Agnes Windeck (Agnes Sophie Albertine Windel)
Biography
Hamburg, Germany
She started her long term acting career in 1904 as a young woman at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. She was a member of stage companies in Hannover and Berlin, but she retired after her marriage in 1915. Her husband died in 1937 so she started again as a stage actress in Berlin. In 1939, she made her film debut. In the 40's, she also worked as a teacher at the drama school of the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. In the post war period, she was member of a popular radio cabaret group in Berlin. Read more... popularity. In the 1960s, when she was in her seventies, she became a famous character actress of West German cinema and television. She played mostly old ladies with charm and wit. She is best remembered as grandma in the TV-series 'Die Unverbesserlichen' (1966-71). She died aged 87 in Berlin. Her grave is named a grave of honor.
Actor

Character:
Frau von Benedikt
U-Boote westwärts! 1941
2

Character:
Baronin von Blossin
Der Weg ins Freie 1941
9

Character:
Schwester Martha
Annelie 1941
1

Character:
Gast beim Abendempfang
Damals 1943
3

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Telefonpartner in England
Der Onkel aus Amerika 1953
3

Character:
Frau Angelroth
So ein Affentheater 1953
2

Character:
Frl. Richter - Zimmervermieterin
Immer wenn der Tag beginnt 1957
1

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Rose
Peter schießt den Vogel ab 1959
4

Character:
Lady Agathy Beverton
Der Hund von Blackwood Castle 1968
1

Character:
Frau von Meltendorf
Grün ist die Heide 1972
5

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Henriette Kopisch
Alter Kahn und junge Liebe 1973
9

Character:
Großmutter Köpcke
Die Unverbesserlichen 1965
0

Character:
Frau Witte
A Time to Love and a Time to Die 1958
1

Character:
Frau Knappcke
Rheinsberg 1967
0

Character:
Fürsorgerin
Vater sein dagegen sehr 1957
0
2

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Hannas Mutter
Die große Liebe 1942
5

Character:
Frau Kremser
Schloß Gripsholm 1963
0

Character:
Frau Jungk
Die ideale Frau 1959
0