, West Germany.-Filmography :* Deutschland privat - Im Land der bunten Träume...

's Das andere Lächeln and Die Reinheit des Herzens in the Oscar-nominated film Angry Harvest

Angry Harvest

Angry Harvest is a 1985 West German film directed by Agnieszka Holland. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It is based on a novel written by Hermann Field and Stanislaw Mierzenski while they were imprisoned by the Polish government in the early 1950s...

 and in Xaver Schwarzenberger

Xaver Schwarzenberger

Xaver Schwarzenberger is an Austrian cinematographer and film director. He has worked over 100 films since 1970. His 1983 film Der stille Ozean was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement.-Selected filmography:*...

's Franza.

She is married with the director Hans Neuenfels

Hans Neuenfels

Hans Neuenfels is a German writer, poet, film producer, librettist, theatre director and opera director.- Biography :...

, with which she has a son, the film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

 Benedict Neuenfels.

External links

• Trissenaar's Agent
• Her page at the Deutsche Filmakademie
  Deutsche Filmakademie
  The Deutsche Filmakademie eV was founded in 2003 in Berlin. It aims to provide native filmmakers a forum for discussion and a way to promote the reputation of German cinema through publications, presentations, discussions and regular promotion of the subject in the schools...