Ilse Steppat

{{Short description|German actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Ilse Steppat | image = Isle Steppat as Irma Bunt.png | alt = | caption = Steppat as Irma Bunt in [[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'']] (1969) | birth_name = Ilse Paula Steppat | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1917|11|30}} | birth_place = [[Wuppertal]], [[German Empire]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1969|12|21|1917|11|30}} | death_place = [[West Berlin]], [[West Germany]] | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Actress | years_active =1932–1969 }}

'''Ilse Paula Steppat''' (30 November 1917 – 21 December 1969) was a German actress. Her husband was noted actor and director [[Max Nosseck]].

==Biography== {{Unreferenced section|date=August 2018}} She began her cinematic career at the age of 15 playing [[Joan of Arc]]. Steppat appeared regularly on the German stage, and starred in more than forty movies. In the 1960s, she appeared frequently in [[Films based on Edgar Wallace works|crime movies based on the work of author Edgar Wallace]], such as ''Die Gruft mit dem Rätselschloss'', ''Der unheimliche Mönch'' and ''Die blaue Hand'', which brought her great fame in Germany.

In her only English-language role, Steppat played Blofeld's assistant and henchwoman ''Irma Bunt'' in the James Bond movie [[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'']].

In the first English-language conversation between Steppat and the movie's producer, [[Albert R. Broccoli]], she confused the word ''verlobt'' (engaged) with ''engagiert'' (involved).{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

Despite this, however, she was awarded the role of Irma Bunt. Steppat was unable to capitalise on her new fame outside Germany, as she died of a heart attack only four days after the movie's international release. She was buried in the [[Waldfriedhof Dahlem]] in Berlin. Her character was intended to return in ''[[Diamonds Are Forever (film)|Diamonds Are Forever]]'' with Steppat reprising her role. However her character was withdrawn after the actress's death.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

==Selected filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} *1947: ''[[Marriage in the Shadows]]'' – Elisabeth Maurer *1949: ''Die Brücke'' – Therese Sander *1949: ''[[The Blue Swords]]'' – Frau von Tschirnhausen *1950: ''[[The Man Who Wanted to Live Twice]]'' – Oberschwester Hilde *1950: ''[[The Rabanser Case]]'' – Baronin Felten *1951: ''Die Tat des Anderen'' *1951: ''[[Veronika the Maid]]'' – Alice *1951: ''[[The Guilt of Doctor Homma]]'' – Dr. Ilse Kersten *1951: ''[[Hanna Amon]]'' – Vera Colombani *1952: ''[[When the Heath Dreams at Night]]'' – Brigitte *1952: ''[[Shooting Stars (1952 film)|Shooting Stars]]'' – Karena Rodde *1953: ''[[The Chaplain of San Lorenzo]]'' – Isabella Catani *1954: ''[[Captain Wronski]]'' – Leonore Cronberg *1954: ''[[The Phantom of the Big Tent]]'' – Dolores, Frau mit dem Löwen *1955: ''[[Doctor Solm]]'' – Claudia Möllenhauer, Tochter *1955: ''[[The Dark Star (1955 film)|The Dark Star]]'' – Frl. Rieger, die Lehrerin *1955: ''[[Die Ratten]]'' – Frau Knobbe *1955: ''[[The Captain and His Hero]]'' – Yvonne *1956: ''[[Winter in the Woods (1956 film)|Winter in the Woods]]'' – Frieda Stengel *1956: ''Weil du arm bist, muβt du früher sterben'' – Ada Schenk *1957: ''{{Interlanguage link|Der Adler vom Velsatal|de}}'' – Coletta Nicolini *1957: ''[[Confessions of Felix Krull (film)|Confessions of Felix Krull]]'' – Maria Pia Kuckuck *1958: ''[[Night Nurse Ingeborg]]'' – Frau Burger *1958: ''{{Interlanguage link|Madeleine Tel. 13 62 11|de}}'' – Frau Clavius *1958: ''Ósmy dzień tygodnia'' – Walicka *1958: ''Sehnsucht hat mich verführt'' – Brandner-Bäuerin *1958: ''Romarei, das Mädchen mit den grünen Augen'' – Witwe Prang *1960: ''[[Pension Schöller (1960 film)|Pension Schöller]]'' – Amalie Schöller *1960: ''Im Namen einer Mutter'' – Frau Barlowsky *1960: ''[[You Don't Shoot at Angels]]'' – Bellini *1962: ''[[The Post Has Gone]]'' – Elfriede Stolze *1963: ''[[Apartmentzauber]]'' – Sittenkommissarian *1963: ''[[The Invisible Terror]]'' – Dr. Louise Richards *1964: ''[[The Curse of the Hidden Vault]]'' – Margaret *1965: ''[[The Sinister Monk]]'' – Lady Patricia *1966: ''[[Living It Up (1966 film)|Living It Up]]'' – Carol Stevens *1967: ''[[Creature with the Blue Hand]]'' – Lady Emerson *1968: ''[[Death in the Red Jaguar]]'' – Mrs. Cunnings *1969: ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'' – Irma Bunt (final film role) {{div col end}}

==References==

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0827375}}

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