Anecdotes

A street in the city center of Munich is named after her.

Debuted as stage actress in Vienna (1926).

She worked at different theaters , from 1931 especially in Berlin.

The former leading actress was put into action with impressive support roles after the war.

The actress Luise Ullrich set early the course of her life to the acting. She attended an acting education at the Academy for Music and Arts at the age of 14, one year later she got her first engagement at the Volksbühne Wien in the play "Heimat".

She had her breakthrough with the movie "Liebelei" (33), which catapulted her to a popular star in no time.

After 1964 she retired from the film business more or less and dedicated to the theater. She only worked sporadically for the TV, especially her role in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's serial "Acht Stunden sind kein Tag" (72) stood out.

She won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 1941 Venice Film Festival.

In 1979, Ullrich was awarded Filmband in Gold t(he Gold Film Ribbon) for her life's work.

In South America, she met her future husband, Count Wulf Dietrich zu Castell, director of Munich-Riem airport.

Louis B. Mayer offered her a contract at MGM in 1938, which Louise declined.

In late 1932, Ullrich played opposite Werner Krauss in "Rauhnacht" in Berlin.

In 1973, she published her memoirs.

In 1933, she performed with Hans Jaray in Leise flehen meine Lieder (Lover Divine, in English).

After a string of films, she began appearing on TV in the 1960s.

During one of her performances, she was spotted by actor and filmmaker Luis Trenker, who cast her in the leading role of Erika in Der Rebell (1932). It launched her film career, as she moved to higher-profile roles.

By 1941, for Annelie, she earned for the film studio Ufa the then record sum of 6.5 million Reichsmark and garnered Ullrich the Coppa Volpi award in Venice.

In 1936 she traveled to Iceland with a pony and a tent.

She spent most of her remaining years writing and painting.