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Gerit Kling (born 21 April 1965) is a German film, television and voice actress.


Life and work

Kling grew up in Michendorf-Wilhelmshorst near
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with her younger sister, actress
Anja Kling Anja Kling (born 22 March 1970) is a German actress. She is the younger sister of actress Gerit Kling. Selected filmography * ' (1989) * ''Landschaft mit Dornen'' (1992, TV film) * ' (1994, TV series) * ' (1995) * ' (1995, TV miniseries) * '' ...
. Her first acting role was in
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'' at the age of five. From 1982 she studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. After a string of engagements at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, at the Theater Brandenburg and at the
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, she fled with her sister to
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shortly before the fall of the
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. After
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, she was on stage at the Staatstheater Nürnberg and the Theater am Kurfüstendamm in Berlin. She also starred in multiple TV shows, where she was often cast as a doctor. At the Störtebeker Festival she played the Duchess van Dooren in 2006. In March 2008 she was on the cover of the German edition of ''
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Personal life

Gerit Kling lives with her sister Anja Kling in Michendorf-Wilhelmshorst. She separated from her husband Stefan Henning at the end of 2015 and got divorced from him in March 2016. In June 2016, she got engaged to Wolfram Becker whom she married on 9 November 2016.


Partial filmography


Movies

* 1972: '' Hund über Bord'' * 1988: '' Ich liebe dich – April! April!'' * 1989: ' * 1989: ' * 1989: '' Zwei schräge Vögel'' * 1990: ''Der Streit um des Esels Schatten'' * 1991: '' Go Trabi Go'' * 1992: '' Go Trabi Go 2 – Das war der wilde Osten'' * 2001: '' The Sea Wolf'' (also released as ''SeaWolf: The Pirate's Curse'') * 2000: ' * 2006: '' Wo ist Fred?'' * 2013: ''
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Television

* 1987: '' Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort: Um jeden Preis'' (TV series episode) * 1988: ''Der Geisterseher'' * 1988–1990: '' Barfuß ins Bett'' (TV series, 14 episodes) * 1991: ''
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: Todesfall im Park'' (TV series episode) * 1991: ''Luv und Lee'' (TV series, 7 episodes) * 1993–1994: '' Immer wieder Sonntag'' (TV series, 4 episodes) * 1994: '' Elbflorenz'' (TV series, 10 episodes) * 1994: ''Die Gerichtsreporterin'' (TV series, 13 episodes) * 1996: ''Wer hat Angst vorm Weihnachtsmann?'' (short) * 1997: ''
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'' (TV series, 4 episodes) * 1997–2000: '' Die Rettungsflieger'' (TV series, 31 episodes) * 1998: ''
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: Namibia'' (TV series episode) * 1999: ''
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: Klippen der Liebe'' (TV series episode) * 2000: '' Für alle Fälle Stefanie: Stephanies Rückkehr'' (TV series episode) * 2001: '' Offroad.TV'' (TV series, 10 episodes) * 2001: '' In aller Freundschaft'' (TV series, 2 episodes) * 2002: '' Die Affäre Semmeling'' (TV miniseries) * 2002: ''Nicht ohne meinen Anwalt'' (TV series, 11 episodes) * 2002: '' Im Namen des Gesetzes: Tod am Telefon'' (TV series episode) * 2003: ''
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: Doktorspiele'' (TV series episode) * 2003: '' Körner und Köter: Wie gewonnen, so zerronnen'' (TV series episode) * 2004: ''Der Ferienarzt in der Wachau'' (TV series episode) * 2005: ''Irren ist sexy'' * 2005–2006: '' Unter weißen Segeln (TV series, 3 episodes) * 2005: '' Hallo Robbie!: Das Marathonschwimmen'' (TV series episode) * 2006: ''M.E.T.R.O. – Ein Team auf Leben und Tod: Lassa'' (TV series episode) * 2006: ''Opposites Attract'' * 2006: '' Da kommt Kalle: Familienbande'' (TV series episode) * since 2007: '' Notruf Hafenkante'' (TV series, more than 300 episodes) * 2007: ''Die Masche mit der Liebe'' * 2008: ''
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: Hawaii'' (TV series episode) * 2008: ''
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: Charly und das schwarze Schaf'' (TV series episode) * 2009: ''Am Kap der Liebe – Unter der Sonne Uruguays'' * 2009: ''
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: Bora Bora'' (TV series episode) * 2011: ' * 2016: '' Leipzig Homicide: Neues Leben'' (TV series episode) * 2017: '' Familie Dr. Kleist: Falsche Tatsachen'' (TV series episode) * 2019: '' Rote Rosen'' (TV series, 200 episodes)


German-language Dubbing

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Other works

* 2004: ''Unser großes Haus'' (children's book with CD)


References


External links

*
Official homepage

Gerit Kling
at the German Dubbing Card Index
Gerit Kling
at the Agentur Wendel

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