Barbara Rütting is dead. The actress, author and politician died on Saturday (March 28) at the age of 92 with her family in Marktheidenfeld. This was reported initially by the Munich "Abendzeitung".
Rütting grew up in Brandenburg in the Teltow district. Later she worked, among other things, as a foreign language correspondent in Copenhagen. In 1952 she made her debut as an actress in theater and film, and starred in 45 cinema and television films until 1984. Rütting can be seen in "The Last Bridge" (1953), "Die Geierwally" (1956) and "City without Compassion" (1961). In the eighties she devoted herself more to her political engagement as well as environmental and animal protection and joined the Greens in 1982.
She worked for the Greens in the Bavarian State Parliament for six years, but had to resign due to health reasons and has been a member of the V-party (party for change, vegetarians and vegans) since late 2016. From 1970, Rütting also worked as an author. She has written numerous guides and cookbooks and is considered a pioneer for the spread of vegetarian nutrition in Germany.