Barbara Rütting, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Barbara Rütting

actress and politician

Date of Birth: 21-Nov-1927

Place of Birth: Wietstock, Brandenburg, Germany

Profession: politician, film actor, non-fiction writer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Barbara Rütting (born 21 November 1927 in Ludwigsfelde-Wietstock) is a German film actress, politician and author.
She appeared in 50 films between 1952 and 1979. Rütting won the German Film Award as Best New Actress of the Year in 1953.
She was a star of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing in Canaris with O.
E.
Hasse and The Last Bridge with Maria Schell.
In 1961, she played the female lead as a journalist in the American-German film Town Without Pity, co-starring Kirk Douglas and Christine Kaufmann. After the 1970s, Rütting's film and television appearances were sporadic.
She instead focused on her career as a writer of children's and lifestyle books.
She also became a vocal supporter for Environmental protection and Animal rights.
She joined the Alliance 90/The Greens in the 1980s and was elected twice, in 2002 and 2008, into the Landtag of Bavaria (Bavarian parliament).
She left the Greens in 2009 and became a member of V-Partei3 in 2016.