Barbara Rütting

Barbara Rütting (21 November 1927 – 28 March 2020)[3] was a German film actress, politician, and author. She appeared in 50 films between 1952 and 1979.

Barbara Rütting
in 2014
Born	(1927-11-21)21 November 1927 Ludwigsfelde-Wietstock, Germany
Died	28 March 2020(2020-03-28) (aged 92) Marktheidenfeld, Germany
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1952–2000
Spouse(s)	Hans Rütting (1946-1951) (divorced)[1] Heinrich von Einsiedel (1955-1964) (divorced)[2]

Rütting won the German Film Award as Best New Actress of the Year in 1953. She was a star of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing in Canaris with O. E. Hasse and in The Last Bridge with Maria Schell. In 1961, she played the female lead as a journalist in the American-German film Town Without Pity, co-starring Kirk Douglas and Christine Kaufmann.

After the 1970s, Rütting's film and television appearances were sporadic. She instead focused on her career as a writer of children's and lifestyle books. She also became a vocal supporter of Environmental protection and animal rights. She joined the Alliance 90/The Greens in the 1980s, and was elected twice, in 2002 and 2008, into the Landtag of Bavaria (Bavarian parliament). She left the Greens in 2009, and became a member of V-Partei3 in 2016.