Bibiana Besch (February 1, 1940 – September 7, 1996) was an Austrian/American actress.
Besch was born in Vienna, Austria, the daughter of theater actress Gusti Huber, who starred in German films during World War II and left Austria in the mid 1940s. Besch had a stepfather, Joseph Besch, a radio executive and former captain in the U.S. army. She had two sisters, Drea and Christina, and a brother, Andrew. She grew up in Chappaqua, New York and late...
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Bibiana Besch (February 1, 1940 – September 7, 1996) was an Austrian/American actress.
Besch was born in Vienna, Austria, the daughter of theater actress Gusti Huber, who starred in German films during World War II and left Austria in the mid 1940s. Besch had a stepfather, Joseph Besch, a radio executive and former captain in the U.S. army. She had two sisters, Drea and Christina, and a brother, Andrew. She grew up in Chappaqua, New York and later moved to New York City. Besch was the mother of actress Samantha Mathis and aunt of former Horace Greeley High School gym teacher and soccer coach, Joseph Besch.
Besch appeared in a variety of daytime soaps such as The Secret Storm, The Edge of Night, Love is a Many Splendored Thing, and finally, Somerset. In addition to her theater career, she began appearing in more nationally known primetime features, such as the 1979 miniseries Backstairs at the White House.
Her most famous role was probably as Dr. Carol Marcus, the mother of Captain...
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