Ruth Drexel

Ruth Drexel (German: [ʁuːt ˈdʁɛksl̩] (listen); 14 July 1930, Vilshofen an der Donau, Lower Bavaria – 26 February 2009)[1] was a German actress, director, and theatre director/manager. Her best-known role was as "Resi Berghammer" in the German television series, Der Bulle von Tölz, in which she played the mother of the eponymous cop. As of January 2006, she played the role in 58 episodes.

Ruth Drexel
Drexel as Resi Berghammer in Der Bulle von Tölz (2005)
Born(1930-07-14)July 14, 1930
Vilshofen an der Donau, Lower Bavaria, Weimar Republic
DiedFebruary 26, 2009(2009-02-26) (aged 78)
Feldkirchen, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationActress
Years active1949-1997

Life and career

Born in Vilshofen an der Donau, near Passau, Drexel trained as an actress in Munich, where she was also given her first engagement. She subsequently worked in Berlin (as a member of the Berliner Ensemble during 1955-56), Wuppertal, Darmstadt and Düsseldorf. She also appeared, to great critical acclaim, in new plays by Franz Xaver Kroetz and Felix Mitterer. In 1980, she co-founded the Tiroler Volksschauspiele in Telfs, Tyrol.

Drexel's early television work included Wedekind's Der Marquis von Keith (1962), a German adaptation of Shaw's Candida (1963), Frisch's Biedermann und die Brandstifter (1967), and Kroetz's Wildwechsel (Jail Bait), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1973). She also put in guest appearances on Der Kommissar and Tatort.

Drexel was a member of the cast of the cult television series Münchner Geschichten (1974) and Zur Freiheit (1987). In 2005, she started a new television series, Agathe kann's nicht lassen, playing Agathe Heiland, an elderly sleuth modelled on Agatha Christie's Miss Marple.

Family

Ruth Drexel was married once, to Michael Adami. They had a daughter, Katharina Adami (b. 1956). Drexel had a second child, Cilli Drexel (b. 1975) by her long-time companion, actor Hans Brenner.

Death

Drexel's long-time companion, actor Hans Brenner, died in 1998. Until her own death from cancer in 2009, aged 78, Ruth Drexel lived in Feldkirchen, near Munich.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1949Heimliches RendezvousTherese
1957Between Munich and St. PauliUrschel
1957JägerblutJosepha
1965The Blood of the WalsungsTheaterbesucherin
1969Die Perle – Aus dem Tagebuch einer HausgehilfinEmilie KnusefranzTV series
1971Mathias KneisslRes Kneißl, Mathias' Mutter
1972Adele SpitzederAdele SpitzederTV film
1976The Marquise of ODie Hebamme
1979SchluchtenflitzerSchwaigerin
1980-1981DerrickFrau Kieler / Franziska Sailer2 episodes
1986Heilt Hitler!Frau im Hofgarten vor Weltkriegsmausoleum
1987Francesca
1989Mix WixRadfahrer
1997BandagistenglückWerneck

References
  1. "Ruth Drexel: Stiller Tod mit 78 Jahren". merkur.de (in German). 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2018-05-03.


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