Agathe Poschmann (born 18 January 1922) is a German actress of stage, radio and film. She frequently played a young lover on the stage.

Life

Poschmann was born in Bochum,

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in 1922. She trained in Berlin from 1940 to 1942 making her debut in 1943. After the war, the eastern part of Berlin was part of a larger Soviet occupation zone. The Deutsches Theater reopened in September 1945 under the leadership of

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, and she was a member of the company. She appeared as "Recha" with

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in a production of Lessing's ''Nathan the Wise'' at the Deutsches Theater, Berlin.photo
from the Berlin production; retrieved 27 July 2015. Poschmann had a leading role in the film ''

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'', alongside

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, which was released in 1947. She was interviewed in detail about this role as part of the DEFA culture film documentary ''Der Augenzeuge''. She also took radio roles, where she mostly also interpreted classical stage characters such as "Olivia" in Goethe's ''Groß-Kophta'' (Berliner Rundfunk 1948), "Klärchen" in Goethe's ''Egmont'' (Berliner Rundfunk 1949), "Julia" in Shakespeare's ''

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'' (NWDR 1950), and "Klara" in

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's ''Maria Magdalene''.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1947)

References

External links

* * 1922 births Possibly living people People from Bochum German film actresses German radio actresses German stage actresses {{Germany-actor-stub