Barbara Valentin (born Ursula Ledersteger; 15 December 1940 – 22 February 2002) was an Austrian actress. She worked in film, often with Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Biography Valentin was born in 1940 as Ursula Ledersteger in Vienna, Austria (then part of Nazi Germany). Her father was the Austrian art director Hans Ledersteger and her mother the actress Irmgard Alberti. She had a half-brother, Alfred Ledersteger. She was married to German film director Helmut Dietl.
During the early to mid-1980s, Valentin was close friends with Freddie Mercury, who lived with her and her daughter in her Munich apartment for some time. She is featured in the video for the Queen song It's a Hard Life.
During her career, Valentin was nicknamed "the German Jayne Mansfield".
On 22 February 2002, Valentin died of a stroke in Munich at the age of 61. She was buried in the Ostfriedhof in Munich.
Selected filmography +YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes1959The hostess and a dancer1960Horrors of Spider Island BabsFritz Böttgerhorror film1961 (German: Das Mädchen mit den schmalen Hüften)Beauty queen The Festival GirlsValentineLeigh Jason (German: In der Hölle ist noch Platz)Janet1965Our Man in JamaicaGloria1966SonjaRolf Olsen1967Carmen, BabyDoloresRadley Metzger1968BarbaraHans Dieter BoveThe Star MakerHotel maidJohn Carr1970 RosiHelmut Förnbacher1971Furchtlose Flieger Blondie, 1972King, Queen, Knave OpticianJerzy Skolimowski1973World on a Wire (German: Welt am Draht) Gloria FrommRainer Werner FassbinderTV film1974Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (German: Angst essen Seele auf)BarbaraRainer Werner FassbinderA film about an older German woman who enters an Arab bar where she meets and marries a younger man from Morocco.MarthaMarianneRainer Werner FassbinderTV filmEffi BriestMarietta TripelliRainer Werner Fassbinder1975Fox and His Friends (German: Faustrecht der Freiheit)Max's wifeRainer Werner Fassbinder1976MonaNikos PerakisNosratollah Vahdat1977Women in Hospital Angelika's motherRolf Thiele1978Flaming HeartsKarola FaberWalter Bockmayer, Rolf Bührmann1980Berlin AlexanderplatzIdaRainer Werner Fassbinder15½-hour television adaptation of Alfred Döblin's epic 1929 novel1981Lili MarleenEvaRainer Werner Fassbinder HelmaWalter Bockmayer, Rolf Bührmann1984Erika SchrillmannSatirical film1987The Second Victory Greta MayerGerald Thomas2000Fassbinder's WomenHerselfRosa von Praunheim
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