Agnes Windeck

Agnes Windeck was born on Mar 27, 1888 in Germany. Agnes Windeck's big-screen debut came with The Way to Freedom directed by Rolf Hansen in 1941. Agnes Windeck is known for A Time to Love and a Time to Die directed by Douglas Sirk, John Gavin stars as Ernst Graeber and Liselotte Pulver as Elizabeth Kruse. The upcoming new movie Agnes Windeck plays is Grün ist die Heide which will be released on Dec 20, 1972.

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. When she was older, she gained 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.