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andrea eckert -lrb- 2010 -rrb- vienna , austria 17 september 1958 nestroy 2010 -lrb- 23 -rrb- andrea eckert.jpg andrea eckert
 andrea eckert
andrea eckert

andrea eckert -lrb- born 17 september 1958 -rrb- is an austrian stage and film actress , singer and documentary filmmaker .
born in vienna , eckert first studied literature in paris , france , then decided on a stage career and trained with dorothea neff .
her roles have included the eponymous heroines in hebbel 's `` judith '' , schiller 's `` maria stuart '' , jelinek 's `` clara s. '' , sophocles 's `` elektra '' , kleist 's `` penthesilea '' , and maria callas in terrence mcnally 's `` meisterklasse '' -lrb- `` master class '' -rrb- .
eckert has frequently appeared on television -lrb- for example in guest roles on `` kommissar rex '' -rrb- and in the cinema .
she also made documentaries about lucia westerguard , turhan bey , and leopold and josefine hawelka .
she lives in vienna .
