Annemarie Wendl (26 December 1914, Trostberg, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria
â€" 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 Höflich'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
Götz 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 fünfte 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
Lindenstraße, 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.
â€" 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 Höflich'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
Götz 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 fünfte 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
Lindenstraße, 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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