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Occupation
  
Actress

Name
  
Franziska Liebing


Role
  
Actress

Spouse
  
Inez Liebing (m. ?–1977)

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Born
  
February 6, 1899 (
1899-02-06
)
Ersnas, Norrbotten County, Sweden

Died
  
January 3, 1993, Munich, Germany

Franziska Liebing (6 February 1901 – 4 August 1989) also known as Franziska Liebig, was a German actress who for most of her career was based in West Germany. She was married to Inez Liebing, they had no children.

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Although many people said she was born in Munich, where she spend her working life and died there, she was born in Ersnas in Sweden. She was active on screen between 1953 and 1979, papering in TV series and made for TV films, although she was most notable roles as Grandma Josephine (Charlie Bucket's grandmother) in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Her final on-screen role came in Der Ruepp in 1979

She died on 4 August 1989, from natural causes, at the age of 88, at a nursing facility in Munich,

Filmography

  • Prisoners of Love (1954)
  • Ich suche Dich (1956) - Frau Forster
  • ... und nichts als die Wahrheit (1958) - (uncredited)
  • Menschen im Netz (1959) - Frau Liebermann
  • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) - Grandma Josephine (uncredited)
  • Hubertus Castle (1973)
  • References

    Franziska Liebing Wikipedia