Sonja Sutter (17 January 1931 â€" 1 June 2017) was a German film
actress. She was one of the few actors that was allowed to appear in
productions in both East and West Germany. She is remembered for her
role as Fraulein Rottenmeier in the German TV series Heidi from 1978.
This series aired in many countries in Europe during the 1980s and
1990s, and was dubbed into several languages. She is also remembered
for having had several roles in the TV series Derrick from 1983 to
1998.Sonja Sutter was born in Freiburg, Germany. She went on the
Rudolf Steiner School in Freiburg but ended with only a limited
education but she later studied Greek and Latin. At that time she
matured into the decision to become an actress. Her stage debut was in
1950 at the Municipal Theater. Later she worked in Stuttgart, at the
Schauspielhaus in Hamburg and at the State Theater in Munich. In test
shots for a movie by and with Luis Trenker, the DEFA director Slatan
Dudow discovered and engaged Sutter for the role as Renate Ludwig in
the German movie Frauenschicksale in 1952.After this movie many film
offers came from West Germany and Sutter was thus one of the few
artists of her time, which worked on two German territories. Her big
breakthrough came in 1957 with Lissy, an award-winning movie, which
gave Sonja Sutter a certain notoriety in East Germany. During the
1950s she starred in movies like Die Barrings (1955), Star mit fremden
Federn (1955), Das Schweigen im Walde (1955), Drei Birken auf der
Heide (1956) and Johannisnacht (1956). In 1961 she lost, with the
construction of the Berlin Wall, the opportunity to participate in
further DEFA films.
actress. She was one of the few actors that was allowed to appear in
productions in both East and West Germany. She is remembered for her
role as Fraulein Rottenmeier in the German TV series Heidi from 1978.
This series aired in many countries in Europe during the 1980s and
1990s, and was dubbed into several languages. She is also remembered
for having had several roles in the TV series Derrick from 1983 to
1998.Sonja Sutter was born in Freiburg, Germany. She went on the
Rudolf Steiner School in Freiburg but ended with only a limited
education but she later studied Greek and Latin. At that time she
matured into the decision to become an actress. Her stage debut was in
1950 at the Municipal Theater. Later she worked in Stuttgart, at the
Schauspielhaus in Hamburg and at the State Theater in Munich. In test
shots for a movie by and with Luis Trenker, the DEFA director Slatan
Dudow discovered and engaged Sutter for the role as Renate Ludwig in
the German movie Frauenschicksale in 1952.After this movie many film
offers came from West Germany and Sutter was thus one of the few
artists of her time, which worked on two German territories. Her big
breakthrough came in 1957 with Lissy, an award-winning movie, which
gave Sonja Sutter a certain notoriety in East Germany. During the
1950s she starred in movies like Die Barrings (1955), Star mit fremden
Federn (1955), Das Schweigen im Walde (1955), Drei Birken auf der
Heide (1956) and Johannisnacht (1956). In 1961 she lost, with the
construction of the Berlin Wall, the opportunity to participate in
further DEFA films.
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