Lina Carstens was born on December 6, 1892 in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany. She was an actress, known for Lina Braake (1975), Das schwarze Schaf (1960) and Der Räuber Hotzenplotz (1974). She was married to Otto Ernst Sutter. She died on September 22, 1978 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.
German Film Award - Honorary Award, German Film Award for Best Overall Acting Performance
Nominations
German Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Fact
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She was married to the author Otto Ernst Sutter until his death in 1970.
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In the 60's and 70's her works for cinema and television alternated besides the theater.
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In 1972 she won the Film Award for her many years of service, in 1975 she was the same award for their outstanding performance in Lina Braake honored.
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She also worked extensively as a voice actor and was dubbed over Margaret Rutherford (Passport to Pimlico), Françoise Rosay (Le Joueur) and Helene Thimig (Decision Before Dawn).
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She received a burial at sea in the North Sea .
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She began her film career 1922. The director Douglas Sirk gave her various leading roles.
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In contrast to the theater where she often interpreted leading roles, she only got offered support roles in the German post-war film as ever.
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The actress Lina Carstens was especially as a theater actress an institution. She already began her career in 1911 at the Hoftheater in Karlsruhe and worked at different theaters in Leipzig, Hamburg, Munich and Berlin in the next years.
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In 1939 she was named a state actor by Joseph Goebbels.
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After World War II she continued her theater career and impersonated among others the role of mother Courage on a German stage for the first time.
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Brittle-voiced German actress, often seen in maternal roles. On stage from 1911. Long theatrical residencies in Leipzig (1915-19; 1937-44) and Berlin (1945-49). She was the first actress to play "Mother Courage" in the play by Bertold Brecht. In films from 1922, leading roles by the mid-1930's. Reached her peak as a character actress in the post-war period, culminating with her performance in Lina Braake (1975). A noted voice-over artist, she also synchronised for English-speaking players like Margaret Rutherford, Florence Bates and Sybil Thorndike.
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Her only son was killed in action in WW-2.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Walther Rathenau - Untersuchung eines Attentats
1967
TV Movie
Mathilde Rathenau
Der Alte
1967
TV Movie
Sacharowna
Phädra
1967
TV Movie
Oenone
Rückkehr von den Sternen
1965
TV Movie
Die Mutter
Antigone
1965
TV Movie
Amme
Bongo Boy
1965
TV Movie
Mutter Rudge
Abends Kammermusik
1965
TV Movie
Lina
Judith
1965
TV Movie
Sarah
Der Krake
1965
TV Movie
Helene Müller-Hardke
Der arme Mann Luther
1965
TV Movie
Luthers Mutter
Unsere deutschen Kleinstädter
1964
TV Movie
Großmutter
Katharina Knie - Ein Seiltänzerstück
1964
TV Movie
Bibbo
Verkündigung
1963
TV Movie
Mutter
Der Schattenboxer
1963
TV Movie
Mama
Er kanns nicht lassen
1962
Mrs. Smith
Liebling - Ich muß Dich erschießen
1962
Frau Terraz
So viele Kinder
1961
TV Movie
Agatha Thompson
Königinnen von Frankreich
1961
TV Movie
Madame Pugeot
Gustav Adolfs Page
1960
Haushälterin Therese
Das schwarze Schaf
1960
Mrs. Smith
Der Frieden unserer Stadt
1960
TV Movie
Frau Mantei
Emilia Galotti
1960
TV Movie
Frau Galotti
She Walks by Night
1959
Frau Huber, Vermieterin
Ein Mann geht durch die Wand
1959
Frau Höppke - eine alte Frau
Doctor Without Scruples
1959
Frau Kleinhans
Der Engel, der seine Harfe versetzte
1959
Frau Feuerhake
Der Tod des Handlungsreisenden
1958
TV Movie
Linda
Wir Wunderkinder
1958
Vette
Auferstehung
1958
Matrjona
Zum goldenen Ochsen
1958
Frau Mäglin
Bäume sterben aufrecht
1958
TV Movie
Genoveva, die Wirtschafterin
I Was All His
1958
Frau Mertens
Das Wirtshaus im Spessart
1958
Cook (uncredited)
Bernarda Albas Haus
1957
TV Movie
La Poncia
Two in a Sleeping Bag
1956
Fraeulein Saint-Cyr
Heute heiratet mein Mann
1956
Tante Erna
Der goldene Kranz
1956
TV Movie
Emma Linke
Zärtliches Geheimnis
1956
Frau Kramer
Das salomonische Frühstück
1956
TV Movie
Die Heiratskomödie
1955
TV Movie
Fjokla Iwanowa
Sky Without Stars
1955
It Happened on July 20th
1955
Frau des Küsters
Geliebte Feindin
1955
Mrs. Durham
Gestatten, mein Name ist Cox
1955
Überfahrt
1955
TV Movie
Mrs. Midget
Die verschwundene Miniatur
1954
Frau Külz
Geliebtes Fräulein Doktor
1954
Oberin des Klosters
Feuerwerk
1954
Tante Paula
Sauerbruch - Das war mein Leben
1954
Oberschwester
Heimlich, still und leise
1953
Tante Titania
Fanfaren der Ehe
1953
Mrs. Yell
Arlette erobert Paris
1953
Concierge Frau Pézat
Ein Herz spielt falsch
1953
Mutter Pratsch
Die große Versuchung
1952
Illusion in Moll
1952
Bertha
Ich heiße Niki
1952
Frau Altmann
Bluebeard
1951
Amme
Affairs of Dr. Holl
1951
Frau von Bergmann
Der Ruf
1949
Emma
Der grüne Salon
1944
Klara, 'das Pferd', Haushälterin bei Anna Bütow
Der Engel mit dem Saitenspiel
1944
Maria Theresia, seine Schwester
...und die Musik spielt dazu
1943
Therese Staudinger
Die Jungfern vom Bischofsberg
1943
Hochzeit auf Bärenhof
1942
Fränze von Hanckel
Ein Windstoß
1942
Frau Galassi
Meine Tochter tut das nicht
1940
Baronin Liebrenz
Das leichte Mädchen
1940
Großtante Emma
Der dunkle Punkt
1940
Frau des Hauswirts
Für die Katz'
1940
Wirtin Katrin Geerken
Wie konntest Du, Veronika!
1940
Fräulein Schwertfeger
Bal paré
1940
Gemischtwarenhändlerin Lina Brunnhuber
Kriminalkommissar Eyck
1940
Mrs. Filter
Leidenschaft
1940
Der ewige Quell
1940
Lohhofbäuerin
Mann für Mann
1939
Mutter Handrup
Der Vorhang fällt
1939
Frau Florian
Magda
1938
Fränze von Klebs
Grossalarm
1938
Frau Timmler
Tango Notturno
1937
Frau Wattson
Der zerbrochene Krug
1937
Marthe Rull
To New Shores
1937
Bänkelsängerin
The Girl from the Marsh Croft
1935
Mutter Christmann
April, April!
1935
Mathilde Lampe
Verkrachte Existenzen
1924
Leidendes Land
1921
Wunnigel
1978
TV Movie
Jungfer Männe
Friedrich Schachmann wird verwaltet
1978
TV Movie
Toni
Der Schimmelreiter
1978
Trin Jans
Haus der Frauen
1978
TV Movie
Celina
Eurydike oder Das Mädchen von Nirgendwo
1977
TV Movie
Heinrich
1977
Dienerin Riebisch
Fairy
1977
TV Movie
Hans und Lene
1976
TV Series
Lene
Die Ilse ist weg
1976
TV Movie
Oma Janda
Spannagl & Sohn
1976
TV Series
Berlinger
1975
Der Kommissar
1975
TV Series
Mutter Malott
Lina Braake
1975
Lina Braake
Die Wohngenossin
1975
TV Movie
Sonderdezernat K1
1975
TV Series
Frau Schwalbe
Haus ohne Hüter
1975
TV Movie
Großmutter
Jedermanns Weihnachtsbaum
1975
TV Movie
Mutter
Derrick
1974
TV Series
Frau Manger
Drei Männer im Schnee
1974
Frau Tobler
Der Räuber Hotzenplotz
1974
Großmutter
Liebe mit 50
1973
TV Movie
Mariechen
Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi
1973
TV Series
Mersina
Der Bastian
1973
TV Series
Oma Martha Guthmann
Tod auf der Themse
1973
TV Movie
Elisabeth Tufts
Land
1972
TV Movie
Oma Rotter
Iwanow
1971
TV Movie
Nasarowna
Die Heirat
1970
TV Movie
Fjokla Iwanowna
Die blinden Ameisen
1970
TV Movie
Großmutter
Asche des Sieges
1969
TV Movie
Trinidad
Les aventures de Tom Sawyer
1968
TV Mini-Series
Tante Polly
Tante Polly Jones
Moartea lui Joe Indianul
1968
Aunt Polly
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1975
Film Award in Gold
German Film Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Weibliche Hauptrolle)
Lina Braake (1975)
1972
Honorary Award
German Film Awards
For her continued outstanding individual contributions to the german film over the years.
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1961
Film Award in Gold
German Film Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Weibliche Nebenrolle)