Barbara Valentin (born Ursula Ledersteger; 15 December 1940 – 22 February 2002)[1] was an Austrian actress.

Valentin was born in 1940 as Ursula Ledersteger in Vienna, Austria (then part of Nazi Germany).

[2][3] Her father was the Austrian art director Hans Ledersteger and her mother the actress Irmgard Alberti.

She was married to German film director Helmut Dietl.

[2] During the early to mid-1980s, Valentin was close friends with Freddie Mercury, who lived with her and her daughter in her Munich apartment for some time.