Ruth Hausmeister (5 June 1912 – 1 February 2012) was a German actress whose career, centered primarily in theater, spanned decades.^[1] She also had more than eighty credits in German film and television as well.^[1]

Her film credits included The Longest Day and Die Brücke. Her television credits included Der Kommissar and Stahlnetz, a detective series.^[1] Her last television role was in the 1990s ZDF television series, Zwei Brüder, in which she played the mother of actors Fritz Wepper and Elmar Wepper.^[1]

Hausmeister died on 1 February 2012 in Munich at the age of 99.^[1][2]

Selected filmography

• Girls Behind Bars (1949) - Ilse Heidenreich, 'Heidin'
• Karriere in Paris (1952) - Gräfin Beauséant
• The Flying Classroom (1954) - Martins Mutter
• Rosemary (1958) - Frau Hartog
• The Man Who Sold Himself (1959) - Sekretärin von Sending
• The Bridge (1959) - Mrs. Mutz
• Tomorrow Is My Turn (1960) - Frau Keßler
• The Green Archer (1961) - (uncredited)
• The Longest Day (1962) - Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited)
• The Pedestrian (1973) - Inge Marie Giese