Lina Carstens (6 December 1892 in

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– 22 September 1978 in

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) was a German film and theater actress. On stage she appeared in plays by

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, and

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, and in her old age she starred in the film ''Lina Braake'' directed by Bernhard Sinkel.

Career

Carstens began her career as an actress before the First World War at the Court Theatre in

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. It belonged to during the First World War and shortly thereafter the cabaret retort to the writer Ringelnatz to. She was married to the author Otto Ernst Sutter until his death in 1970. In 1939 she was named a

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by Joseph Goebbels. She played in

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the first Mother Courage in the eponymous play by Bertolt Brecht on a German stage. She began her film career 1922. The director

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gave her various leading roles. After the Second World War she continued her career as a character actress. She also managed to get roles in the

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. In the ZDF television series Der Bastian (1973) she had a role alongside Horst Janson and Karin Anselm. In 1972 she won the

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for her many years of service, in 1975 she was the same award for their outstanding performance in ''Lina Braake'' honored. She also worked extensively as a voice actor and was dubbed over

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(''Passport to Pimlico''), Françoise Rosay (''Le Joueur'') and

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(''Decision Before Dawn''). She received a burial at sea in the North Sea .

Selected filmography

* '' The Girl from the Marsh Croft'' (1935) * '' To New Shores'' (1937) * '' Tango Notturno'' (1937) * '' The Broken Jug'' (1937) * '' Heimat'' (1938) * '' Passion'' (1940) * ''

The Eternal Spring ''The Eternal Spring'' (german: Der ewige Quell) is a 1940 German drama film directed by Fritz Kirchhoff and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Bernhard Minetti and Lina Carstens. It is part of the tradition of Heimatfilm.Hake p. 91 It was shot at the ...

'' (1940) * ''

My Daughter Doesn't Do That ''My Daughter Doesn't Do That'' (german: Meine Tochter tut das nicht) is a 1940 German romantic comedy film directed by Hans H. Zerlett and starring Ralph Arthur Roberts, Erika von Thellmann, and Geraldine Katt.Bock & Bergfelder p. 550 The film' ...

'' (1940) * ''

Commissioner Eyck ''Commissioner Eyck'' (german: Kriminalkommissar Eyck) is a 1940 German crime film directed by Milo Harbich and starring Anneliese Uhlig, Paul Klinger and Herbert Wilk.Moeller p. 32 It was shot at Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. Location shooti ...

'' (1940) * ''

A Gust of Wind ''A Gust of Wind'' (german: Ein Windstoß) is a 1942 German musical film directed by Walter Felsenstein and starring Paul Kemp, Margit Debar and Elsa Wagner.Hull p. 251 It was based on an Italian play by Giovacchino Forzano. A man gets shut out ...

'' (1942) * ''

The Green Salon ''The Green Salon'' (german: Der grüne Salon) is a 1944 German drama film directed by Boleslaw Barlog and starring Paul Klinger, Margarete Haagen and Dorothea Wieck. Partial cast * as Wilma *Walter Bluhm as Oswin, handyman *Hans Brausewetter as ...

'' (1942) * ''

Wedding in Barenhof ''Wedding in Barenhof'' (german: Hochzeit auf Bärenhof) is a 1942 German historical comedy film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Heinrich George, Paul Wegener and Ilse Werner. The film's art direction was by Walter Haag. It was shot ...

'' (1942) * ''

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'' (1951) * '' My Name is Niki'' (1952) * '' The Great Temptation'' (1952) * '' Illusion in a Minor Key'' (1952) * '' A Heart Plays False'' (1953) * ''

Secretly Still and Quiet ''Secretly Still and Quiet'' (german: Heimlich, still und leise) is a 1953 West German musical comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Gretl Schörg, Hans Nielsen, and Theo Lingen. It was made at the Munich Studios of Bavaria Film. The f ...

'' (1953) * ''

Arlette Conquers Paris ''Arlette Conquers Paris'' (German: ''Arlette erobert Paris'') is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Johanna Matz, Karlheinz Böhm and Claus Biederstaedt.Bock & Bergfelder p.264 It was shot at the Babelsberg ...

'' (1953) * '' Fanfare of Marriage'' (1953) * '' The Missing Miniature'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1954) * '' Sky Without Stars'' (1955) * ''

Beloved Enemy ''Beloved Enemy'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by H.C. Potter and starring Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, and David Niven. It was loosely based on the life of Michael Collins. Plot During the Irish War of Independence in 1921, Irish ...

'' (1955) * '' My Husband's Getting Married Today'' (1956) * ''

Wir Wunderkinder ''Wir Wunderkinder'' is a 1958 West German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Hansjörg Felmy and Robert Graf. The black-and-white film is also known in English as ''Aren't We Wonderful?''. Plot The film recounts the lives of t ...

'' (1958) * '' I Was All His'' (1958) * ''

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'' (1959) * '' Gustav Adolf's Page'' (1960) * '' Das schwarze Schaf'' (1960) * ''

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'' (1962) * ' (1968, TV miniseries) * '' Der Bastian'' (1973, TV series, 13 episodes) * ' (1974) * '' Three Men in the Snow'' (1974) * '' Lina Braake'' (1975) * ' (1976) * ' (1977) * ' (1978, TV film) * ' (1978)

References

External links

* 1892 births 1978 deaths People from Wiesbaden People from Hesse-Nassau German film actresses German stage actresses German television actresses 20th-century German actresses Best Actress German Film Award winners Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{Germany-screen-actor-stub