Antje Geerk (born 17 June 1938 in
Kiel) is a German stage and film actress.
Life
Geerk was born the daughter of an engineer. During the Second World War, she lived with a great-grandmother in
Landshut
Landshut (; bar, Landshuad) is a town in Bavaria in the south-east of Germany. Situated on the banks of the River Isar, Landshut is the capital of Lower Bavaria, one of the seven administrative regions of the Free State of Bavaria. It is also t ...
, but before the end of the war moved to her parents in Göttingen and attended a local primary school. After a short period of residence in Kiel and
Weil am Rhein, Geerk attended the humanistic grammar school in Lörrach. In 1955 she passed the
Abitur
''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...
in Kiel. She lived at this time with grandparents.
Geerk originally wanted to become an engineer, but was already interested in acting during her school years and took appropriate lessons. In 1955 she passed an aptitude test as an actress in Hamburg. She had her first theatre appearance in the . After several feature films, engagements at theatres in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, she last played several years at the (chamber theatre) in Heidelberg, where she now lives.
Selected filmography
* 1957: ''
Doctor Bertram
''Doctor Bertram'' (german: Frauenarzt Dr. Bertram) is a 1957 West German drama film directed by Werner Klingler and starring Willy Birgel, Winnie Markus and Lucie Mannheim.Bock & Bergfelder p.43 It is based upon the play by Hans Rehfisch. It was ...
''
* 1958: ''
That Won't Keep a Sailor Down''
* 1958: ''
The Green Devils of Monte Cassino''
* 1958: ''Worüber man nicht spricht''.
* 1958: '
* 1959: ''Arzt aus Leidenschaft''.
''Arzt aus Leidenschaft''
on OFDb.de
* 1959: '' Uncle Was a Vampire''
* 1959: '' A Summer You Will Never Forget''
* 1962: '
References
External links
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1938 births
Living people
Actors from Kiel
German stage actresses
German film actresses
20th-century German actresses