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Elke Neidhardt
Actress, director (1941-2013) · Germany · On the map · Actors · Died at 72
Elke Cordelia Neidhardt AM was a German-born actress and opera and theatre director. She spent most of her career after 1967 in Australia and became an Australian citizen in 2007.
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Inside Looking OutFilm, Marianne1976
IlluminationsFilm1975
The True Story of Eskimo NellFilm1973
Alvin PurpleFilm, Woman in Blue Movie
LibidoFilm, 1973Penelope (segment "The Husband")1968
Skippy the Bush KangarooSeries, Dr Anna Steiner1965
Manhattan Night of MurderFilm, Sophie Latimore1963Der Schatten: Ein Märchen für ErwachseneFilm, Prinzessin1941Born5 July 1941People around Elke
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She appeared in theatre, television and feature films in Germany, Austria, France and Australia, and directed operas in Zurich, Amsterdam, Aix-en-Provence, Salzburg, Vienna, Cologne and Australia. She is best known in Australia for directing operas with Opera Australia, and most particularly for directing the first full modern Australian production of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle, in Adelaide in 2004.
