Dagmar Manzel (born 1 September 1958) is a German actress. She has appeared in more than 80 films and television shows since 1979. She starred in the 1986 film ''

So Many Dreams ''So Many Dreams'' (german: So viele Träume) is a 1986 East German drama film directed by Heiner Carow. It was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Jutta Wachowiak as Christine * Dagmar Manzel as Claudia * Peter-Re ...

'', which was entered into the

37th Berlin International Film Festival The 37th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 20 February to 3 March 1987. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Soviet Union film ''Tema'' directed by Gleb Panfilov. The retrospective was in honour of Armenian-American film and ...

. The daughter of teachers Paul and Annemarie, Manzel grew up in East Berlin. After high school she studied acting in Berlin. She graduated in 1980 and debuted at the Staatstheater Dresden. In 1983 she moved to the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, which became her artistic home. She was a resident actor there until 2001, working with directors such as Thomas Langhoff, Heiner Müller, and Thomas Schulte-Michels. In addition to her acting work, she also appeared in several musical theater productions. In 2002, she had the title role in Thomas Schulte-Michels staging of Jacques Offenbach's operetta ''La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein'' at the Deutsches Theater Berlin and also played the lead role in his production of Offenbach's operetta ''La Périchole'' 2008 at the Berliner Ensemble. In autumn 2004, Manzel played at the Komische Oper Berlin, the female lead in the much-vaunted German premiere of Stephen Sondheim's musical ''Sweeney Todd'', directed by Christopher Bond. In 2012, Manzel was awarded the German Film Prize for her supporting role in Christian Schwochow's drama "The Invisible". That same year, she was on the stage of the Komische Oper Berlin with ''Seven Songs/The Seven Deadly Sins''. In 2022, Manzel made her directorial debut directing Pippi Langstrumpf a children's opera based on the

Pippi Longstocking Pippi Longstocking ( sv, Pippi Långstrump) is the fictional main character in an eponymous series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Pippi was named by Lindgren's daughter Karin, who asked her mother for a get-well story wh ...

books by

Astrid Lindgren Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (; ; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on- ...

, composed by Franz Wittenbrink and conducted by Matthew Toogood, performed at the Komische Oper Berlin.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Manzel, Dagmar 1958 births Living people German film actresses Actresses from Berlin Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin German television actresses 20th-century German actresses 21st-century German actresses