Leonie Mellinger

Leonie Mellinger (born in Berlin, Germany) is a British actress.

Mellinger was born in the British military hospital neighbouring Spandau Prison as her actor father was then working for Bertolt Brecht's theatre company (the Berliner Ensemble).[1] Her Jewish parents were childhood refugees from Nazi Germany; her grandfather was Werner Scholem, who was killed in Buchenwald.[1]

Mellinger trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Her acting debut was as Miriam in the 1981 BBC television serialisation of D.H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers. In the television serial Small World (1988), based on the novel by David Lodge, she played a central double role portraying the twins Angelica and Lily. Her stage appearances with the Royal Shakespeare Company have included Lavinia in Titus Andronicus and Perdita in The Winter's Tale.

As well as acting, she teaches communication and personal impact skills at her own training company.

Daughter: Aurelie Burton born: 6 December 1996

Selected filmography

Cinema
Year Film Role Notes
1981Memoirs of a SurvivorEmily Mary Cartwright
1983Ghost DanceMarianne
1984Memed, My HawkHatche
1985ZinaGerman Stenographer

TV
Year Film Role Notes
1981Sons and LoversMiriam Leivers
1985BergeracTerry
1986Dead HeadAngela
1988Small WorldAngelica / Lily
1989The New StatesmanClarissa
1992LovejoyMarina
1994WycliffePolly Innes

References
  1. Mellinger, Lonie (27 January 2018). "My family is Jewish. My penpal's has a Nazi past. Such is friendship". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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