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Margit Carstensen
Acting

Margit Carstensen

Known for exceptional acting in global cinema.

Profession

Acting

Birthday

29 Feb 1940

Age

86 Years

Born In

Kiel, Germany

Total Projects

51

Years Active

69 Yrs

Avg Rating

6.8 ★

Overview

Margit Carstensen (29 February 1940 – 1 June 2023) was a German theatre and film actress, best known outside Germany for roles in the works of film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Carstensen was born and raised in the northern German city of Kiel. Upon graduation from the local high school in 1958, she studied acting at the Hochschule für Musik und...

Filmography

Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence

movie

Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence

2020

Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence

as Self (archive footage)

Fassbinder

movie

Fassbinder

2015

Fassbinder

as Self

Fassbinder: Love Without Demands

movie

Fassbinder: Love Without Demands

2015

Fassbinder: Love Without Demands

as Self (archive footage)

Finsterworld

movie

Finsterworld

2013

Finsterworld

as Frau Sandberg

Mea Culpa – A ReadyMadeOpera

movie

Mea Culpa – A ReadyMadeOpera

2009

Mea Culpa – A ReadyMadeOpera

Eine Kirche der Angst vor dem Fremden in mir

movie

Eine Kirche der Angst vor dem Fremden in mir

2009

Eine Kirche der Angst vor dem Fremden in mir

CineRaya

movie

Mister Karl

2008

Mister Karl

as Self

It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.

movie

It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.

2007

It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.

as Linda Barnes

Hands off Mississippi

movie

Hands off Mississippi

2007

Hands off Mississippi

as Frau Strietzel

Agnes and His Brothers

movie

Agnes and His Brothers

2004

Agnes and His Brothers

as Roxy

Shattered Glass

movie

Shattered Glass

2002

Shattered Glass

as Käthe

CineRaya

movie

Der Narr und seine Frau heute Abend in Pancomedia

2002

Der Narr und seine Frau heute Abend in Pancomedia

as Die Leserin

Manila

movie

Manila

2000

Manila

as Regine Gorler

CineRaya

movie

John Gabriel Borkman

2000

John Gabriel Borkman

as Gunhild

Sonnenallee

movie

Sonnenallee

1999

Sonnenallee

as Director

Rider of the Flames

movie

Rider of the Flames

1998

Rider of the Flames

as Sinclair's mother

CineRaya

movie

Gesche's Poison

1998

Gesche's Poison

as Mutter Timm

The 120 Days of Bottrop

movie

The 120 Days of Bottrop

1997

The 120 Days of Bottrop

as Self

Terror 2000

movie

Terror 2000

1993

Terror 2000

as Margret

100 Years Of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour In The Führerbunker

movie

100 Years Of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour In The Führerbunker

1989

100 Years Of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour In The Führerbunker

as Martha Goebbels

CineRaya

tv

Anwalt Abel

1988

Anwalt Abel

as Frau Nussbauer

La moitié de l'amour

movie

La moitié de l'amour

1985

La moitié de l'amour

as Ivy

Angry Harvest

movie

Angry Harvest

1985

Angry Harvest

as Eugenia

Die wilden Fünfziger

movie

Die wilden Fünfziger

1983

Die wilden Fünfziger

as Sekretärin

Liebeskonzil

movie

Liebeskonzil

1982

Liebeskonzil

as Staatsanwältin

Possession

movie

Possession

1981

Possession

as Margit Gluckmeister

Berlin Alexanderplatz

tv

Berlin Alexanderplatz

1980

Berlin Alexanderplatz

as Sekretärin

Berlin Alexanderplatz

tv

Berlin Alexanderplatz

1980

Berlin Alexanderplatz

as Terah

CineRaya

tv

Bavarian Film Awards

1979

Bavarian Film Awards

as Self

The Third Generation

movie

The Third Generation

1979

The Third Generation

as Petra Vielhaber

CineRaya

movie

Spiel der Verlierer

1978

Spiel der Verlierer

as Frl. Rosner

Women in New York

movie

Women in New York

1977

Women in New York

as Sylvia Fowler

Adolf and Marlene

movie

Adolf and Marlene

1977

Adolf and Marlene

as Marlene Dietrich

Chinese Roulette

movie

Chinese Roulette

1977

Chinese Roulette

as Ariane Christ

Satan’s Brew

movie

Satan’s Brew

1976

Satan’s Brew

as Andree

Fear of Fear

movie

Fear of Fear

1975

Fear of Fear

as Margot

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

movie

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

1975

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

as Frau Thälmann

Derrick

tv

Derrick

1974

Derrick

as Frau Hauser

Martha

movie

Martha

1974

Martha

as Martha

Nora Helmer

movie

Nora Helmer

1974

Nora Helmer

as Nora Helmer

World on a Wire

tv

World on a Wire

1973

World on a Wire

as Maya Schmidt-Genter

Tenderness of the Wolves

movie

Tenderness of the Wolves

1973

Tenderness of the Wolves

as Frau Lindner

Bremen Freedom

movie

Bremen Freedom

1972

Bremen Freedom

as Geesche Gottfried

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

tv

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

1972

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

as Erste Hausfrau

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

movie

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

1972

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

as Petra von Kant

The Ancestress

movie

The Ancestress

1971

The Ancestress

as Berta

Scene of the Crime

tv

Scene of the Crime

1970

Scene of the Crime

as Margarethe

The Niklashausen Journey

movie

The Niklashausen Journey

1970

The Niklashausen Journey

as Margarete

The Coffee House

movie

The Coffee House

1970

The Coffee House

as Vittoria

CineRaya

tv

Vorsicht Falle!

1964

Vorsicht Falle!

CineRaya

tv

German Film Award

1951

German Film Award

as Self

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