German actress Renate Krößner is dead. She passed away just days after her 75th birthday, her husband confirms.

Renate Krößner died yesterday, May 25th. The German actress was 75 years old. “My wife died on Monday after a short, serious illness,” confirms her husband, the actor Bernd Stegemann, 71, in an interview with “Bild” It was her birthday just a few days earlier.

Renate Krössner made a TV career

Renate Krößner studied acting and has worked in numerous TV productions over the past decades, including “Polizeiruf 110”, “Lindenstraße” and also “Tatort”. She was particularly well known for her role as pop singer Ingrid Sommer in the DEFA film “Solo Sunny” from 1980. At the Berlinale she received the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her performance. Her interpretation of “Sunny” made Renate Krößner suddenly famous.

MDR was just beginning to shoot a large portrait for the Legends series with Renate Krößner when she called a few weeks ago and said: “I’m sick. We have to stop work.”

According to B.Z information, the actress was diagnosed with cancer. That’s why she couldn’t celebrate her 75th birthday ten days ago.

On Monday then the message from her husband Bernd Stegemann (70, “Merz versus Merz”): “My wife died on Monday after a short, serious illness.” The widower mourns his great love.

The actress from Osterode in the Harz Mountains became internationally known for her role as “Solo Sunny”. It’s about the pop singer Ingrid Sommer and her search for the meaning of life. The cult film by director Konrad Wolf († 56) premiered in 1980. A year later, Krößner received the Silver Bear at the Berlinale in West Berlin for her performance.

Krößner played in the GDR alongside actors like Manfred Krug († 79) in the film “Feuer unter Deck” (1977). After Krößner left the country in the summer of 1985, the two met again while filming Liebling Kreuzberg in West Berlin.

Mahlow – “Solo Sunny” is dead. DEFA star Renate Krößner died on May 25, just a few days after her 75th birthday. “My wife died on Monday after a short, serious illness,” confirms actor Bernd Stegemann (70, “Merz versus Merz”).

According to BILD information, the actress was diagnosed with cancer. That’s why she couldn’t celebrate her 75th birthday on August 17th.

MDR recently had to stop filming a portrait about Renate Krößner for the “Legends” series. Kössner called and said she was ill and had to stop work.

Widower Bernd Stegemann is now mourning his great love. Renate Krößner from Osterode in the Harz Mountains became internationally known for her role as “Solo Sunny”. The DEFA film is about the singer Inses Sommer and her search for the meaning of life.

The cult film by director Konrad Wolf († 56) premiered in 1980. A year later, Krößner received the “Silver Bear” at the “Berlinale” in West Berlin for her portrayal.

Krößner played in the GDR alongside actors like Manfred Krug († 79) in the film “Feuer unter Deck” (1977).

After several exit applications, she was allowed to leave the GDR together with Stegemann in the summer of 1985. There she was again in front of the camera with Krug in “Liebling Kreuzberg”.

After reunification, the couple returned to the East and married in 2005. The couple bought a house in Mahlow, south of Berlin, where the actress died on Monday.

In addition to Stegemann, Krößner’s son Eugen in particular is mourning. He comes from the relationship with the actor Hermann Beyer (76, Unterleuten – the torn village) from Altenburg.

BILD also reached “Solo Sunny” screenwriter Wolfgang Kohlhaase (89). He said quietly: “Renate had an extraordinary acting talent. She will be missed.”