Ruth Stephan
Ruth Stephan was a German film and stage actress. She appeared with Heinz Erhardt in the 'Willi' series of films.
Biography
Ruth Stephan was born to retail merchant Kurt Stephan and his wife, Kriemhilde. After graduating from school, she first worked as a certified bank teller before taking acting lessons.During her early acting career, she worked mostly on the stage in Germany, including theaters in Hamburg and Berlin. She appeared in her first movie in 1951, and subsequently became a popular figure in German comedy movies.
Most notably she appeared in numerous movies alongside Heinz Erhardt, often playing his wife or secretary. She also became popular for portraying an English and biology teacher in the late 1960s high school movie series Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank.
In the early 1970s Stephan went back to the stage. She died of lung cancer in August 1975. A street in the district of Berlin-Spandau is named after her.
Selected filmography
Die Frauen des Herrn S. - Das PersönchenHomesick for You I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg - Dietlinde, StudentinYou Only Live Once - Frl. RosaThe Uncle from America - Rosa, DienstmädchenNot Afraid of Big Animals - Partnerin des ZauberkünstlersLady's Choice The Empress of China Hit Parade The Private Secretary - LissyThe Abduction of the Sabine Women - Dienstmädchen RosaThe Telephone Operator - Lenchen MiesbachClivia Don't Worry About Your Mother-in-Law Ten on Every Finger - Hans Albers' SketchpartnerinAn jedem Finger zehn - SingerThe Spanish Fly - JuttaI Know What I'm Living For - Anna, Wirtschafterin bei MariaHow Do I Become a Film Star? A Heart Full of Music - FleuretteThree Days Confined to Barracks - Auguste, die KöchinLove, Dance and a Thousand Songs - Wicky WinklerMusic in the Blood - Irma PehlkeCharley's Aunt - MonaDie wilde Auguste - Auguste SchrullThe Stolen Trousers - Grete GiesemannEin tolles Hotel - Luise, seine FrauDas Liebesleben des schönen Franz - Emmi, Nichte des PortiersDu bist Musik - Sophie KlemkeMusikparade - TrudchenManöverball - EmmaSaison in Oberbayern - Wanda BuziglDie liebe Familie - Fräulein BriesnitzAugust der Halbstarke - Gitta Tamara, ChansonetteDie Unschuld vom Lande - Else MeiseTwo Bavarians in the Jungle - Lilo KnopkeDas Glück liegt auf der Straße - StudentinThe Simple Girl - MilliThe Daring Swimmer - Karin BiedermannThe Legs of Dolores - Auguste Link, Chefin des "Pigalle"Greetings and Kisses from Tegernsee - Dorothea...und abends in die Scala - Trudchen PutzkeWhen She Starts, Look Out - Christa KnaxThe Star of Santa Clara - MitziA Song Goes Round the World - MalvineHere I Am, Here I Stay - LucieSchlag auf Schlag - Gisela SandersPeter Shoots Down the Bird - Mathilde HütchenLa Paloma - Fräulein FörsterOf Course, the Motorists - Jutta SchmalbachKauf dir einen bunten Luftballon - MiaAch Egon! - AnnaBei Pichler stimmt die Kasse nicht - IsabellaYou Must Be Blonde on Capri - Lotte JeschkeEin Stern fällt vom Himmel - Helga Held 11Isola Bella - Fräulein FinkenbuschRamona - EllinorMax the Pickpocket - DesireeThe Turkish Cucumbers - Ruthlinde, beider TochterThe Sold Grandfather - Frl. Schülke, SekretärinThe Bird Seller - Kammerzofe MelanieWild Water - JohannaOur Crazy Nieces - FelicitasBreakfast in Bed - CillyHochzeit am Neusiedler See - Isolde Tristan, WanderbühnentalentOur Crazy Aunts in the South Seas - FelicitasThe World Revolves Around You - Henriette Andreesen, Lilians TanteCome to the Blue Adriatic - Frl. HabichtThe Sinful Village - Barbara VeitSpukschloß im Salzkammergut Rheinsberg - AnnaZur Hölle mit den Paukern - Dr. PollhagenPepe, der Paukerschreck - Studienrätin Dr. Pollhagen' - Frau CreutzKlein Erna auf dem Jungfernstieg - Frau NohrHurra, die Schule brennt! - Studienrätin Dr. PollhagenWe'll Take Care of the Teachers - Studienrätin Dr. PollhagenWhat Is the Matter with Willi? - Annie EngelThat Can't Shake Our Willi! - Sieglinde Hirsekorn- '