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- Birth nameRuth Holl
- Ruth Hellberg was born on November 2, 1906 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Le trio terrible (1991), Michael Kramer (1965) and Was wissen denn Männer (1933). She was married to Wolfgang Liebeneiner. She died on April 26, 2001 in Feldafing, Bavaria, Germany.
- SpouseWolfgang Liebeneiner(1934 - 1943) (divorced)
- ChildrenChristineAndreas Landshoff
- ParentsMargit Hellberg (aka Margarethe Gribbohm)
- German dubbing voice for Helen Hayes, Mildred Dunnock, Myrna Loy, Vivien Leigh and Thelma Ritter.
- Her father was a stage manager and director, her mother a high school drama teacher.
- German leading lady of the 1930's and 40's. On stage from 1923, initially with a touring repertory company, later including a residency at the Berliner Staatstheater (1938 to 1945). Reached the peak of her popularity while married to the prominent film maker Wolfgang Liebeneiner (1934-43), who directed her in her greatest success, Yvette (1938). Disappeared from the screen for twenty years, until re-emerging as a character actress in TV productions during the 1960's.
- She began her acting career at the theater where she worked among others at the Münchner Kammerspielen as well as in Hamburn and Berlin.
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