Solveig Dommartin
Actor
- Born
- May 16, 1961 · Constantine, France [now Algeria]
- Died
- January 11, 2007 (age 45)
Solveig Dommartin (May 16, 1961 in Constantine, Algeria – January 11, 2007 in Paris) was a French-German actress.
Her acting career began in the theatre with "Compagnie Timothee Laine" and with the "Theater Labor Warschau". She had her first experiences with film as an assistant of Jacques Rozier.
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Her debut as a film actress was Wings of Desire (1987) under Wim Wenders. She was able to learn the challenging circus acrobatics in only eight weeks, and performed the full role without using a stunt double. She co-authored Until the End of the World (1991) with Wenders and travelled around the world with him in search of locations for the project.
Wim Wenders said about Until the End of the World:
"Solveig Dommartin and I had written the story of our film together, and we thought that we only had the right to enter into such a sacred area like a persons's dreams, if we would bring something into the work that was sacred to ourselves".
Dommartin died of a heart attack in 2007, aged 45. She was survived by her daughter, Venus.
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Known for
Wings of Desire
September 23, 1987
Until the End of the World
September 12, 1991
Faraway, So Close!
September 1, 1993
No Fear, No Die
September 5, 1990
I Can't Sleep
May 18, 1994
I Have You Under My Skin
July 23, 1990
Lettre de la Sierra Morena
June 8, 1983
The Prisoner of St. Petersburg
March 25, 1989
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
December 31, 1990
Acting9
- 1994I Can't Sleep as Young Blonde Woman
- 1993Faraway, So Close! as Marion
- 1991Until the End of the World as Claire Tourneur
- 1990Wim Wenders in Tokyo as Self
- 1990No Fear, No Die as Toni
- 1990I Have You Under My Skin as Jeanne
- 1989The Prisoner of St. Petersburg as Elena
- 1987Wings of Desire as Marion
- 1983Lettre de la Sierra Morena