Christel Bodenstein (born 13 October 1938, in Munich) is a German film
and television actress. She appeared in many East German (GDR)
productions and is best known outside Germany for her leading role as
the young princess in The Singing Ringing Tree (1957).In 1949 she
moved to Leipzig in the GDR with her mother. She attended the ballet
school of the Leipzig Opera and the State Ballet School, Berlin and
became a ballet dancer. She met the film director Kurt Maetzig who
suggested she study acting and screen test for a film, she then
studied acting at the Academy of Film and Television in Potsdam.She
was married from 1960 to 1978 to the director Konrad Wolf and they had
a son Mirko in 1961. Her second marriage is to the actor and
playwright Hasso von Lenski.
and television actress. She appeared in many East German (GDR)
productions and is best known outside Germany for her leading role as
the young princess in The Singing Ringing Tree (1957).In 1949 she
moved to Leipzig in the GDR with her mother. She attended the ballet
school of the Leipzig Opera and the State Ballet School, Berlin and
became a ballet dancer. She met the film director Kurt Maetzig who
suggested she study acting and screen test for a film, she then
studied acting at the Academy of Film and Television in Potsdam.She
was married from 1960 to 1978 to the director Konrad Wolf and they had
a son Mirko in 1961. Her second marriage is to the actor and
playwright Hasso von Lenski.
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