Annekathrin Bürger (born 1937) is a German stage, film and television actress. She was a prominent actress in

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, appearing in a number of films made by the state-run

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film studios as well as in television series such as '' Wolf Among Wolves'' (1965) set in 1920s Berlin.Campbell p.88-89 In 1972, she played the female lead in the

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''.

Personal life

She was married to actor Rolf Römer.

Selected filmography

Film

* '' A Berlin Romance'' (1956) * '' Reportage 57'' (1959) * '' Love's Confusion'' (1959) * '' Five Days, Five Nights'' (1960) * '' September Love'' (1961) * ''

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'' (1962) * '' The Second Track'' (1962) * ''

'' (1972)

References

Bibliography

* Campbell, Russell. ''Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema''. University of Wisconsin Press, 2006.

External links

* 1937 births Living people German stage actresses German television actresses German film actresses Actresses from Berlin East German actors East German women 20th-century German women {{Germany-screen-actor-stub