- Born
- Died
- Height5′ 7¼″ (1.71 m)
- Margit Carstensen was born on February 29, 1940 in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. She was an actress, known for The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972), Martha (1974) and Possession (1981). She died on June 1, 2023 in Heide, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
- Frequently cast in Rainer Werner Fassbinder films.
- Chin dimple
- Alabaster complexion; intense blue eyes with violet hues
- Often plays highly neurotic women whose cool, elegant demeanour hides some great inner turmoil
- Deep, enticing voice
- Aside from her native German, she was fluent in English, French and Spanish.
- Her father was a physician.
- Carstensen, who enjoyed cult status in the theater and film scene, was always open to experiments and new things.
- Member of the ensemble of the Hamburger Schauspielhaus from 1965 to 1969, noted for her leading roles in plays by John Osborne and the Lope de Vega.
- Discovered for the screen by Rainer Werner Fassbinder while engaged at the Theater am Goetheplatz in Bremen. Her best known role under Fassbinder's direction was as the titular narcissistic fashion designer in The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972).
- Fassbinder was a great poet and visionary - with an incredible charisma and insane power.
- [anticipating her milestone birthday, 2020] The number 80 is completely unreal for me. I don't see myself that way, but the others see me that way.
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