Lina Carstens


Lina Carstens was a German film and theatre actress. On stage she appeared in plays by Gerhart Hauptmann, Arthur Schnitzler, and August Strindberg, and also starred in many films.

Early life

Lina Carstens was born on 6 December 1892 in Wiesbaden.

Career

Carstens began her career as an actress before the First World War at the Court Theatre in Karlsruhe. It belonged to during the First World War and shortly thereafter the cabaret retort to the writer Ringelnatz to. She was married to the author Otto Ernst Sutter until his death in 1970.
In Konstanz she played the first Mother Courage in the eponymous play by Bertolt Brecht on a German stage.
She began her film career 1922. The director Douglas Sirk gave her various leading roles.
After the Second World War she continued her career as a character actress. She also managed to get roles in the New German Cinema.
In the ZDF television series Der Bastian she had a role alongside Horst Janson and Karin Anselm.
In 1975 Carstens starred in the film Lina Braake, directed by Bernhard Sinkel.
She also worked extensively as a voice actor and was dubbed over Margaret Rutherford, Françoise Rosay and Helene Thimig.

Awards and honours

In 1939 Carstens was named a state actor by Joseph Goebbels.
In 1972 she won the Film Award for her many years of service, in 1975 she was honoured with the same award for her performance in Lina Braake.

Death

Carstens died on 22 September 1978 in Munich. She received a burial at sea in the North Sea.

Selected filmography

Leidendes Land Verkrachte Existenzen April, April! - Mathilde LampeThe Girl from the Marsh Croft - Mutter ChristmannTo New Shores - BänkelsängerinThe Broken Jug - Marthe RullTango Notturno - Frau WattsonGrossalarm - Frau TimmlerHeimat - Fränze von KlebsThe Curtain Falls - Frau FlorianMann für Mann - Mutter HandrupThe Eternal Spring - LohhofbäuerinPassion Commissioner Eyck - Mrs. FilterBal paré - Gemischtwarenhändlerin Lina BrunnhuberMy Daughter Doesn't Do That - Baronin LiebrenzWie konntest Du, Veronika! - Fräulein SchwertfegerFür die Katz - Wirtin Katrin GeerkenDer dunkle Punkt - Frau des HauswirtsDas leichte Mädchen - Großtante EmmaA Gust of Wind - Frau GalassiWedding in Barenhof - Fränze von HanckelDie Jungfern vom Bischofsberg ...und die Musik spielt dazu - Therese StaudingerDer Engel mit dem Saitenspiel - Maria Theresia, seine SchwesterThe Green Salon - Klara, 'das Pferd', Haushälterin bei Anna BütowThe Last Illusion - EmmaDr. Holl - Frau von BergmannBluebeard - AmmeMy Name is Niki - Frau AltmannThe Great Temptation - Frau Dr. EibichlerIllusion in a Minor Key - BerthaA Heart Plays False - Mutter PratschArlette Conquers Paris - Concierge Frau PézatFanfare of Marriage - Mrs. YellSecretly Still and Quiet - Tante TitaniaThe Life of Surgeon Sauerbruch - OberschwesterFireworks - Tante PaulaDear Miss Doctor - Oberin des KlostersThe Missing Miniature - Frau KülzHello, My Name Is Cox Beloved Enemy - Mrs. DurhamJackboot Mutiny - Frau des Küsters Sky Without Stars Holiday in Tyrol - Frau KramerMy Husband's Getting Married Today - Tante ErnaKleines Zelt und große Liebe - Fraeulein Saint-CyrThe Spessart Inn - Cook I Was All His - Frau MertensZum goldenen Ochsen - Frau MäglinResurrection - MatrjonaWir Wunderkinder - VetteThe Angel Who Pawned Her Harp - Frau FeuerhakeArzt ohne Gewissen - Frau KleinhansThe Man Who Walked Through the Wall - Frau Höppke - eine alte FrauLove Now, Pay Later - Frau Huber, VermieterinDas schwarze Schaf - Mrs. SmithGustav Adolf's Page - Haushälterin ThereseLiebling - Ich muß Dich erschießen - Frau TerrazHe Can't Stop Doing It - Mrs. SmithMoartea lui Joe Indianul - Aunt Polly' - Tante Polly JonesDer Bastian - Oma Martha Guthmann