Rosemarie Fendel

Rosemarie Fendel (1927-2013) was a German actress and director, who worked on the stage, in film, and in television. She was also a voice actress, and was the voice of notable actresses for German dubs of their work, including Elizabeth Taylor, Jeanne Moreau, and Annie Giradot. She won numerous awards for her work in film and television, and also directed and wrote a few screen productions herself. Her daughter is German actress, Suzanne von Borsody. Career Theater Fendel began her acting career on stage in 1946, appearing at the Kammerspiele in Munich as a flower girl in a production of Girodoux's "Die Irre von Chaillot". She studied acting with the actress, Maria Koppenhöfer. She was noticed by director and actor, Gustaf Gründgens, who brought her to act in productions in the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus as well as to perform in Darmstadt, Munich and Frankfurt. in 1957, she temporarily retired from the stage after the birth of her daughter, Suzanne von Borsody, who was born to her after she married actor and director Hans von Borsody. She later returned to the stage, and in 1982, she had a notable performance in a production of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, at the Frankfurt Schauspiel. She performed roles written for both, men and women, in productions of plays by Bertolt Brecht and Miller. Other notable performances include roles in Heiner Müller's Quartet. Towards the end of her career, she routinely gave private and small performances of works by Goethe and Mascha Kaléko, often in her home in Frankfurt.