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An archive classic from December 2018. 
A Queen biographer complains that “Bohemian Rhapsody” Barbara Valentin is missing in the Freddie Mercury-Biopic. The Austrian actress (1940-2002), bourgeois Ursula Ledersteger, was a close confidante of the singer. She cared for him until his death in 1991.
In the film by the producer Brian May and Roger Taylor, Valentin, mocked at the beginning of their career as a “bosom miracle”, did not appear, later becoming a barrel binder actress.
The British author Lesley-Ann Jones, who presented “Freddie Mercury: The Definitive Biography” in 1997, cannot understand the decision. Especially because “Bohemian Rhapsody” focuses on another female figure. Mercury’s fiancee Mary Austin.
Jones says that Barbara Valentin was a more important woman in the life of the bisexual singer. Regardless of the fact that songs like “Love of My Life” were written for Mary Austin. The woman he fell so often.
The “Telegraph” told Jones: “I bothers me ‘the other woman’ completely left out.” Mary Austin is portrayed as a “grieving widow”. And it was not understandable why someone like Valentin, who was as invigorating for Mercury, was simply unmentioned.
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The Austrian Valentin, also referred to as “German Jayne Mansfield”, was not only part of Mercury’s Entourage in the 1980s. She was also one of the initiated, which the musician informed about his HIV infection. “Thank you for big tits and misconduct.” “Thank you for big tits and bad behavior”, this was the dedication for Valentin in the credits of his solo album “Mr. Bad Guy” from 1985.