| Bibiana Zeller | |
| Birth Date: | 1928 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Vienna, Austria |
| Death Place: | Vienna, Austria |
| Other Names: | Bibiana Zeller-Stark |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1952–2016 |
| Spouse: | Otto Anton Eder (divorced) Eugen Stark (died 2021) |
| Children: | 2 |
| Relatives: | Katharina Stemberger (daughter-in-law) |
Bibiana Zeller (25 February 1928 – 16 July 2023) was an Austrian actress of stage, film, and television.
Zeller was born on 25 February 1928. She completed acting training at what is now the Franz Schubert Conservatory. In 1951 she began her acting career with an engagement at the Theater in der Josefstadt. From 1952 she worked in a number of major German cities, always coming back to Josefstadt for guest performances.[1] From 1956 she worked for fifteen years as a freelance actress, was in Herbert Wochinz's ensemble at the Theater am Fleischmarkt and at the comedy plays in Spittal an der Drau. She was also closely connected to the Theater am Kurfürstendamm in Berlin, the comedy in Stuttgart and the Theater Bonn. In 1972 she moved to the ensemble of the Burgtheater in Vienna,[2] of which she was still a member.[3]
From the early 1950s, she appeared in numerous films, television plays, film adaptations of theater material and television series.[4] Among them in Carl Merz's Passion of a Politician, in which she played the female lead Melanie, wife of National Councilor Bröschl.[5] She became known to a broader public in Helmut Zenker's cult crime series Kottan[6] (directed by Peter Patzak), in which she shone as Ilse Kottan. In Julia - An Unusual Woman she played the role of Hertha Mähr in 1999 and 2000.[7]
Zeller was married to her fellow actor Eugen Stark, who died in 2021.[8] She has two sons from her first marriage to the director Otto Anton Eder.[9] One of them is cameraman Fabian Eder,[10] who is married to actress Katharina Stemberger.[11] [12] Zeller died in Vienna on 16 July 2023, at the age of 95.[13]