Elke Heidenreich

After school, Heidenreich studied German, journalism, religious studies and theater history at the universities of Munich, Hamburg and Berlin from 1963 to 1969. In 1965 she married Gert Heidenreich, later separated from him and in 1972 married Bernd Schroeder, from whom she is now also separated. From 1970 she worked as a freelancer for SWR television and radio. For example, in 1971 the radio play "The Birthdays of Gaby Hambacher" was created together with her husband, the writer and screenwriter Bernd Schröder. For seventeen years, from 1983 to 1999, she wrote a column in the magazine "Brigitte"; The title "Also" was characteristic. She wrote scripts for TV films and TV series for the broadcasters ZDF, WDR, SWF, SFB and BR. In 1972 she wrote the screenplay for the film "Nestwärme". In 1983 she wrote the original for the TV film "Under German Roofs" and in 1987 for the TV title "Dreifacher Rittberger". She also wrote the play "Noah's Arch Enterprise" (1986). She also co-wrote the scre