Lena Stolze

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Lena Stolze
Born (1956-08-08) 8 August 1956 (age 67)
OccupationActress
Years active1970s–present

Lena Stolze (born 8 August 1956) is a German television and film actress.

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Life and work

Lena Stolze's father is Gerhard Stolze, a tenor, and her mother is the actress Gabi Stolze. In 1961, the family moved from East Germany to Vienna. [1]

Lena Stolze is best known for playing Sophie Scholl in Fünf letzte Tage and Die Weiße Rose (Both 1982), and for her role as Sonja (a fictionalized version of Anna Rosmus) in Das schreckliche Mädchen (1990).

She and Julia Jentsch both won the Film Award in Gold at the German Film Awards as "Best Actress" for portraying Sophie Scholl, in their separate portrayals, in Die Weiße Rose (1982) and Die Letzen Tage (2005), respectively. [2]

Awards

Filmography

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References

  1. "Img. No. 0374 - Lena Stolze - 1992 - 83 / 113 cm - Polaroid 50 x 60 cm - signed by the celebrity - Natural wooden frame w. glas - Photographed in Berlin". Stars and Paints. Werner Pawlok. 1992. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
  2. Rothemund, Marc (24 February 2005), Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage (Biography, Crime, Drama), Broth Film, Goldkind Filmproduktion, retrieved 22 November 2021
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)