This article is about the actress. For the artist, see Eva and Franco Mattes.
Eva Mattes
Birth date14 December 1954 (age 71)
Birth placeTegernsee, West Germany
OccupationActress

Eva Mattes (ˈeː.fa ˈma.təs; born 14 December 1954) is a German-Austrian actress. She has appeared in four films directed by director Rainer Werner Fassbinder (The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Jail Bait, Effi Briest and In a Year of 13 Moons). In A Man Like E.V.A. (1984), she played a bearded film director, based on the recently deceased Fassbinder.

She has also appeared in two films of Werner Herzog, with whom she was in a relationship. Mattes also appeared in Germany, Pale Mother, and in Enemy at the Gates as the mother of Sasha Filippov. On television, she has played Klara Blum in the police procedural series Tatort.

Her parents were the composer Willy Mattes and actress Margit Symo. Mattes lives in Berlin with Austrian artist Wolfgang Georgsdorf and two children.

Awards

Selected filmography

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
1970o.k.Phan Ti MaoMichael Verhoeven
Mathias KneisslKatharina KneisslReinhard Hauff
1972The Bitter Tears of Petra von KantGabriele von KantRainer Werner Fassbinder
1972Jail BaitHanniRainer Werner FassbinderTV film
DesasterRosiReinhard HauffTV film
1974SupermarketMonikaRoland Klick
Effi BriestHuldaRainer Werner Fassbinder
1976Naked MassacreCatherineDenis Héroux
1977StroszekEvaWerner Herzog
1978In a Year of 13 MoonsMarie-Ann WeishauptRainer Werner Fassbinder
1979DavidToniPeter Lilienthal
Union der festen HandPaula GrigusziesClaus Peter WittTV film
WoyzeckMarieWerner Herzog
1980Germany, Pale MotherLeneHelma Sanders-Brahms
CélesteCéleste AlbaretPercy Adlon
1984A Man Like E.V.A.E.V.A. (based on Rainer Werner Fassbinder)Radu Gabrea
1986Now or NeverMoChristel Buschmann
1988FelixEvaMargarethe von TrottaAnthology film. Segment "Eva"
1993The Movie TellerMarga FritscheBernhard Sinkel
1997The Cry of LoveSimone BehrendMatti GeschonneckTV film
1998Widows – Erst die Ehe, dann das VergnügenMolly DollingerSherry Hormann
2001Enemy at the GatesMother FilippovaJean-Jacques Annaud
Goebbels und GeduldigMagda GoebbelsKai WesselTV film
2002–15TatortHauptkommissarin Klara BlumTV series (28 episodes)
2014FeverFranziskaElfi Mikesch

References

  1. ^ "Bayerischer Filmpreis - "Pierrot"". Bayerische Staatsregierung. Archived 19 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
  2. ^ "Awards 1979". Festival de Cannes. Archived 18 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 February 2009.