RIP Solveig Dommartin (actress), 11 Jan 2007

sonicl · 02.21.2007, 08:39 AM

A bit late, but:

French actress Dommartin dies at 45
'Wings of Desire' star made debut in Wenders' film

By LISA NESSELSON

French actress Solveig Dommartin, who made an indelible screen debut as Marion the lonely trapeze artist in Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire," died Jan. 11 of a heart attack. Although most official accounts claim she was born in 1958, her mother told reporters her daughter was born in May 1961, making her 45 at the time of her death.

The Paris-born Dommartin acted with the Compagnie Timothee Laine and Theater Labor Warschau legit troupes and worked as an assistant to iconoclastic French helmer Jacques Rozier. In 1987, she dazzled audiences in "Wings of Desire" as an ethereal aerialist who tempts the lovesick angel played by Bruno Ganz to trade his wings for mortality.

Dommartin, who was romantically linked with Wenders for many years, co-wrote his ambitious 270-minute globe-trotting road movie "Until the End of the World" (1991) in which she acted opposite William Hurt. She also reprised her role as Marion in Wenders' "Faraway, So Close!" in 1993.

Although Dommartin occasionally appeared on Gallic TV series throughout the 1990s, her bigscreen work was sparse. She acted in two Claire Denis films, "No Fear, No Die" (1990) and "I Can't Sleep" (1994), in addition to 1990's "The Prisoner of St. Petersburg."

Dommartin edited Wenders' "Tokyo-Ga" (1985) and directed her own short film, "If There Were a Bridge" in 1998.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=13&cs=1

luxinterior · 02.21.2007, 03:08 PM

What a shame. Thanks for posting this.

Iain · 02.21.2007, 04:40 PM

Sorry, I did read about this when it happened but didn't post it. I suppose I didn't want to be the bearer of bad tidings...seems like I've made an uncharacteristic amount of RIP threads recently.

!@#$%! · 02.24.2007, 04:48 PM

what the fuck?? why????

i come back to this board after a week and all i read is bad news.

she was lovely.

Massenvernichtungswaffen · 03.01.2007, 11:31 AM

shit. Wings of Desire (himmel über berlin) was a great film.
i haven't seen her in anything else.

r.i.p

02.21.2007, 08:39 AM	#1
sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	A bit late, but: French actress Dommartin dies at 45 'Wings of Desire' star made debut in Wenders' film By LISA NESSELSON French actress Solveig Dommartin, who made an indelible screen debut as Marion the lonely trapeze artist in Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire," died Jan. 11 of a heart attack. Although most official accounts claim she was born in 1958, her mother told reporters her daughter was born in May 1961, making her 45 at the time of her death. The Paris-born Dommartin acted with the Compagnie Timothee Laine and Theater Labor Warschau legit troupes and worked as an assistant to iconoclastic French helmer Jacques Rozier. In 1987, she dazzled audiences in "Wings of Desire" as an ethereal aerialist who tempts the lovesick angel played by Bruno Ganz to trade his wings for mortality. Dommartin, who was romantically linked with Wenders for many years, co-wrote his ambitious 270-minute globe-trotting road movie "Until the End of the World" (1991) in which she acted opposite William Hurt. She also reprised her role as Marion in Wenders' "Faraway, So Close!" in 1993. Although Dommartin occasionally appeared on Gallic TV series throughout the 1990s, her bigscreen work was sparse. She acted in two Claire Denis films, "No Fear, No Die" (1990) and "I Can't Sleep" (1994), in addition to 1990's "The Prisoner of St. Petersburg." Dommartin edited Wenders' "Tokyo-Ga" (1985) and directed her own short film, "If There Were a Bridge" in 1998. http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=13&cs=1
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02.21.2007, 03:08 PM	#2
luxinterior invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Missouri, land of the free and home of the brave Posts: 2,351	What a shame. Thanks for posting this. __________________ "I sweat like a fucking nun on Sunday...I don't even know what that means." - Sebastian Bach
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02.21.2007, 04:40 PM	#3
Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	Sorry, I did read about this when it happened but didn't post it. I suppose I didn't want to be the bearer of bad tidings...seems like I've made an uncharacteristic amount of RIP threads recently.
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02.24.2007, 04:48 PM	#4
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,564	what the fuck?? why???? i come back to this board after a week and all i read is bad news. she was lovely.
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03.01.2007, 11:31 AM	#5
Massenvernichtungswaffen stalker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: On a large piece of rock in the Ocean Posts: 403	shit. Wings of Desire (himmel über berlin) was a great film. i haven't seen her in anything else. r.i.p __________________ Jeg kysser katastrofer.
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