Marga Legal

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Marga Legal
Born(1908-02-18)18 February 1908
Berlin, Germany
Died 30 October 2001(2001-10-30) (aged 93)
Occupation Actress
Years active 1952–2001

Marga Legal (18 February 1908 – 30 October 2001) was a German actress. [1] She is the daughter of actor Ernst Legal and appeared in more than one hundred films from 1952 to 2001.

Ernst Legal German film actor

Ernst Otto Eduard Legal was a German actor and opera director of Berlin State Opera.

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Selected filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1967 The Banner of Krivoi Rog
1963 The Heyde-Sawade Affair
1962 Star-Crossed Lovers
1961 Five Days, Five Nights
1959 Goods for Catalonia
1952 The Condemned Village

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References

  1. "DEFA - Stiftung - Legal, Marga". defa-stiftung.de. Retrieved 2016-03-11.