Heinz Lieven

Heinz Lieven
Born	(1928-04-18)18 April 1928 Blankenese, Germany
Died	27 September 2021(2021-09-27) (aged 93) Hamburg, Germany
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1950s—2021
Spouse	Hertha Lieven

Heinz Lieven (18 April 1928 – 27 September 2021) was a German actor.

Life and work

Lieven was born in

in 1966 and has two sons with her.

Heinz Lieven started his stage career as actor at the Theater im Zimmer in Hamburg. After this engagement he went with diverse travelling theatres through Germany. In the 1960s he played as actor in several television productions.^[1]

In 1971 the German director Boleslaw Barlog brought Heinz Lieven to the Schillertheater in Berlin, where he played till 1978. Later the actor played at Berlin's Volksbühne. In 1978 he moved to Bremen, where he worked as theatre director. Three years later, Heinz Lieven lived again in his hometown Hamburg and later in 1995 in his district Blankenese. During this time, he played at several theatres like the Hamburger Kammerspiele and Altonaer Theater in Hamburg or Theater Lübeck.^[2][3]

Among his theater engagements Heinz Lieven frequently appeared in TV-films, -series and a few movies. Furthermore, he presented readings with texts of German Writers and poets and travelled as entertainer and acting coach on cruise liners like the MS Deutschland.

He made his international film debut in

.

Heinz Lieven lived in Hamburg.

Personal life

Lieven had been married to the make-up artist Hertha Lieven, née Gobrecht, since 1966. He had two sons, Alexander Lieven (1959), former deputy president of the Casino Society in Berlin from 1986, and Claudius Lieven (1968), former member of the Hamburg's parliament.[4]

Selected filmography

References

External links

• Heinz Lieven at
  IMDb