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Dorothee Parker | |
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| Born | Dorothea Glöcklen 11 March 1938 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1959-1971 (film & TV) |
Dorothee Parker (born 1938) is a former German stage and film actress. [1] She was married to the film producer Wolf C. Hartwig, and appeared in a number of his films. After their separation she established a modelling agency in Hamburg.
Parker was born in Cologne, Germany. She began to play under the slightly changed name Dorothee Glöcklen and in 1959 began her first permanent engagements at the Westphalian State Theater in Castrop-Rauxel and in Recklinghausen (Ruhr Festival). In the same year, the film producer Wolf C. Hartwig discovered the black-haired woman and used her as an attractive eye-catcher in the majority of the films he produced over the next five years.
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