Career
Having come to New York from Germany at the age of 19 with only $800 in her pocket, Marianne Hettinger had to learn how to make it on her own in The Big Apple. All of those experiences led her to start up a new video talk show, “Hallo New York”, in 2013 that pays tribute to both her home country and the city she now calls home. Some of the initial interviews include German singer/actress Ute Lemper, and former Chief Executive Officer of CDV Software, Germany’s biggest computer and videogame company, Wolfgang Gaebler. and was screened at the "Celebrate Tango Festival" in New York City 2010.
The couple has starred together in Hettinger"s movie "Saint Vitus Dance", which could be seen at film festivals all over the world.
They were guests of honor at the German-American Steuben parade in New York City in 2011. 2012 Hettinger"s two new films, "Saint Vitus Dance" and "Strad Foreign Lunch" premiered at the Liliom Theater in Augsburg, Germany.
2013 Hettinger developed her own talk series, produced by vidFame Limited Liability Company, "Hallo New York". Hallo New York" celebrates famous and non-famous fascinating New Yorkers who are living their dream, in conversation with host Marianne Hettinger, in her studio on the Upper West Side, Manhattan.
As a dancer Marianne Hettinger performed with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Centre in Washington, District of Columbia, with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, with the Baltimore Symphony and the Toronto Symphony.
She performed a Salsa with Antonio Banderas on the David Letterman Show and was invited back on several occasions. As an actor she played a principal role in Tim Robbins" "The Cradle Will Rock", the independent feature "My Best Friend"s Wife" and played Tom Berenger"s wife"s character "Claire" in "Breaking Point".
