Biography

Carla Hagen was born on September 11, 1927 in Hamburg, Germany. She was an actress, known for Hôtel du commerce (1969), Dr. Knock (1960) and Stella (1967). She was married to Hans Lietzau. She died on January 27, 2020 in Hamburg, Germany.

From 1955 to 1958, she was one of the busiest film actresses. She was sometimes hired for half a dozen films in a single year. She played leading roles and mostly comic supporting roles.

Carla Hagen was a German stage, film and television actress.

After studying acting with Eduard Marks at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Hamburg from 1950 to 1952, the daughter of a merchant family initially worked at the literary cabaret "Die Globetrotters".

Hagen last lived in a retirement home in Hamburg-Wellingsbüttel, near her niece's family. Unnoticed by the public, the actress died there at the age of 93 after a tragic accident.

When she met her husband, the director Hans Lietzau (1913-1991), from then on, apart from a few television appearances, she played almost exclusively stage roles, often with her husband as director.