Theater Fendel began her acting career on stage in 1946, appearing at the Kammerspiele in
Munich as a flower girl in a production of Girodoux's "Die Irre von Chaillot". She studied acting with the actress
Maria Koppenhöfer. She was noticed by director and actor,
Gustaf Gründgens, who brought her to act in productions in the
Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus as well as to perform in
Darmstadt,
Munich and
Frankfurt. In 1957, she temporarily retired from the stage after the birth of her daughter,
Suzanne von Borsody, who was born to her after she married actor and director
Hans von Borsody. She won the Bavarian Television Prize for her role in
Das zweite Leben.
Directing and writing In 1973, Fendel assisted her long-time partner, director
Johannes Schaaf, in writing the screenplay for his film
Dream City. Following this, she wrote a screenplay for a television series,
Der Alte, which was produced by ZDF. In 1980, she wrote and directed the television film
Der Heuler. She also wrote the screenplay for
Momo (1986).
Voice acting During her retirement from the stage, Fendel worked as a voice actor and performed roles by
Elizabeth Taylor,
Jeanne Moreau,
Simone Signoret,
Lauren Bacall,
Anne Bancroft,
Myrna Loy,
Dorothy Parker,
Vanessa Redgrave, and
Annie Girardot in German dubs. Her roles include dubbing of roles by Gina Lollobrigida in
Pane, amore e fantasia (1927), and Simone Signoret in
Les Diaboliques (1954). == Life ==