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Anja Kling was born on 22 March 1970 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress and writer, known for (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 (2004), The Final Days (2008) and Tödliche Wahl (1995).- Actress
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Stefanie Stappenbeck was born on 11 April 1974 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Dunkle Tage (1999) and Im Alleingang - Elemente des Zweifels (2013). She was previously married to Christopher Farr.- Hannes Wegener was born on 2 September 1980 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic [now Brandenburg, Germany]. He is an actor, known for The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), The Three Musketeers (2011) and War Horse (2011).
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Esther Zimmering was born on 6 January 1977 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress and director, known for Der Liebe entgegen (2002), Kleine Schwester (2004) and Der Fußfesselmörder (2003).- During her childhood she changed schools every year, as her mother had to move to other towns because of her acting commitments. She first appeared in front of the camera in an advertising spot as a child, then she played in her first movie when she was 9 years old. She soon started playing theater, at 14 she played Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet" in Berlin. She became independent and traveled a lot at an early age. When she was 16 she married a student in Gretna Green, but her mother canceled the marriage. Then she married cameraman Charly Steinberger with whom she had a son, Florian (born in 1976). They divorced a few years later. In 1981 she met actor Herbert Herrmann, who was her partner in life and in many TV appearances for 13 years. With him she has her second son, Christopher (born in 1988). She became very popular after playing Kitty Balbeck in the successful German series "Das Erbe Der Guldenburgs". She acted in numerous TV movies and series, but she also constantly played theater. In the last years she delighted the German audience with her exceptional interpretation of Catherine in the dramatic play "Der Beweis" by David Auburn. In 1995 she met her present partner, Henry Dawidowicz, the manager of a cosmetics company. She is currently living with him and her younger son Christopher in Köln.
- Igor Petrenko is a Russian theater and film actor.
Igor was born in Potsdam, where served his father - a Soviet military colonel, candidate of chemical sciences. Mother was a translator from English. When Igor was three years old, the family returned to Moscow. As a child, his main hobby was sports.
In 2000 Petrenko graduated from the Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theater School and was accepted into the troupe of the Malyy Theater in Moscow.
In 2001, he made his debut in the film Uslovnyy refleks (2001) directed by Ildar Islamgulov. The next acting experience - a role in the television series Moskovskye okna (2001) directed by Aleksandr Aravin - brought his first popularity. He became famous after the release of the military drama The Star (2002) directed by Nikolay Lebedev. Critics and audiences noticed his work in the feature film Karmen (2003) and in the film Voditel dlya Very (2004) directed by Pavel Chukhray. - Isabell Gerschke was born on 5 June 1979 in Potsdam, East Germany [now Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany]. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Bound for Leem (2010) and Little Thirteen (2012).
- Paula Schramm was born on 11 October 1989 in Potsdam, East Germany [now Brandenburg, Germany]. She is an actress, known for The Whistleblower (2010), The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018) and Anonymous (2011).
- Doreen Jacobi was born on 28 February 1974 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Lexx (1996), HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin (1998) and Tatort (1970).
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Christian Näthe was born on 11 September 1976 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor, known for The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), Mute (2018) and Suck Me Shakespeer (2013).- Ella-Maria Gollmer is a German actress born on July 1st, 1994. Raised in Munich, she began her acting career at the age of eight when she stood in front of the camera for the first time playing the lead in DJ Marc Oh's music video "When the Children Cry". After performing her first leading part in the television production "Vickerby für immer", she got the chance to play a part in the German cinema production of "DWK 5 - Die Wilden Kerle hinter dem Horizont". In 2008, she was cast in the role of the young Julie Delpy for the international production of "The Countess". Ella-Maria is best known for her role as Jenny in Christian Ditter's "Vorstadtkrokodile 2&3". In addition to many television productions, she appeared in the first German 3D movie "Wicki auf großer Fahrt". Recently, she played the role of Katja in Marco Petry's feature film "Doktorspiele". After graduating from Gymnasium in 2013, Ella-Maria moved to New York City to study her craft at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute.
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Annett Culp is a German actress. Her big breakthrough on German television came when she got a starring role in the German Daily Soap Opera "Verbotene Liebe" playing the character Silke Voss from 2004 to 2005. Since then, she played a multitude of different roles on German TV series, including recurring characters in successful TV series such as "Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten", "Wolffs Revier" and "Die Wache". In the US, Annett Culp was discovered by the legendary director and screenwriter Zalman King, director of films like "9 1/2 Weeks" and "Wild Orchid". He saw her when Annett picked up a friend from the casting session and invited her to attend another casting session the following week. After that audition, she played the lead role of Anastasia in the Showtime series "ChromiumBlue.com" that ran for 13 episodes in 2002 on showtime. The same year, she also played the role of "Nina" in the movie Outcasts written and directed by independent filmmaker Johnny Asuncion. The role was originally written for an 18 year old girl from East Los Angeles, but recast after the director met with Annett Culp. The movie was part of the Dances With Film festival in Los Angeles and critically well-received [1]. She was born, 1978 in Potsdam, Germany under the name Annett Mohamed Elmaghrabi of a Sudanese father and a German mother. She is the granddaughter of Abdel Fattah Mohamed Elmaghrabi, first Democratic elected President of Sudan after its Independence in 1956 Career: In 1996, she moved to Los Angeles, California for the first time to study acting at the "Playhouse West School and Repertory Theatre". She graduated in 2000 after studying under teachers like Jeff Goldblum. During her time as a student at the Playhouse West' she worked as an extra on a number of Hollywood Productions and TV series such as "Saved By the Bell", "Barbwire", "The Nutty Professor" and many more to learn hands on.
Early Life: Annett Culp was born in former East Germany to a German mother and an Arabic father. She grew up in Berlin and attended her first casting at the age of 13. After high school she went to trade school to learn the hotel business while secretly attending acting lessons at the local community college.
Personal Life: Annett Culp splits her time between Berlin and Los Angeles. She became a US Citizen in 2007 and is mother to a daughter who was born in 2011. In addition to her acting career, she is a trained Yoga instructor who studied for years under acclaimed Yoga teacher Brian Kest and holds a diploma from the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres in Los Angeles. She is also an expert in Martial Arts and studied under Eric Chen at the National Wushu Training Center in Los Angeles and Martial Artist Dan Inosanto at the Inosanto Academy. In 2013, she was elected to be a jury member of the International Women's Film Festival in Morocco.
Annett worked on the script of her upcoming personal project about her family saga involving her grandfather Abdel Fattah Mohamed Elmaghrabi, first Democratic elected President of Sudan after its Independence in 1956. She made a book presentation about "The Blue Nile", the family saga written by her father and herself during the last Women Film Festival in Morocco, Salé which received a warm ovation from the audience and the press.- Actor
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Complete with waxed moustache and monocle, bald, straight-backed Hubert von Meyerinck looked every inch a poster boy for Prussian militarism. A practised condescension and raspy, sometimes shrill delivery further added to this image. In fact, his grandfather had been a commanding general and his father an army major and landowner. "Hubsie" himself was supposedly destined for a career in the clergy. When he began to take acting classes, it was much to the chagrin of his conservative parents. Invalided out of military service in World War I due to a lung condition, he made his theatrical bow in Berlin in 1917. Following that, he spent two years at the Hamburg Kammerspiele (1918-20) before returning to Berlin for engagements on the legitimate stage and in cabaret, famously partnering an as yet 'undiscovered' Marlene Dietrich in the 1927 revue "Es liegt was in der Luft". He also enhanced his theatrical reputation with prominent roles as Mephisto in "Faust" and as Mack the Knife in Brecht's "Threepenny Opera".
On the rare occasions he played the outright villain, "Hubsie" could be genuinely menacing. However, more often then not, the German cinema's busiest character actor used undeniable comic talent to parody his image and appearance. Audiences loved him as oily swindlers, impoverished aristocrats out to marry for money, bigamists, effete movie folk or obtuse officials. Despite at times overplaying his outrageous personae, he improved many a lesser picture by his quirky, scene-stealing antics. A shortlist of his more memorable efforts should include Die verliebte Firma (1932), When Love Sets the Fashion (1932), Bel Ami (1939), Der tolle Bomberg (1957), Ein Mann geht durch die Wand (1959), The Haunted Castle (1960) and Billy Wilder's madcap farce One, Two, Three (1961). Between 1965 and 1969, "Hubsie" was given carte blanche to do his shtick as bumbling "Clouseau"-like Scotland Yard chief Sir Arthur in five enjoyably campy Edgar Wallace crime thrillers. He also continued to augment his prolific screen acting portfolio (294 appearances!) with frequent returns to the stage, his last being as ensemble member of the Thalia Theater in Hamburg from 1966 until his death from pneumonia in May 1971.- Alexander Schubert was born in 1970 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor and writer, known for Faking Bullshit - Krimineller als die Polizei erlaubt! (2020), Blackout - Die Erinnerung ist tödlich (2006) and Forwards Ever! (2017).
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The son of a physician, Günther Schramm spent his early childhood in Stettin, Pomerania, but was schooled in Hamburg when his family moved there after the war. He had a brother who was also in the medical profession and sisters who married doctors. His matriculation completed, Schramm found a job as a forest ranger's assistant, but soon decided on giving the acting profession a go. Between 1950 and 1951, he studied for a year at the State College of Music and Performing Arts in Hamburg, and, the following year, joined the literary cabaret troupe Die Buchfinken, which he also co-founded. Though successful, the organisation disbanded in 1957, but, by that time, Schramm had already been engaged by the renowned Thalia Theater as an ensemble member.
Schramm made his cinematic debut in 1955 as a ship's cadet in a German TV version of the sinking of the Titanic. Only occasionally employed in mainstream movies as a supporting actor, he was focused from the start on a career in television. His road to success came via guest roles, notably in the spy series Die fünfte Kolonne (1963) and in the three-part miniseries Verräter (1967). He starred in the drama series Algebra um acht (1972) as an academic counselor for adult students and then hit the big time as the resourceful Detective Walter Grabert in the long-running crime series Der Kommissar (1969). Alongside co-stars Erik Ode and Reinhard Glemnitz, Schramm collected five Bambi Awards (1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1975) and became one of Germany's most popular TV actors of the era. Portraying amiable, erudite, sympathetic, often pipe-smoking gents (he was Germany's 'Pipe Smoker of the Year' in 1974) contributed greatly to that popularity.
Beginning in the early 70s, Schramm tried his hand first as a panellist (in Dalli Dalli (1971)) and, subsequently, as moderator/host of musical TV quiz shows like Erkennen Sie die Melodie? (1969) and Quiz As - Musik zum Raten (1985). He also did voice-over work, dubbing for, among others, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (in 77 Sunset Strip (1958)), Lloyd Bochner, Dick Van Dyke and Alec McCowen. By the mid-90s, he was back acting on screen, starring opposite Nadja Tiller in the comedy Holstein Lovers (1999), as an elderly aristocrat in the romantic melodrama Sehnsucht nach Sandin (2002) and in a host of other TV productions. In 2007, Schramm replaced Christian Wolff as one of the principals in the popular family saga Forsthaus Falkenau (1989), racking up 97 episodic credits until 2013.
Schramm has been married since 1958 to the actress Gudrun Thielemann. Their union produced a son (he also has a daughter from his previous marriage). The family made their home on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, from 1982 to 2001, with Schramm regularly commuting to and from Canada for screen assignments. Since then, the family has returned to Germany, residing in the well-to-do township of Grünwald, south of Munich.- Frank Chase was born on 22 February 1923 in Potsdam, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958), Toke (1973) and Route 66 (1960). He died on 2 July 2004 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Matti Geschonneck was born on 8 May 1952 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. He is a director and assistant director, known for Das Ende einer Nacht (2012), Silberhochzeit (2006) and In Times of Fading Light (2017). He is married to Ina Weisse.- Actress
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Josephine Schmidt was born on 29 September 1980 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress and producer, known for Anna (2008), Idyllik and Innenkind (2014).- Director
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Neelesha Barthel was born on 2 March 1977 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic [now Brandenburg, Germany]. She is a director and actress, known for Pandorum (2009), Cologne P.D. (2003) and Marry Me - Aber bitte auf Indisch (2015).- Nicole Heesters was born on 14 February 1937 in Potsdam, Germany. She is an actress, known for Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free (2016), Die unfreiwilligen Reisen des Moritz August Benjowski (1975) and Geliebter Mörder (1972). She was previously married to Pit Fischer.
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Nadine Warmuth was born on 11 April 1982 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Crossing Lines (2013), Kleinruppin forever (2004) and In aller Freundschaft (1998).- Director
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Yury Dud is a Russian sports journalist and YouTuber. He launched his YouTube channel Vdud (2017) where he interviews famous figures from Russia and other post-Soviet states.
Dud considers himself to be of Ukrainian origin and Russian by identity. He was born in East Germany and has lived in Russia since the age of 4.
Since 2001, he worked in Russian newspaper Izvestia as a freelance journalist, and became a staff journalist at the age of 16. In 2008 Yuri Dud graduated from the MSU Faculty of Journalism.
In 2007, he worked in sports magazine "PROsport", then in the sports division of NTV Plus.
In 2011-2013, Dud hosted a TV show "Headbutt" at Russia-2.
In 2015-2017, he started another show called "KultTura" for TV channel Match TV.
From 2011 to 2018, Dud was an editor-in-chief of Sports. In 2018, he moved to the position of Deputy Director-General.- Art Ellison was born in 1899 in Potsdam, New York, and moved in 1914 with his family to Kansas City, Missouri. At the age of 18, he went to work at the Kansas City Power and Light Company (KCP&L) where he was employed in the credit department until he retired in 1966. Ellison got his first acting role in 1924, in a musical comedy held as a benefit for the Kansas City Women's Athletic Club building fund. After this experience on stage he joined the Chanticleer Players, an amateur group in Kansas City offering one act plays. He worked backstage and appeared in the farce pantomimes and tableaux between the acts. In 1930, Ellison joined the amateur Black-Friars, where he played a few leads, some character parts, and handled many other important duties behind the scenes. Much of Ellison's stage career was spent with the local productions of the University of Kansas City Playhouse (which later became the University of Missouri-Kansas City Theater), the Resident Theater, the Missouri Repertory Theater, and the Johnson County, Kansas Playhouse. He also played with the Provincials, the Jewish Community Theater, and Starlight Theater. During World War II, Ellison made USO appearances and recruiting records for the armed forces. He played several roles on "The Air Adventures of Jimmie Allen," a 1940s radio series produced in Kansas City and syndicated nationally, and he had a part in WDAF-TV's first program, as well as other television and radio shows, particularly for Kansas City Power and Light. He also frequently acted in industrial films made by the Calvin Company of Kansas City, as well as in a few made by Centron Corporation of Lawrence, Kansas. He had a role in Centron director Herk Harvey's 1962 feature film "Carnival of Souls," made in Lawrence, and upon his retirement from KCP&L in the mid-1960s, Ellison joined the Actors Equity Association and devoted all his time to acting. Between Kansas City theater performances and industrial films, he gained roles in the Hollywood films "Paper Moon" and "Shoot it Black--Shoot it Blue," and the network TV movies "Friendly Persuasion" and "Mary White," all of which were shot on location in the Kansas/Missouri area and recruited local acting talent. In 1979 Ellison suffered a stroke that prevented him from pursuing any further acting roles for ten years. He passed away in 1994, aged 94. Ellison was respected for his accuracy in mastering dialects and for his make-up ability, received several theater awards, and was well-known in the acting community of Kansas City. His twelve scrapbooks of materials devoted to theater and acting-related activities in Kansas City, dating from 1924 to 1992, are currently archived in the Western Historical Manuscript Collection of the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
- Tobias Retzlaff was born in 1987 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor, known for Emil und die Detektive (2001), A Ghost at the Gateway to Time (2003) and Leroy cleans up (2006).
- Janina Flieger was born on 22 August 1982 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Unknown (2011), In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte (2015) and Planet USA (2013).
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Alison Flierl was born in Potsdam, New York, USA. Alison is a writer and actor, known for BoJack Horseman (2014), School of Rock (2016) and Random Tropical Paradise (2017).- Amber Bongard was born on 24 August 1997 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany. She is an actress, known for The Countess (2009), Die Kinder der Flucht (2006) and Die Frau am Ende der Straße (2006).
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Laurie Halse Anderson was born on 23 October 1961 in Potsdam, New York, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Speak (2004), Speak (2006) and Wintergirls (2019). She has been married to Scot Larrabee since 5 June 2004. She was previously married to Gregory H. Anderson.- Actor
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Aleksandr Efremov was born on 6 February 1986 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor and producer, known for The City Show (2017), Dead Souls (2016) and Sniper: Weapon of Retaliation (2009).- Wolf Frees was born on 8 October 1909 in Potsdam, Germany. He was an actor, known for Doctor Zhivago (1965), Der Andere (1959) and Operation Crossbow (1965). He died in 1974.
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Alexandra Klim started as a TV-presenter, model and actress for several TV-stations. Amongst other activities she was host of the travel journal "Schlaflos" and "Die Redaktion" on RTL2 (1999, 2002-2004), "Welt der Wunder" and "Wissen und Technik" on n24. From 2005 until 2007 she was the news anchor of "K1 Nachrichten" on kabel eins. Since 2014 she is the host of "Screen - Das Kinomagazin", on Welt der Wunder TV. As an actress she is featured in "Eine Insel zum Träumen - Koh Samui", "Andi Ommsen ist der letzte Lude" and in 2015 in "Huldra: Lady of the Forest". Since 2013 she's been working as a producer and developer for Paradox Studios. She was credited as a producer in the movies "Finding Steve McQueen", "All roads lead to Rome", "Lavender", "Black Butterfly" and "Reclaim".- Heike Warmuth was born on 5 November 1979 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Effi Briest (2009), Alles was zählt (2006) and Whiskey with Vodka (2009).
- Henrike von Kuick was born in 1985 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Hamlet_X (2003), A Dysfunctional Cat (2018) and Tatort (1970).
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Dmitri Matveyev was born on 12 March 1953 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. He was an actor, known for Posrednik (1990), Sad (1983) and Gosudarstvennaya granitsa (1980). He died on 25 December 2018.- Daisy D'Ora was born on 2 February 1913 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany. She was an actress, known for Pandora's Box (1929), Nur am Rhein ... (1930) and Hungarian Nights (1929). She was married to Otto Schlitter. She died on 19 June 2010 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- Gunda Ebert was born on 5 December 1969 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte (2015), Gentleman (1995) and Tatort (1970).
- Alexander Kasprik was born on 7 September 1985 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor, known for The Reader (2008), Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (1997) and Our Charly (1995).
- Andrea Brose was born in 1967 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Kleo (2022), Tatort (1970) and Willenbrock (2005).
- Jonathan Dümcke was born on 9 March 1991 in Potsdam, Germany. He was an actor, known for TKKG und die rätselhafte Mind-Machine (2006), Bloch (2002) and Tatort (1970). He died on 5 August 2013 in Italy.
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Denny is a self-taught German film and video game composer known for emotional orchestral music and scores. He started in 2007 at the age of 22 with no prior training or musical background and primarily studied the works of composers like James Horner, John Williams, and Hans Zimmer before developing his own style and sound. By 2012, he had already released his first album "The First Five Years" which included a 20-minute movement titled "Dreams of Flight." Listeners describe the most notable qualities of his music being the sense of "grandeur and elaborate sounds" and the ability to "inspire touching moments, deep thoughts, and epic adventures."
Denny is a frequent collaborator with the animator Toniko Pantoja, for whom he often scores the music of. His most popular tracks include the scores for Wolfsong and the Annie-nominated Tiny Nomad.
Denny is also collaborators and close friends with Waterflame, with whom he is co-director of Autodidactic Studios.
In 2018, Denny announced he was beginning work on his first indie game, based on a musical score he had previously composed of the same name called Lightyears from Home. Like his efforts in music composition, he taught himself through online resources and experimentation, using Unreal Engine, Maya, and other tools.- Enie van de Meiklokjes was born on 1 August 1974 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic [now Brandenburg, Germany]. She is an actress, known for Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996), Alarm Code 112 (1996) and Geliebte Schwestern (1997). She has been married to Tobias Stærbo since 14 June 2014. They have two children.
- Viktoria Luise von Preußen was born on 13 September 1892 in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia [now Brandenburg], Germany. She was married to Ernest Augustus. She died on 11 December 1980 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Bürger Lars Dietrich was born on 2 February 1973 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor, known for Es kommt noch dicker (2012), SK Babies (1996) and Mission Ulja Funk (2021).- Martin Baden was born on 18 July 1983 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany. He is an actor, known for Unter uns (1994), Schauspieler 3.0 - Freude am Besetzen (2013) and Never Look Away (2018).
- Elena Valyushkina was born on 8 December 1962 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Gorko! (2013), Black Lightning (2009) and Kak stat schastlivym (1986).
- Manja Göring was born on 30 August 1955 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Weiße Wolke Carolin (1985), Die Leute von Züderow (1985) and Spreewaldfamilie (1990). She was previously married to Wolfgang Greese.
- Klaus-Dieter Klebsch was born on 4 April 1949 in Potsdam, Germany. He is an actor, known for Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu (2011), Ninjago (2011) and Das komplott (1979). He is married to Eva Weißenborn.
- Oliver Bendt was born on 29 October 1946 in Potsdam, Germany.
- Christian Günther was born on 19 March 1938 in Potsdam, Germany. He was an actor, known for Loriot (1976), Die Wölfe (1963) and Löwenzahn (1981). He died on 21 April 2001 in Bremen, Germany.
- Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern (German: Leopold Stephan Karl Anton Gustav Eduard Tassilo Fürst Van Hohenzollern; 22 September 1835 - 8 June 1905) was the head of the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern, and played a fleeting role in European power politics, in connection with the Franco-Prussian War. He was born into the dynasty's Sigmaringen branch, which inherited all the dynasty's Swabian lands when the Hohenzollern-Hechingen branch became extinct.