Hanna Schygulla Biography
Hanna Schygulla is a German actress and chanson singer associated with the theater and film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. She first worked for Fassbinder in 1965 and became an active participant in the New German Cinema Schygulla won the 1979 Berlin Silver Bear for Best Actress for Fassibinder’s The Marriage of Maria Braun.
How old is Hanna Schygulla? – Age
She is 80 years old as of December 25, 2023. The actress was born on December 25, 1943, in Konigshutte, Silesia.
Hanna Schygulla Height
The star stands at the height of 5 feet 5 Inches tall.
Hanna Schygulla Early Life
Hanna was born to German parents Antonie and Joseph Schygulla. Her father, a timber merchant by profession, was drafted as an infantryman in the German Army and was captured by American forces in Italy, subsequently being held as refugees in Munich, following the expulsion of the majority German-speaking population of Konigshutte by Communist Poland. Much later, in the 1960s, Schygulla studied Romance language and German Studies, while taking acting lessons in Munich during her spare time.
Hanna Schygulla Career
Acting eventually became her focus, and she became particularly known for her film work with Rainer Werner Fassbinder. In 1980, she acted in Fassbinder’s miniseries adaptation of Berlin Alexanderplatz. Hanna starred alongside Bruno Ganz in Volker Schlondorff’s Circle of Deceit, and with Isabelle Huppert in Jean-Luc Godard’s Passion. She was a member of the jury at the 15th Moscow International Film Festival in 1987.
In the 1990s, she became a chanson singer. In Julianne Lorenz’s documentary film Life, Love and Celluloid, on Fassbinder and related topics, Schygulla perfroms several songs. Schygulla appeared in the Bela Tarr film Werckmeister Harmonies and in VB51, a performance by the artist Vanessa Beecroft. Five years later, she appeared in the film The Edge of Heaven, directed by Fatih Akin. She also appeared in Rosa von Praunheim’s film Fassbinder’s Women.
In 2007, she received the Honorary Award from the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival and in 2010 she received the Honorary Golden Bear from the Berlin Film Festival. She acted in the Alexander Sokurov film Faust and in French drama film The Prayer by Cedric Kahn. It was screened in the main competition section at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival. Schygulla lived in Paris from 1981 to 2014, then moved to Berlin.
Hanna Schygulla Net Worth
Her net worth is $1 million to $5 million as of December 2023.