Karin Boyd (born 1953) is a German
actress
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and
Theatre director
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.
Life and career
Boyd was born in 1953 in
East Berlin
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. Boyd's father was an American soldier. Boyd's mother was a German.
Boyd completed a three-year study acting at the National Theatre School in
Rostock
Rostock (; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Roztoc''), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (), is the largest city in the German States of Germany, state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the sta ...
, followed by an additional vocal training at the Department of chanson at the Music School in East Berlin Friedrichshain. After working at several small stages in 1973 she came to the
Maxim Gorki Theatre in East Berlin, where she played for ten years. In addition, she also played first film and television roles for the East German
DEFA
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and
Deutscher Fernsehfunk
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DFF produced free-to-air terrestrial television programmin ...
.
Her breakthrough as an actress came in 1981 in the role of the dancer Juliette Martens in
István Szabó
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Szabó is one of the most notable Hungary, Hungarian filmmakers and one who has been best known outside the Hungarian language, Hungarian- ...
's Oscar-winning film ''
Mephisto'' starring
Klaus Maria Brandauer
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Brandauer is known internationally for his roles in '' Mephisto'' (1981), ''Never Say Never ...
.
After her exit visa had been granted, in 1983, she moved with her son to West Germany and played on West German theater stages. She occurred in the popular TV-Series ''
Ein Fall für zwei'' and also in the television series ''
Die Sitte''. In the 1990s she moderated various TV formats.
Awards
* 1993:
Hersfeld-PreisKarin Boyd in: Hersfeld-Preis
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Filmography (selection)
* 1969: ''Zeit zu leben''
* 1974: ''Visa für Ocantros'' (TV film)
* 1976: ''Soviel Lieder, soviel Worte''
* 1977: ''Die Marquise'' (TV film)
* 1978: ''Oh, diese Tante'' (TV film)
* 1978: '' Das unsichtbare Visier: King-Kong-Grippe'' (TV series)
* 1979: ''Chiffriert an Chef – Ausfall Nr. 5''
* 1980: ''Früher Sommer'' (TV film)
* 1981: '' Mephisto''
* 1982: ''Monsieur bleibt im Schatten'' (TV film)
* 1986: '' Roncalli'' (TV series)
* 1986: ''Deutsche sind weiß, Neger können keine Deutschen sein'' (TV documentary)
* 1987: ''Duett in Bonn'' (TV series)
* 1988: ' (TV series)
* 1996: ''Das Siegel des Todes'' (TV film)
* 1998: ''Geraubte Unschuld'' (TV film)
* 1988: ''Jenseits von Blau''
* 2001-2006: '' Die Sitte'' (TV series)
* 2006: ''Rapture of the Deep'' (TV film)
* 2008: '' A Year Ago in Winter''
* 2011: '' The Family'' (TV film)
External links
*
Agency entry of the actress, with photo
Official Homepage of Karin Boyd
Karin Boyd Filmography in: The New York Times
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boyd, Karin
1953 births
Living people
German television actresses
German stage actresses
Actresses from Berlin
20th-century German actresses
21st-century German actresses