Annemarie Wendl (26 December 1914, Trostberg, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria
3 September 2006, Munich, Bavaria, Germany) was a German actress.Wendl
was born into an upper-class family in Bavaria and began her training
as an actress in Berlin at Lucie Hflich's seminar. Afterwards, she
played classical roles on stage in Berlin, Bonn, Augsburg, Innsbruck,
Munich, Bamberg and Ingolstadt. In her youth, she played "all
sentimental characters", such as Faust's Gretchen and Emilia Galotti.
Later she played character roles, such as Adelheid in Gtz von
Berlichingen, Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, Maria Stuart
in the play by Schiller and the title role in Brecht's Mother Courage.
Her last theatrical works were The Widow in the Green Tree (1997) and
Sanssouci in 2001.Wendl began working in film in 1961 and made more
than 35 films and TV productions. During her long career on the big
screen, Wendl was seen in both soft-porn movies (Graf Porno), as well
as some movies of Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1976's I Only Want You To
Love Me). Her television work includes series like Die fnfte Kolonne,
Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl and Der Kommissar, where she made guest
appearances in a few episodes.Wendl was best known for her role as
"Else Kling" in the German weekly soap opera Lindenstrae, which
started in December 1985. She appeared in the first episode Herzlich
Willkommen and remained in the series' cast until May 2006. Her
character, Else Kling, lost her husband, Egon Kling, in a car accident
in Paris, France in 1998. In the episode "Abschied und Ankunft"
(#1069), Else Kling died.
3 September 2006, Munich, Bavaria, Germany) was a German actress.Wendl
was born into an upper-class family in Bavaria and began her training
as an actress in Berlin at Lucie Hflich's seminar. Afterwards, she
played classical roles on stage in Berlin, Bonn, Augsburg, Innsbruck,
Munich, Bamberg and Ingolstadt. In her youth, she played "all
sentimental characters", such as Faust's Gretchen and Emilia Galotti.
Later she played character roles, such as Adelheid in Gtz von
Berlichingen, Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, Maria Stuart
in the play by Schiller and the title role in Brecht's Mother Courage.
Her last theatrical works were The Widow in the Green Tree (1997) and
Sanssouci in 2001.Wendl began working in film in 1961 and made more
than 35 films and TV productions. During her long career on the big
screen, Wendl was seen in both soft-porn movies (Graf Porno), as well
as some movies of Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1976's I Only Want You To
Love Me). Her television work includes series like Die fnfte Kolonne,
Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl and Der Kommissar, where she made guest
appearances in a few episodes.Wendl was best known for her role as
"Else Kling" in the German weekly soap opera Lindenstrae, which
started in December 1985. She appeared in the first episode Herzlich
Willkommen and remained in the series' cast until May 2006. Her
character, Else Kling, lost her husband, Egon Kling, in a car accident
in Paris, France in 1998. In the episode "Abschied und Ankunft"
(#1069), Else Kling died.
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