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Mario Adorf
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OverviewAI-generated
Mario Adorf was a German male actor and audiobook reader. His professional career began in 1954 and concluded in 2023. He was born on September 8, 1930, and died on April 8, 2026. Adorf’s work has been categorized under spoken word, poetry, and acting.
As an author, he is associated with sixteen works. Notable titles include *Bilder meines Lebens*, *Mario Adorf*, *Deutsche Künstler im Exil 1933-1945*, *Schauen Sie mal böse*, and *Mit einer Nadel bloß*. His contributions have been referenced in 266 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 16
Top works
- Bilder meines Lebens
- Mario Adorf
- Deutsche Künstler im Exil 1933-1945
- Schauen Sie mal böse
- Mit einer Nadel bloß
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1930-09-08
- Active to
- 2026-04-08
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,278
- Total plays
- 13,733
Tags
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Mario+Adorf">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,999x
- Safety, Activity, and Immune Correlates of Anti–PD-1 Antibody in Cancer
· 2012 · cited 10,836x
- Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,664x
- Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems
· 2019 · cited 9,182x
- The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary
· 2000 · cited 8,925x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1930-09-08 ) 8 September 1930, Zurich , Switzerland
- Died
- 8 April 2026 (2026-04-08) (aged 95), Paris , France
- Alma mater
- University of Mainz (withdrew), Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts
- Occupations
- Actor writer
- Years active
- 1954–2023
- Spouses
- Lis Verhoeven ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1962 – 1964 ) Monique Faye Adorf ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1985 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mario
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Zurich
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Field of work
- acting
- Sport
- boxing
- Official website
- www.marioadorf.com
- Image
- AV0A1506 Mario Adorf.jpg
- Work location
- Munich
Show 11 more facts
- Commons category
- Mario Adorf
- name in native language
- Mario Adorf
- date of birth
- 1930-00-00
- Commons gallery
- Mario Adorf
- member of
- Deutsche Filmakademie
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording
- start of work period
- 1954-00-00
- date of death
- 2026-04-08
- copyright representative
- GEMA
- supported sports team
- Alemannia Aachen
- end of work period
- 2023-00-00
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Mario Adorf ( German: [ˈmaː.ʁio ˈaː.dɔʁf] ; 8 September 1930 – 8 April 2026) was a German actor, considered to be one of the great veteran character actors of European cinema. In his native country, he was one of the leading film and television stars for decades, winning two German Film Awards for acting and an Honorary Award for Outstanding Contributions to German Cinema.
From 1954 to 2023, he appeared in both leading and supporting roles in over 200 film and television productions, ranging from euro westerns and crime thrillers to the 1979 Oscar-winning film The Tin Drum. Adorf worked with noted directors such as Volker Schlöndorff, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Billy Wilder, Robert Siodmak, Sam Peckinpah, Sergio Corbucci, and Claude Chabrol. He was the author of several successful, mostly autobiographical books.
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