Angela Winkler is a famous German actress. She has starred in Tin Drum, Catharina Blum's Honor, Benny's Video and Danton. Also, the actress is known for her role in the TV series "Darkness".
Biography and personal life
Angela Winkler was born on January 22, 1944 in Templin, Germany. Angela has a degree in medical technology from Stuttgart. She later became interested in theater and moved to Munich. Angela received her acting education at the courses of Ernst Fritz Fürbringer. In 1967 she began participating in theatrical productions. Her first role was in Kassel. Since 1969, Winkler began acting in films.
The angel was included in the troupe of the Berlin theater Schaubune. The actress was awarded the Deutscher Filmpreis. The actress gained international fame after her role in the film "Tin Drum". Angela's husband is actor Wiegand Whitting. In their family, a daughter, Nele, was born, who took her mother's surname and has already starred in several films.
Career
Angela's acting career began in 1968 with the role of Mara in the film with the original title Der blaue Strohhut. The drama was directed and written by Hans-Dieter Schwarze. Annemarie Dühringer, Klaus Biederstedt, Peter Weck, Karl Maria Schlei and Hannelore Elsner played the main roles in the film.
Then Winkler plays one of the main characters in the drama "Hunting Scenes from Lower Bavaria" in 1969. The hero of the film is persecuted by the inhabitants of a remote village for his bisexuality. The picture was presented at the Cannes Film Festival. At the box office, it was seen by residents of Germany, France, Sweden, Belgium, USA, Mexico and Finland.
In 1970, Angela starred in the television drama Dangerous Curiosity. Her partners on the set were Klaus Biederstedt, Hans Karl Friedrich, Barbara Klein and Hans Martin. In parallel, she starred as Anna Maria in the series "Crime Scene". The main roles in this crime detective were played by Klaus J. Berendt, Miroslav Nemec, Udo Wachtfeitl, Dietmar Behr and Ulrike Volkerts. The next series with Winkler's participation was Police Telephone 110, where she played Elke Hansen.
Filmography
In 1971, Angela landed the role of Anitra in the TV drama Peer Gynt, co-produced by Germany and Austria. Her filming partners were Edith Klever, Jutta Lampe, Michael Koenig, Bruno Ganz and Wolf Redl. She then played the main character in the 1975 drama Katarina Blum's Honor Tortured. This crime film stars Mario Adorf, Dieter Lazer, Jurgen Prochnov and Heinz Bennent. Katharina Blum spends the night with an unfamiliar man who is accused of political terrorism. After that, her life turns into a nightmare. The press is pursuing her, and the state security agencies are beginning to take an interest in her. The film won the CIO Film Award.
In 1978, Angela was invited to the documentary drama "Germany in Autumn", which tells about the execution of leftist terrorists associated with the Red Army Faction. At the Berlin Film Festival, the film was nominated for the "Golden Bear". The film was seen by guests of the International Film Festivals in Chicago and London, the ERA New Horizons International Film Festival and the British Film Festival Cinema '68. In the same year, Winkler played Franziska in the drama Left-Handed Woman. The main roles in the film were played by Edith Clover, Bruno Ganz, Bernhard Minetti, Bernhard Vikki. The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or. Then Angela played Anne in the crime drama "Knife in the Head" starring Bruno Gantz. This painting by Reinhard Hauf tells the story of a man who accidentally falls victim to a scuffle between radicals and police. He is wounded in the head.
Then there was the role of Agness in the 1979 film "Tin Drum", which tells the story of the birth of fascism. In the same year she was invited to play the role of Marie in "Last Love". The following year, Winkler could be seen in the movie "Hickey". She then starred in War and Peace, Danton and Pure Madness. In 1983, the actress got the lead role in the drama "Edith's Diary". Her partners on the set were Vadim Glovna, Leopold von Verschuer, Irm Hermann and Wolfgang Kondrus. The film was presented at the Venice International Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival.
In 1990, the actress played in the film Children of Bronstein. Together with her, the main roles were performed by Mathias Paul, Armin Müller-Stahl, Katharina Abt and Rolf Hoppe. Two years later, she was invited to play the role of mother in Benny's Video and the role of Anna Petrovna in the TV movie Ivanov. In 1993, she starred in the drama Take Me Home. She then played Anna in Head of the Moor, Helga in The Story of Booby Scholz, Rebecca in Rosmersholm, the main character in Mother Courage and Her Children, and Inga in Das Geheimnis im Moor.
In 2006, she could be seen as a madame in the film "House of Sleeping Beauties", as Inge Lesno in the series "Detective Spreewald". Then she played Anna in the film "Vacation", Sophie in the film "Flight". In 2009 she was invited to the drama "The Church of the Fear of the Stranger in Me". Next, Winkler starred in the film "Love Three", the drama "2016: End of the Night", the short film Brot. She can be seen as Leonie in My Sisters, as Sophie in Kommissar Dupin, as Rose in Sils Maria. Among the last works of the actress - roles in the short film Die Agentin, the film Sin & Illy Still Alive, the television drama Das Gewinnerlos. In 2015, she played a doctor in We're Okay. Later, Angela was invited to the drama "When the Day Wanes" and the role of Ines in the TV series "Darkness". In 2018, she played Miss Tanner in Suspiria, and a year later began work on The Wall.
