Kathrin Ackermann (born 30 January 1938) is a German actress.

Early life

Ackermann is a daughter of Hans Ackermann and Elisabeth, née Albert. Her father died during the

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in the

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, and her mother married the conductor

Wilhelm Furtwängler Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm Furtwängler ( , ; ; 25 January 188630 November 1954) was a German conductor and composer. He is regarded as one of the greatest Symphony, symphonic and operatic conductors of the 20th century. He was a majo ...

. He was thus Kathrin Ackermann's stepfather. Ackermann's maternal grandmother was the politician Katharina von Kardorff-Oheimb, who was married to Ernst Albert, a son of the industrialist Heinrich Albert; Ackermann's mother Elisabeth came from this marriage.

Career

Growing up in

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, Ackermann graduated from the

Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts The Otto Falckenberg Schule – Fachakademie für darstellende Kunst der Landeshauptstadt München, or Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts, is a higher education academy in Munich training actors and directors, affiliated to the Mün ...

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. In 1959, she made her debut at the Bavarian State Theater in Munich, where she worked from 1961 to 1979. After that, she appeared as a freelance actress, particularly on Munich private theaters. She has also appeared in very different roles in films and on television such as: B. in the television series

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and

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. She recently gained new popularity in episodes of the crime series

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as the mother of Commissioner Charlotte Lindholm, played by her real-life daughter

Maria Furtwängler Maria Furtwängler-Burda (short version: ; born 13 September 1966) is a German physician and television actress. Early life Maria Furtwängler-Burda is a daughter of architect Bernhard Furtwängler and actress Kathrin Ackermann, great-niece a ...

. As a voice actress, Ackermann lent her voice to actress Katey Sagal in her role as Peggy Bundy in the series Married... with Children. Ackermann teaches acting at the

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in Munich in the musical course. She also voiced the goddess Athena in the German dub of '' Hercules: The Animated Series''.

Personal life

Ackermann was married to Bernhard Furtwängler, a son of Wilhelm's brother Walter Furtwängler. Their daughter is the actress Maria Furtwängler. In addition to Maria, she has two other children.Kathrin Ackermann imdb.com
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ackermann, Kathrin 1938 births Living people Actresses from Wiesbaden German film actresses German stage actresses German television actresses German voice actresses 20th-century German actresses 21st-century German actresses

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