Barbara Valentin was born on December 15, 1940 in Vienna, Austria as Ursula Ledersteger. She was an actress, known for World on a Wire (1973), Our Man in Jamaica (1965) and Horrors of Spider Island (1960). She was married to John Ashton and Helmut Dietl. She died on February 22, 2002 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
Barbara Valentin
Movies
Fox
Working class and middle-upper class worlds come together in this interesting look at class conflict within the gay world from the German director Reiner Werner Fassbinder. Fassbinder plays Fox, he is working class, a former circus performer who wins the lottery of DM 500,000. His life starts to look up…
Fun Facts
Known as the German Jayne Mansfield.
Daughter of Hans Ledersteger and Irmgard Alberti.
Lived together with Freddie Mercury in the 1980s and supported the fight of HIV organizations against the disease after his death.
Buried in the Ostfriedhof cemetery in Munich.
Icon of the Munich gay scene.
She is featured in the music video for the Queen song, It's a Hard Life.