Christel Bodenstein

Christel Bodenstein (born 13 October 1938, in Munich) is a German film and television actress. She appeared in many East German (GDR) productions and is best known outside Germany for her leading role as the young princess in The Singing Ringing Tree (1957).

Christel Bodenstein
(left to right): Frank Beyer, Christel Bodenstein, Christine Laszar, Konstantin Simonov, and Günter Witt at the 14th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1964.
Born (1938-10-13) 13 October 1938
Munich, Germany
OccupationActress
Years active1956-1991
Spouse(s)Konrad Wolf, Hasso von Lenski.

Biography

In 1949 she moved to Leipzig in the GDR with her mother. She attended the ballet school of the Leipzig Opera and the State Ballet School, Berlin and became a ballet dancer. She met the film director Kurt Maetzig who suggested she study acting and screen test for a film, she then studied acting at the Academy of Film and Television in Potsdam.

She was married from 1960 to 1978 to the director Konrad Wolf and they had a son Mirko in 1961. Her second marriage is to the actor and playwright Hasso von Lenski.

Filmography
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