Barbara Rütting (21 November 1927 – 28 March 2020), also known as Barbara Ruetting was a German film actress, politician, author and vegetarianism activist. She appeared in 50 films between 1952 and 1979.
Biography
Rütting won the German Film Award as Best New Actress of the Year in 1953. She was a star of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing in Canaris with O. E. Hasse and in The Last Bridge with Maria Schell. In 1961, she played the female lead as a journalist in the American-German film Town Without Pity, co-starring Kirk Douglas and Christine Kaufmann.
After the 1970s, Rütting's film and television appearances were sporadic. She instead focused on her career as a writer of children's and lifestyle books. She was a vegetarian and became a vocal supporter of animal rights and environmental protection. She joined the Alliance 90/The Greens in the 1980s, and was elected twice, in 2002 and 2008, into the Landtag of Bavaria (Bavarian parliament). She left the Greens in 2009, and became a member of V-Partei3 in 2016.
Rütting authored natural food cookbooks including a vegan cookbook in 2013.
Partial filmography
Turtledove General Delivery (1952) – Ilse Krüger
All Clues Lead to Berlin (1952) – Tamara, Dolmetscherin
Christina (1953) – Christina Neuhaus
The Country Schoolmaster (1954) – Ursula Diewen
The Last Bridge (1954) – Militza
A Double Life (1954) – Sybil
Canaris (1954) – Irene von Harbeck
Espionage (1955) – Nadeschda
A Girl Without Boundaries (1955) – Maria Johnson
In Hamburg When the Nights Are Long (1956) – Karin Thorwaldt
The Vulture Wally (1956) – Geierwally
Rot ist die Liebe (1957) – Lisa
Glücksritter (1957) – Alice Dreher
Liebe, wie die Frau sie wünscht (1957) – Renate
(1957) – Charlotte Bernhardt
All the Sins of the Earth (1958) – Dr. Regine Lenz
I Was All His (1958) – Anette Klinger
Heart Without Mercy (1958) – Anja Wegener
Un homme se penche sur son passé (1958) – Hannah Malloy
A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958) – Woman Guerrilla
(1958) – Marianne Ospel
Frauensee (1958) – Martina Nissen
(1959) – Monika
Arzt ohne Gewissen (1959) – Dr. Marianne Cordt
(1961) – Lysistrata
Town Without Pity (1961) – Inge Koerner
The Shadows Grow Longer (1961) – Christa Andres
Doctor Sibelius (1962) – Sabine Hellmann
Love Has to Be Learned (1963) – Hermine
The Squeaker (1963) – Beryl Stedman
(1963) – Susanne
The Phantom of Soho (1964) – Clarinda Smith
Operation Crossbow (1965) – Hanna Reitsch
Neues vom Hexer (1965) – Margie Fielding
Four Queens for an Ace (1966) – Miss Parker (uncredited) (1968) – Mutter Bricks Eine Frau sucht Liebe (1969) – Helen (1969, TV series, 6 episodes) – Dr. Kramer (1972) – Celia Der Kommissar: Ein Playboy segnet das Zeitliche (1975, TV series episode) – Frau Eber The Old Fox: Der Neue (1980, TV series episode) – Beate Wallner The Old Fox: Das letzte Wort hat die Tote (1980, TV series episode) – Brigitte Moland Derrick: Prozente (1981, TV series episode) – Frau Mertens Ein Fall für zwei: Das Haus in Frankreich (1981, TV series episode) – Birgit Weißenborn In the Land of Cockaigne (1981, TV film) – Adelheid Türkheimer Schwarz Rot Gold: Um Knopf und Kragen (1984, TV series episode) – Frau Lövenich Rosamunde Pilcher: Im Licht des Feuers (2000, TV series episode) – Catherine
Selected publications
1976 Mein Kochbuch – naturgesunde Köstlichkeiten aus aller Welt
1979 Ach du grüner Kater (for children) 1979 Koch- und Spielbuch für Kinder 1985 Mein neues Kochbuch 1988 Mein Gesundheitsbuch 1991 Lieblingsmenüs aus meiner Vollwertküche 1993 Träumen allein genügt nicht 1997 Grüne Rezepte für den blauen Planeten Essen wir uns gesund. 30 Jahre unterwegs in Sachen Vollwerternährung, Lachen wir uns gesund. Anleitungen zum Glücklichsein. 3-7766-2236-9 Bleiben wir schön gesund, Koch- und Spielbuch für Kinder vorgestellt von dem Kater Fettucini, Ach du grüner Kater (Hörbuch) Mein neues Kochbuch. Schlemmereien aus der Vollwertküche, … und dennoch. Erfahrungen eines Lebens. Herbig Verlag, München, 2004 2007 Ich bin alt und das ist gut so. Meine Muntermacher aus acht gelebten Jahrzehnten. Nymphenburger Verlag, 2013 Vegan und vollwertig: Meine Lieblingsmenus für Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Winter Nymphenburger Verlag.