Regine Albrecht
Description
Regine Albrecht was a German actress best known for her extensive work as a voice dubber for film and television, where she lent her voice to hundreds of characters. While she is recognized in the context of anime for her role in the acclaimed film Millennium Actress, her broader career was centered on German-language dubbing for international productions.
Albrecht provided the German voice for the elderly version of Chiyoko Fujiwara in the 2001 Japanese animated film Millennium Actress, directed by Satoshi Kon. In this role, she voiced the character in her older years, while actress Kathrin Zimmermann voiced the younger Chiyoko in the German adaptation. The film follows a reclusive former movie star as she reflects on her life and career to a documentary filmmaker.
Beyond her work in this single anime feature, Albrecht was a prolific figure in the German dubbing industry. Over the course of her career, she accumulated nearly 600 speaking roles for German-language versions of international films and series. Among her most recognized dubbing performances were providing the German voice for Emily Gilmore, played by Kelly Bishop, in the series Gilmore Girls, as well as for Shirley Schmidt, played by Candice Bergen, in Boston Legal. She also dubbed Frances Conroy as Ruth Fisher in Six Feet Under and had roles in the German versions of major motion pictures such as Brokeback Mountain, The Pianist, Superman Returns, and X-Men: The Last Stand.
Her work as a dubbing artist was recognized in 2001 when she received the Silhouette, a German award for dubbing, for her performance as Brenda Blethyn in the film Grass Hustle. In addition to her voice work, Albrecht was a stage and screen actress who appeared in numerous film and television productions of the German Democratic Republic from the 1960s through the 1980s. She also worked as a guest lecturer in acting at the Film and Television University in Potsdam and directed theater productions at the Hans Otto Theatre in the same city. Her professional name sometimes appeared as Regine Albrecht-Schmitz. She passed away in Berlin in 2013 after an illness.
Albrecht provided the German voice for the elderly version of Chiyoko Fujiwara in the 2001 Japanese animated film Millennium Actress, directed by Satoshi Kon. In this role, she voiced the character in her older years, while actress Kathrin Zimmermann voiced the younger Chiyoko in the German adaptation. The film follows a reclusive former movie star as she reflects on her life and career to a documentary filmmaker.
Beyond her work in this single anime feature, Albrecht was a prolific figure in the German dubbing industry. Over the course of her career, she accumulated nearly 600 speaking roles for German-language versions of international films and series. Among her most recognized dubbing performances were providing the German voice for Emily Gilmore, played by Kelly Bishop, in the series Gilmore Girls, as well as for Shirley Schmidt, played by Candice Bergen, in Boston Legal. She also dubbed Frances Conroy as Ruth Fisher in Six Feet Under and had roles in the German versions of major motion pictures such as Brokeback Mountain, The Pianist, Superman Returns, and X-Men: The Last Stand.
Her work as a dubbing artist was recognized in 2001 when she received the Silhouette, a German award for dubbing, for her performance as Brenda Blethyn in the film Grass Hustle. In addition to her voice work, Albrecht was a stage and screen actress who appeared in numerous film and television productions of the German Democratic Republic from the 1960s through the 1980s. She also worked as a guest lecturer in acting at the Film and Television University in Potsdam and directed theater productions at the Hans Otto Theatre in the same city. Her professional name sometimes appeared as Regine Albrecht-Schmitz. She passed away in Berlin in 2013 after an illness.
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- GermanAnime overview: Millennium Actress