Biography
German chanteuse Ute Lemper was created in the town of Münster in July 4, 1963; after starting piano and dance at age group nine, she considered the stage while participating in the Potential Reinhardt Seminary in Vienna, completing her musical research in Salzburg, Cologne, and Berlin. After starring within the Viennese creation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Felines in 1983, 2 yrs afterwards Lemper essayed the name function within the musical humor Peter Skillet; in 1986, she portrayed Sally Bowles inside a Western revival of Cabaret, earning a Molière honor for her efficiency at Paris’ Théâtre Mogador. Upon completing her function in an worldwide tour spending homage to the life span and repertoire of Kurt Weill, Lemper considered film, showing up in Peter Greenaway’s Prospero’s Books and Robert Altman’s Prepared to Wear — like a documenting designer, her albums included the 1991 pop display Crimes from the Center; a cooperation with Michael Nyman entitled Songbook; and tributes to Weill, Edith Piaf, and Marlene Dietrich. In 1998, she also starred in the Western End creation of Chicago; The Punishing Kiss adopted in the springtime of 2000. But 1 DAY…, the first recording to feature Lemper’s personal compositions since 1997’s Nuits Étranges, made an appearance in past due 2002. Her 1st live recording, Bloodstream and Feathers: Live in the Cafe Carlyle, premiered in middle-2005. Between Last night and Tomorrow made an appearance in ’09 2009. Lemper authorized to Steinway & Sons for the discharge of 2012’s Paris Times, Berlin Evenings, a assortment of tracks by Astor Piazzolla, Chava Alberstein, Weill, Hanns Eisler, and Jacques Brel. After another globe tour, Lemper got on the part of composer in addition to vocalist in cooperation with Argentine bandoneón player-composer Marcelo Nisinman. Forever: The Like Poems of Pablo Neruda, was some tango-inspired tracks to accompany the Chilean poet’s functions. Still inspired like a songwriter, Lemper started dealing with Brazilian writer (and former strike songwriter in ’70s Brazil) Paulo Coelho. She constructed and created a song routine set to choices from his book Manuscript Within Accra. Performed by her very own road band along with a ensemble of worldwide musicians, with agreements by Gil Goldstein and Middle Eastern string graphs by Jamshied Sharifi, The 9 Secrets premiered in Feb 2016. Coelho guested on two of the album’s monitors.
Quick Facts
Full Name Ute Lemper
Date Of Birth July 4, 1963
Height 1.75 m
Profession Actor, Singer, Painter
Education Max Reinhardt Seminar
Nationality German
Spouse Todd Turkisher, David Tabatsky
Children Jonas Turkisher, Julian Lazaar Turkisher, Max Emanuel Tabatsky, Stella Tabatsky
Parents Elfrieda Lemper, Joseph Lemper
Awards Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, Molière Award for Best Female Newcomer
Music Songs All That Jazz, The Thin Ice, Das lila Lied, Little Water Song, I Am a Vamp!, Ne me quitte pas, September Song, Alles Schwindel, Sex-Appeal, Münchhausen, Maskulinum - Femininum, L'heure bleue, Eine kleine Sehnsucht, Ich weiß nicht, zu wem ich gehöre, I Am an Unusual Thing, Raus mit den Männern!, Ich bin ein Vamp!, Tango Ballad, When the Special Girlfriend, Zieh dich aus, Petronella!, Bilbao-Song, Je ne t'aime pas, Peter, Peter, komm zu mir zurück!, Wir wollen alle wieder Kinder sein!, Pirate Jenny, Barbara-Song, Mir ist heut so nach Tamerlan!, Don't Tell Mama, Das Gesellschaftslied, The Case Continues, Der Verflossene, Surabaya Johnny
Albums Berlin Cabaret Songs, Punishing Kiss, Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill, But One Day, Crimes of the Heart, Illusions, All That Jazz: The Best of Ute Lemper, The 9 Secrets, Paris Days, Berlin Nights, Life Is a Cabaret, City of Strangers, Forever, Between Yesterday and Tomorrow, Blood & Feathers, Die Dreigroschenoper, Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill, Volume 2, Espace Indecent, Forever: The Love Poems of Pablo Neruda, Ute Lemper - But One Day...
Nominations Grammy Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album, Nika Award for Best Actress, Laurence Olivier Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement
Movies Roger Waters: The Wall: Live in Berlin, The Michael Nyman Songbook, Prorva, Prêt-à-Porter, Bogus, A River Made to Drown In, Appetite, Ute Lemper: Blood & Feathers, Magic in the Moonlight, Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill, Wild Games, Ute Lemper: The Thousand and One Lives of Ute Lemper: A Trilingual Portrait, A Tribute to Edith Piaf: Live at Montreux, Deauville
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| 1 |
Cites The Rose (1979), All That Jazz (1979), and The Matrix (1999) as her favorite movies. |
| 2 |
In the late 1980s, early 1990s, she was in a long-term relationship with Volker Schlöndorff. He planned to cast her as Hildegard Knef in a movie based on Knef's autobiography, "The Gift Horse". Bernd Eichinger was going to produce the film which was finally made almost twenty years later as Hilde (2009) with Heike Makatsch in the title role. |
| 3 |
She lived in Münster (until 1981), Vienna (1981-83), Berlin (1984-85 & 1991-92), Stuttgart (1985), Paris (1986-87 & 1993-97), Frankfurt (1988-89), and London (1989-91 & 1997-99) before finally moving to New York in 1999. |
| 4 |
Michael Nyman wrote the 1992 album "Songbook" especially for her. |
| 5 |
Robert Altman had planned to cast her in a remake of Mata Hari (1931), but the movie never came about. |
| 6 |
Maurice Béjart created a ballet for her called "La morte subite" (1991). |
| 7 |
She turned down the part in GoldenEye (1995) that was later played by Famke Janssen. |
| 8 |
Has four children: two children from her first husband David Tabatsky, a son Max Emanuel Tabatsky (b.1994) and a daughter Stella Tabatsky (b.1996); also has two children from her second husband Todd Turkisher - sons Julian Lazaar Turkisher (b.2005) and Jonas Turkisher (b.2011). |
| 9 |
Quit acting in 2003 due to her career as a singer. |
| 10 |
She was awarded the 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Musical of 1997 for her performance in Chicago. |
| 11 |
Performed at Roger Waters'' "The Wall Live in Berlin" Concert in July 1990, singing "The Thin Ice" and "the Trial". Also appears in the video release. |
Actress
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Magic in the Moonlight |
2014 |
|
Cabaret Singer |
| Aurélien |
2003 |
TV Movie |
Rose Melrose |
| Appetite |
1998 |
|
Greta |
| River Made to Drown In |
1997 |
|
Eva Kline |
| Wild Games |
1997 |
|
Carole Valmer |
| Bogus |
1996 |
|
Babette |
| Tales from the Crypt |
1996 |
TV Series |
Jacqueline |
| Jiggery Pokery |
1994 |
TV Movie |
Lena |
| Rage and Outrage: The Dreyfus Affair |
1994 |
TV Movie |
|
| Ready to Wear |
1994 |
|
Albertine |
| Pierre qui brûle |
1992 |
TV Movie |
Anna |
| Prorva |
1992 |
|
Anna |
| Coupable d'innocence ou Quand la raison dort |
1992 |
|
Catherine Gless |
| Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs |
1991 |
TV Movie |
Mozart |
| Prospero's Books |
1991 |
|
Ceres |
| Jean Galmot, aventurier |
1990 |
|
Arlette Simon |
| L'Autrichienne |
1990 |
|
Marie-Antoinette |
| Das Erbe der Guldenburgs |
1987 |
TV Series |
Peggy Brinkley |
| Drei gegen drei |
1985 |
|
Marianne |
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Magic in the Moonlight |
2014 |
performer: "It's All a Swindle Alles Schwindel" |
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| Die Harald Schmidt Show |
2013 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
|
| Der Salon am Dienstag |
|
TV Series music - 1 episode, 2012 performer - 1 episode, 2012 |
|
| So You Think You Can Dance |
2005 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
|
| Romance & Cigarettes |
2005 |
performer: "Little Water Song" |
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| Huips |
2004 |
TV Movie performer: "They call me Naughty Lola" |
|
| Kissing Jessica Stein |
2001 |
performer: "When the Special Girlfriend" |
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| Legionnaire |
1998 |
performer: "Mon légionnaire" |
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| Die Eisprinzessin |
1996 |
TV Movie performer: "Birds in Cages" |
|
| Pierre qui brûle |
1992 |
TV Movie "Idö Van", "Trouble Man" |
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| Ute Lemper: A Concert from the 1989 Bath International Festival |
1989 |
TV Movie performer: "Mack The Knife", "Surabaya Johnny", "Johnny", "Youkali Tango", "My Ship" |
|
Self
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| The Thousand and Ones Lives of Ute Lemper |
1998 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
| Originals in Art: Ute Lemper, a Portrait in the First Person |
1997 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
| The Works |
1997 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
| Theatreland |
1997 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| HARDtalk |
1997 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Die Harald Schmidt Show |
1996 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Celebration Concert - It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow |
1995 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
| Victoires de la musique |
1995 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Les victoires de la musique classique |
1994 |
TV Series |
Herself - Co-Host |
| Artists for Bosnia: Two Songs and a Poem for Bosnia |
1993 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
| Viva Cabaret |
1993 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Illusions |
1992/II |
TV Movie |
Herself |
| In Search of Cabaret |
1992 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
| Ute Lemper chante Kurt Weill |
1992 |
TV Special |
Herself |
| The Michael Nyman Songbook |
1992 |
Documentary |
Herself |
| Querido cabaret |
1991 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| The Wall: Live in Berlin |
1990 |
TV Movie documentary |
The Mother (act one), The Wife (act two) |
| Ute Lemper: A Concert from the 1989 Bath International Festival |
1989 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
| Le grand échiquier |
1989 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Einer wird gewinnen |
1987 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Die Harald Schmidt Show |
2013 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Inas Nacht |
2013 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Hallo New York |
2013 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
| Der Salon am Dienstag |
2012 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Ànima |
2009 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Bulles de Vian |
2009 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
| Musical Showstar 2008 |
2008 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| NDR Talk Show |
2008 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Legends |
2008 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
| Let's Dance |
2007 |
TV Series |
Herself - Judge |
| Miraxes |
2007 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
| Scott Walker: 30 Century Man |
2006 |
Documentary |
Herself |
| Ute Lemper: Blood & Feathers |
2005 |
Video |
Herself |
| Enrique Morente sueña la Alhambra |
2005 |
Documentary |
Herself |
| Central Park |
2005 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
| HermanSIC |
2000-2004 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Thé ou café |
1997-2003 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Nomade Ute Lemper |
2003 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
| Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration |
2000 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
| Later... With Jools Holland |
2000 |
TV Series |
Guests |
| Biography |
2000 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
| Kurt Gerrons Karussell |
1999 |
Documentary |
Herself |
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