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- Lina Carstens was born on December 6, 1892 in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany. She was an actress, known for Rebecca (1940), Lina Braake (1975) and Fireworks (1954). She was married to Otto Ernst Sutter. She died on September 22, 1978 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.
- SpouseOtto Ernst Sutter(1941 - February 28, 1970) (his death, 1 child)
- She received a burial at sea in the North Sea .
- Her only son was killed in action in WW-2.
- Brittle-voiced German actress, often seen in maternal roles. On stage from 1911. Long theatrical residencies in Leipzig (1915-19; 1937-44) and Berlin (1945-49). She was the first actress to play "Mother Courage" in the play by Bertold Brecht. In films from 1922, leading roles by the mid-1930's. Reached her peak as a character actress in the post-war period, culminating with her performance in Lina Braake (1975). A noted voice-over artist, she also synchronised for English-speaking players like Margaret Rutherford, Florence Bates and Sybil Thorndike.
- After World War II she continued her theater career and impersonated among others the role of mother Courage on a German stage for the first time.
- In 1939 she was named a state actor by Joseph Goebbels.
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