Susanne Lothar is a German actress.

Lothar studied at the Schauspiel an der Hochschule für Theater und Musik

Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg

The Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg is one of the larger universities of music in Germany.It was founded 1950 as Staatliche Hochschule für Musik on the base of the former private acting school of Annemarie Marks-Rocke and Eduard Marks.Studies include various music types from church music...

 (School of Theatre and Music) in Hamburg. She was a member of the company of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg for many years, particularly remembered for her performance in Frank Wedekind

Frank Wedekind

Benjamin Franklin Wedekind , usually known as Frank Wedekind, was a German playwright...

's Lulu plays (Erdgeist

Earth Spirit (play)

Earth Spirit is a play by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind. It forms the first part of his pairing of 'Lulu' plays , both of which depict a society "riven by the demands of lust and greed". In German folklore an erdgeist is a gnome, first described in Goethe's Faust...

(Earth Spirit) and Die Büchse der Pandora

Pandora's Box (play)

Pandora's Box is a play by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind. It forms the second part of his pairing of 'Lulu' plays , both of which depict a society "riven by the demands of lust and greed".G. W. Pabst directed a silent film version , which was loosely based on the play, in 1929...

(Pandora's Box)) in a production by Peter Zadek

Peter Zadek

Peter Zadek was a German theatre and film director, play translator and screenwriter and is regarded as one of the greatest directors in German-speaking theater. He was the head of the Schauspielhaus Bochum, Bochum , the Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg and the Berliner Ensemble from 1992 to 1996...

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For her first film Strange Fruits (Eisenhans) in 1983, she received the German Federal Film Prize. With Ulrich Mühe

Ulrich Mühe

Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe was a German film, television and theatre actor. He played the role of Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler in the Oscar-winning film Das Leben der Anderen , for which he received the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Gold, at Germany's most prestigious film...

, she appeared as the victimised married couple in the original version of Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke is a German born Austrian filmmaker and writer best known for his bleak and disturbing style. His films often document problems and failures in modern society. Haneke has worked in television‚ theatre and cinema. He is also known for raising social issues in his work...

's Funny Games in 1997. Lothar worked again with Haneke as Mrs Schober in The Piano Teacher

The Piano Teacher

The Piano Teacher is a 2001 film directed by Michael Haneke, starring Isabelle Huppert and Benoît Magimel. The film is based on the novel Die Klavierspielerin by Elfriede Jelinek who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2004.- Plot :...

and in The White Ribbon

The White Ribbon

The White Ribbon is a 2009 Austrian-German film, released in black and white, written and directed by Michael Haneke. The drama darkly depicts society and family in a northern German village just before World War I...

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Her films The White Ribbon 2009, The Piano Teacher 2001, and Funny Games 1997 were shown at the Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...

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Family

She is the daughter of actors Hanns Lothar and Ingrid Andree; they divorced in 1965, the year before her father's death.

She is the widow of actor Ulrich Mühe

Ulrich Mühe

Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe was a German film, television and theatre actor. He played the role of Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler in the Oscar-winning film Das Leben der Anderen , for which he received the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Gold, at Germany's most prestigious film...

; they had two children together.

Filmography

• If Not Us, Who?
  If Not Us, Who?
  If Not Us, Who? is a 2011 German drama film directed by Andres Veiel and starring August Diehl. The film is set in the late 1940's, the early 1960's, and at the beginning of the Protests of 1968....
  
  2011
• The White Ribbon
  The White Ribbon
  The White Ribbon is a 2009 Austrian-German film, released in black and white, written and directed by Michael Haneke. The drama darkly depicts society and family in a northern German village just before World War I...
  
  2009
• The Reader 2008
• Madonnas 2007
• Under the Ice 2006
• Snowland 2005
• The Piano Teacher
  The Piano Teacher
  The Piano Teacher is a 2001 film directed by Michael Haneke, starring Isabelle Huppert and Benoît Magimel. The film is based on the novel Die Klavierspielerin by Elfriede Jelinek who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2004.- Plot :...
  
  2002
• Das Schloß 1997
• Funny Games 1997
• The Mountain
  The Mountain (1991 film)
  The Mountain is a 1991 Swiss drama film directed by Markus Imhoof. It was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Susanne Lothar as Lena* Mathias Gnädinger as Manser* Peter Simonischek as Kreuzpointner...
  
  (1991)

External links

• Susanne Lothar official Website
• "Das erste Mal -- Frau Lothar, wann sind Sie Sie selbst?", NZZFolio