Waltrudis Buck

Waltrudis Buck was born and grew up in a beautiful village in Germany's Black Forest region. Manhattan is her current home and has been for decades. She holds an MFA in fiction writing from Hunter, studied acting with Lee Strasberg and Uta Hagen, worked extensively in Stock, Dinner Theater, and Regional, and won a Broadway World Connecticut Award for Driving Miss Daisy. On screen she has acted opposite DeNiro, Julia Roberts, Rashida Jones, and been directed by Woody Allen, Barry Levinson, Todd Haynes, Sofia Coppola, and Tyler Perry among others. Some of her poetry and short stories are published in the Olivetree Review. Her one-act, Water Without Berries, won an Ellie Award for Excellence in Playwriting at Ivoryton Playhouse in their "2019 Women Playwrights Initiative Festival." Her novel, The Berlin Girl.