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Ruth Leuwerik (Ruth Leeuwerik) was born on 23 April, 1924 in Essen, Germany, is an actress. Discover Ruth Leuwerik's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 92 years old?

Popular As Ruth Leeuwerik
Occupation actress
Age 92 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 23 April, 1924
Birthday 23 April
Birthplace Essen, Germany
Date of death 12 January, 2016
Died Place Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Nationality Germany

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Ruth Leuwerik Height, Weight & Measurements

At 92 years old, Ruth Leuwerik height is 5' 9¾" (1.77 m) .

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Height 5' 9¾" (1.77 m)
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Who Is Ruth Leuwerik's Husband?

Her husband is Dr. Heinz Purper (1969 - 12 January 2016) ( her death), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1965 - 1967) ( divorced), Herbert Fleischmann (1949 - 1949) ( divorced)

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Husband Dr. Heinz Purper (1969 - 12 January 2016) ( her death), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1965 - 1967) ( divorced), Herbert Fleischmann (1949 - 1949) ( divorced)
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Ruth Leuwerik Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Ruth Leuwerik worth at the age of 92 years old? Ruth Leuwerik’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from Germany. We have estimated Ruth Leuwerik's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
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Source of Income Actress

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1943

Undeterred, Leuwerik made her theatrical debut in 1943. The war, however, proved decidedly limiting to further career prospects.

1947

Between 1947 and 1949, she was able to gain steady theatrical engagements in Bremen and Lübeck.

1950

Often called the First Lady of German cinema, Ruth Leuwerik was at the peak of her popularity during the 1950's when partnered on screen by the leading male stars of the post-war era: Dieter Borsche, Hannes Messemer, Curd Jürgens and O. W. Fischer. She proved her range by alternating between glamorous damsels and emancipated, resilient heroines in quality productions, invariably directed by master film makers like Wolfgang Liebeneiner, Robert Siodmak or Helmut Käutner. Young Ruth First became enamoured with acting after watching a movie with Greta Garbo at the age of ten. Julius Martin Leeuwerik, a merchant, was sufficiently prosperous to afford his daughter private acting tuition after she was initially rejected by Berlin's premier acting academy.

The following year, she came to the attention of film audiences in the vacation comedy, Dreizehn unter einem Hut (1950). Success was almost immediate and work on the stage henceforth took a back seat to the celluloid medium.

Between 1950 and 1963, Ruth Leuwerik starred in 28 pictures, nearly all of them box-office gold.

1951

German voice of Maureen O'Hara in the movie Jamaica Inn, when dubbed in 1951.

1952

These ranged from creaky melodramas like Die große Versuchung (1952) and Geliebte Feindin (1955) to prestige pictures like Rosen im Herbst (1955) (as Effie Briest, based on the novel by Theodor Fontane) and Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs (1955) (as Empress Elisabeth of Austria). Her varied roles encompassed not only the standard Mittel-European aristocratic heroines of the period, but also hardy bourgeois mothers, victims of circumstance and dedicated professional women.

1953

Voted Germany's most popular actress by Bravo, "the magazine for film and television", Leuwerik also picked up four prestigious Bambi Awards in 1953, 1960, 1961 and 1962.

1956

She played Maria von Trapp in Die Trapp-Familie (1956) -- long before the musical version with Julie Andrews was conceived -- and showcased her abilities as a serious dramatic actress in the role of a priest's daughter, on trial for murdering her husband, in the title role of Dorothea Angermann (1959).

1958

Another moving and sympathetic portrayal was that of the physician Hanna Dietrich, tending to 300 German POW's inside a Siberian concentration camp, in the gritty post-war drama Taiga (1958). This particular performance won her the Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco Film Festival.

1960

Arguably the culmination of her career was Sweetheart of the Gods (1960), a biopic of the tragic actress Renate Müller.

She was the first German actress to participate in a Royal Performance in London in 1960.

1964

From 1964 -- having rejected an offer from Hollywood -- Leuwerik began to withdraw from public life and restrict her appearances to occasional guest spots on television. Unlike other screen divas, her personal life was remarkably devoid of scandal and controversy. Her second husband was the famous German opera singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

2008

Lives in her house in Nymphenburg, Bavaria, together with her husband. [2008]