Christel Bodenstein | |
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 Bodenstein at the 14th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1964 | |
| Born | 13 October 1938 Munich, Germany |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1956–1991 |
| Spouse(s) | Konrad Wolf Hasso von Lenski |
Christel Bodenstein (born 13 October 1938) 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).
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.
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