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Monika Woytowicz

Date of Birth
06/23/1944 - 12:00
Geburtsort
Barth
Biography

Monika Woytowicz was born June 23, 1944, in Barth. After finishing school, she at first performed in an amateur theatre group before she attended actor"s training at Leipzig's Theaterhochschule from 1961 to 1965. After her graduation, Woytowicz became a cast member of Städtische Bühnen Leipzig.

She made her movie debut while still attending drama school in Hans-Joachim Kunert's film "Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt" ("The Adventures of Werner Holt", 1964) and played the role of Gundel Thieß, with whom young Werner Holt wants to start a new life after he has overcome the Nazi ideology.

 

But Woytowicz already made her first appearance on the big screen one year before "Werner Holt" opened in theatres in 1965: "Mir nach, Canaillen!" (1964), directed by Ralf Kirsten, was produced immediately after "Werner Holt" but came out a couple of months earlier. In "Mir nach, Canaillen!", Woytowicz played the charming countess Ulrike who turns the head of the unconventional shepherd Alexander, played by Manfred Krug.

During the following years, Monika Woytowicz starred in numerous GDR feature films, for instance in Konrad Petzold's "Osceola", or in the Eichendorff adaptation "Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts", with a star-studded cast including Dean Reed and directed by her husband, Celino Bleiweiß. Woywotowicz also regularly appeared on TV, mainly in collaborations with her husband. She made a particularly memorable performance as emancipated Viktoria in "Absage an Viktoria". Furthermore, she starred in the elaborate multi-part history film "Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria".

In 1983, Woytowicz emigrated to West Germany and focused on her TV career. Until today, she appeared in numerous popular TV series, including "Tatort", "Liebling Kreuzberg", "Ein Fall für Zwei", "Siska", and "Lindenstraße". Moreover, Woytowicz performs on stage, and tours with readings and solo programs.

In 2005, Monika Woytowicz retired almost completely from the stage und her film and TV work.

The contents of this entry were funded with the support of the DEFA-Stiftung.

Filmography
1999/2000
Ein Scheusal zum verlieben
  • Cast
1999/2000
Zwei Dickköpfe mit Format
  • Cast
1999
Licht und Schatten
  • Cast
1998/1999
Deine besten Jahre
  • Cast
1995
Mona M. - Mit den Waffen einer Frau
  • Cast
1995
Rosamunde Pilcher: Wolken am Horizont
  • Cast
1994
Anna Maria - Eine Frau geht ihren Weg [Pilotfilm]
  • Cast
1992
Das Traumschiff. Norwegen
  • Cast
1988
Tagebuch für einen Mörder
  • Cast
1988
Jingle Bells
  • Cast
1982-1987
Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria
  • Cast
1985/1986
Zerbrochene Brücken
  • Cast
1982-1987
Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria: Aus dem siebenjährigen Krieg
  • Cast
1982-1987
Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria: Brühl
  • Cast
1983
Zauber um Zinnober
  • Screenplay
1981/1982
Familienbande
  • Cast
1981/1982
Wilhelm Meisters theatralische Sendung
  • Cast
1980/1981
Der Sturz
  • Cast
1980
Meines Vaters Straßenbahn
  • Cast
1979/1980
Ernste Spiele
  • Cast
1979/1980
Ich will nach Hause
  • Cast
1978
Zwerg Nase
  • Cast
1977/1978
Jugendweihe
  • Cast
1977/1978
Einer muß die Leiche sein
  • Cast
1976
Absage an Viktoria
  • Cast
1976/1977
Vermißt wird Peter Schnok
  • Cast
1975
Die schwarze Mühle
  • Cast
1975
Das letzte Wochenende
  • Cast
1974
Kit & Co
  • Cast
1973/1974
Zum Beispiel Josef
  • Cast
1973/1974
Die eigene Haut
  • Cast
1974
DEFA-Retrospektive
  • Voice
1972/1973
Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts
  • Cast
1972
Anfang am Ende der Welt
  • Cast
1971
Die Verschworenen
  • Cast
1971
Osceola
  • Cast
1970/1971
Pygmalion XII
  • Cast
1971
Der kleine und der große Klaus
  • Cast
1969
Nachtstreife (1967)
  • Cast
1967
Ein sonderbares Mädchen
  • Cast
1966/1967
Das Mädchen auf dem Brett
  • Cast
1964/1965
Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt
  • Cast
1965
Der Augenzeuge [Jg. 1965 / Nr. 031]
  • Participation
1963/1964
Mir nach, Canaillen!
  • Cast
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