Walfriede Schmitt

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Walfriede Schmitt
Born (1943-03-26) March 26, 1943 (age 80)
Berlin, Germany
OccupationActor

Walfriede Schmitt (March 26, 1943 in Berlin;) is a German actress. She is the daughter of the actress Elfriede Florin. [1]

Schmitt is best known in Germany for starring in the television series Für alle Fälle Stefanie . [2]

She played 'Philipp's mother' in the 1989 film Coming Out . [2] Late in 1989, she became the final president of the Union of Art, before it merged into its West German equivalent. [3]

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References

  1. Robinson, David W. (8 August 2005). No Man's Land. Routledge. ISBN   9781135304669 . Retrieved 2 October 2018 via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 "Schmitt, Walfriede - DEFA Film Library". ecommerce.umass.edu. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  3. "Gew. Kunst (1949-90) - Gew. Kunst, Kultur, Medien (1990)". FDGB-Lexikon. Freidrich Ebert Stiftung. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
Trade union offices
Preceded by
Herbert Bischoff
President of the Union of Art
19891990
Succeeded by
Union dissolved