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Heinz Schimmelpfennig(1919-2010)

  • Actor
  • Director
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Fritz Lichtenhahn and Heinz Schimmelpfennig in Hamburg Transit (1970)
Heinz Schimmelpfennig was born on 6 April 1919 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Huckleberry Finn and His Friends (1979) and Das Glück sucht seine Kinder (1958). He was married to Hanne Wieder. He died on 31 December 2010 in Gernsbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
BornApril 6, 1919
DiedDecember 31, 2010(91)
BornApril 6, 1919
DiedDecember 31, 2010(91)
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Known for

Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
A Streetcar Named Desire
7.9
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German)
  • 1951
Huckleberry Finn and His Friends (1979)
Huckleberry Finn and His Friends
8.1
TV Series
  • The Duke
Das Glück sucht seine Kinder
8.2
TV Movie
  • Director
  • 1958
Franz Grothe, Georg Alexander, Georg Jacoby, Wolfgang Lukschy, Walter Müller, Marika Rökk, and Grethe Weiser in Die Frau meiner Träume (1944)
Die Frau meiner Träume
6.5
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1944

Credits

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Actor

  • Lindenstraße (1985)
    Lindenstraße
    4.7
    TV Series
    • Ernst August Thelen
    • 1996
  • Löwenzahn (1981)
    Löwenzahn
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Burgführer
    • 1995
  • Die Gerichtsreporterin (1994)
    Die Gerichtsreporterin
    5.8
    TV Series
    • Adolf Steinke
    • 1994
  • Klaus Wennemann in Schwarz greift ein (1994)
    Schwarz greift ein
    6.0
    TV Series
    • Karl Engler
    • 1994
  • Hecht & Haie
    TV Series
    • Dr. Zang
    • 1993
  • Hafendetektiv (1987)
    Hafendetektiv
    6.3
    TV Series
    • van Asperg
    • 1991
  • Mit Leib und Seele (1989)
    Mit Leib und Seele
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Herr Bonatz
    • 1990
  • Liebesgeschichten
    TV Series
    • 1990
  • Marion Kracht and Mick Werup in Diese Drombuschs (1983)
    Diese Drombuschs
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Steuerfahnder Stäckler
    • 1990
  • Annemarie Steen in Moffengriet - Liebe tut, was sie will (1989)
    Moffengriet - Liebe tut, was sie will
    7.3
    TV Movie
    • Vater Verspohl
    • 1989
  • Der schöne Mann
    TV Movie
    • 1988
  • Die im Dunkeln
    TV Short
    • 1988
  • Oh Gott, Herr Pfarrer (1988)
    Oh Gott, Herr Pfarrer
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Herr Heuschele
    • 1988
  • Der schwarze Obelisk
    9.3
    TV Movie
    • Riesenfeld
    • 1988
  • Wallenstein (1987)
    Wallenstein
    8.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Bürgermeister von Eger
    • Pachelbel, Bürgermeister von Eger
    • 1987

Director

  • Die Einladung
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1968
  • Die Vogelscheuche
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1966
  • Ohne festen Wohnsitz
    8.1
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1966
  • Aufstand der Gehorsamen
    8.8
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1963
  • Freunde wie Wölfe
    8.7
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Das Glück sucht seine Kinder
    8.2
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1958

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Franz Grothe, Georg Alexander, Georg Jacoby, Wolfgang Lukschy, Walter Müller, Marika Rökk, and Grethe Weiser in Die Frau meiner Träume (1944)
    Die Frau meiner Träume
    6.5
    • assistant camera
    • 1944
  • Bruno Jaddatz in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
    The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
    7.0
    • assistant camera
    • 1943

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Heinz Werner Schimmelpfennig
  • Height
    • 5′ 9¼″ (1.76 m)
  • Born
    • April 6, 1919
    • Berlin, Germany
  • Died
    • December 31, 2010
    • Gernsbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Hanne Wieder(separated)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Good friends with Friedrich Kayßler, René Deltgen and Dominik Zahorka.
  • Nickname
    • Schimmel

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