Trivia

Sister of Hans Brausewetter.

Mother of Rudolf Wagner.

The actress Renate Brausewetter was able to gain a foothold at the theater and in the film business thanks to her famous brother, the actor Hans Brausewetter.

Renate Brausewetter had the privilege to experience her 100th birthday, nearly one year later one of the last silent movie representatives died.

When the sound film arose Renate Brausewetter retired from the film business and took care of her family.

Only in 1950 Renate Brausewetter made a unique comeback in front of the camera for the production "Die Treppe".

Brausewetter was living in a retirement home in Linz am Rhein when she died of natural causes on August 19, 2006.

In the middle of the 40s she had cope with two blows - first her marriage was divorced in 1944, one year later her brother Hans Brausewetter was killed in Berlin during a bombing raid.

She made her screen debut in 1925's "Die freudlose Gasse" (The Joyless Street), appearing alongside Greta Garbo.

Brausewetter was living in a retirement home in Linz am Rhein when she died of natural causes on 20 August 2006, aged 100.