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Ruth Rieser(I)

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Ruth Rieser
Ruth Rieser attended acting classes at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, and completed her education at the Max-Reinhardt-Seminar in Vienna, Austria, where she took her diploma in 1989.

She also attended the École Supérieure d'art Dramatique du Théâtre National de Strasbourg, France, in 1990.

Ruth Rieser studied Theatrical Science at the University of Vienna and finished that chapter of her education with her dissertation about Italian Stage icon Eleonora Duse (1858-1924).

Before concentrating on her movie career, Ruth Rieser had already been well known as stage actress in Austria.
BornMarch 31, 1965
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BornMarch 31, 1965
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Lost Zweig (2002)
    Lost Zweig
    6.6
    • Lotte Zweig
    • 2002
    Auslegung der Wirklichkeit - Georg Stefan Troller (2021)
    Auslegung der Wirklichkeit - Georg Stefan Troller
    7.5
    • Director
    • 2021
    Kinderzauber (2016)
    Kinderzauber
    • Director
    • 2016
    Peter Turrini. Return to My Point of Origin
    • Director
    • 2017

    Credits

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    Actress



    • Fast Forward (2009)
      Fast Forward
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Agnes Hartmann
      • 2010
    • Lost Zweig (2002)
      Lost Zweig
      6.6
      • Lotte Zweig
      • 2002
    • Gebürtig (2002)
      Gebürtig
      6.2
      • Susanne Ressel
      • 2002
    • Tatort (1970)
      Tatort
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Dr.Lisa Schmölzer
      • 2001
    • In the Name of the Law (1994)
      In the Name of the Law
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Vera Jeschke
      • 2001
    • St. Angela (1997)
      St. Angela
      5.4
      TV Series
      • Simone Keyser
      • 2000
    • Nach Norden
      Short
      • 2000
    • Tobias Moretti in Kommissar Rex (1994)
      Kommissar Rex
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Susanne Konsel
      • 1999
    • Sandrine Bonnaire in Die Schuld der Liebe (1998)
      Die Schuld der Liebe
      5.2
      • Sandra Fernes
      • 1998
    • Blindgänger
      6.2
      Short
      • Mira
      • 1996
    • Leas Hochzeit
      TV Movie
      • Hendrikje
      • 1992
    • Sehnsüchte oder Es ist alles unheimlich leicht
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • Judith
      • 1991
    • An dich hab ich gedacht
      Short
      • 1988
    • Siegfried Lowitz in The Old Fox (1977)
      The Old Fox
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Dienstmädchen #3
      • 1985
    • Schöne Tage (1982)
      Schöne Tage
      7.6
      TV Movie
      • (uncredited)
      • 1982

    Director



    • Auslegung der Wirklichkeit - Georg Stefan Troller (2021)
      Auslegung der Wirklichkeit - Georg Stefan Troller
      7.5
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Peter Turrini. Return to My Point of Origin
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Kinderzauber (2016)
      Kinderzauber
      • Director
      • 2016
    • du und ich
      • Director
      • 2011

    Writer



    • Auslegung der Wirklichkeit - Georg Stefan Troller (2021)
      Auslegung der Wirklichkeit - Georg Stefan Troller
      7.5
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • Peter Turrini. Return to My Point of Origin
      • Writer
      • 2017
    • Kinderzauber (2016)
      Kinderzauber
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • du und ich
      • Writer
      • 2011

    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
    • Born
      • March 31, 1965
      • Klagenfurt, Austria
    • Other works
      Theater 1982 - 1998 Die Kleinbürger (M. Gorki) - Tatjana [Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna; D: D. Pflegerl] Der Geizige (Molière) - Mariane [Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna, Austria; D: D. Mouchtar-Samorei] Tagträumer (W. Mastrosimone) - Rose [Theater am Auersperg, Vienna, Austria; D: J. Taub] Drei Schwestern (A. Tschechov) - Irina [Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria; D: D. Pflegerl] Liliom (F. Molnar) - Julie [Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria; D: W. Prinz] Hase Hase (C. Serreau - Hase Hase [Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria; D: W. Prinz] Kabale und Liebe (F. Schiller) - Luise [Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria, and Staatstheater Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany; D.: M. Kusej] Franz Falsch (Franz-Kafka-Projekt) - Die Verlobte [Internationales Theaterfestival "Mittelfest" 1992 in Cividale, Italy, D: M. Kusej] Nathan der Weise (G.E. Lessing) - Recha [Perchtoldsdorfer Sommerspiel, Perchtoldsdorf, Austria; D: J. Wilke] Leas Hochzeit (J. Herzberg) - Janna [Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna, Austria; D: H. Clemen] Extremities (W. Mastrosimone) - Marjorie [Villacher Studiobühne, Villach, Austria; D: J. Hanak] Kindsmord (P. Turrini) - Sie [Dramatisches Zentrum, Vienna, Austria; D: Günther Einbrodt] Antigone (Euripides / Sophokles) - Ismene

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      She is the first non-Brazilian person receiving a major award at the Brasilia Film Festival 2003 in 36 years of its existence.

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