Rotraut Richter (1915–1947) was a German stage and film actress. She appeared in the role of Gerda in the 1933 Nazi propaganda film Hitlerjunge Quex, receiving a letter of thanks from Joseph Goebbels along with the rest of the cast.
Attractive, blonde leading lady of German films in the 1930's and 40's. The daughter of an architect father and an artist mother, she studied acting under Gustav Hartung in Berlin. From the early 30's, she achieved huge popularity on stage and in Berlin cabaret. Discovered for films by Joe May, she was effectively cast in feisty rebellious or tomboyish roles, or as 'wallflowers' ("veilchen"). She resumed her career with the East German Defa company after World War II, but sadly died on the operating table undergoing an appendicitis operation, aged just 32.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Wozzeck
1947
Käthe
Krach im Vorderhaus
1941
Edeltraud Panse
Der nackte Spatz
1938
Lenchen
The Beaver Coat
1937
Adelheid Wolff
Meiseken
1937
Hedwig, Brügglers Enkelin
Reisebekanntschaften
1936
Short
Violet of Potsdam Square
1936
Mariechen Bindedraht
Kirschen in Nachbars Garten
1935
Irma Fiedler
Trouble Backstairs
1935
Edeltraut Panse (as Rottraut Richter)
Emma III
1935
Short
Wenn ein Mädel Hochzeit macht
1935
Rosl Wedelmeier
Nur nicht weich werden, Susanne! - Eine Groteske aus vergangener Zeit