Ursula Karusseit (2 August 1939 – 1 February 2019) was a German actress.Ursula Karusseit gestorben Der Spiegel, 1 February 2019
Life and career Karusseit was born in Elbing, Germany (now Elbląg, Poland). After the expulsion from her hometown, she grew up Parchim and Gera. She studied at the State drama school in East Berlin until 1962 and gave her TV debut in "Was ihr wollt" (an adaption of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night) in 1963. Karrusseit appeared for a long time at the Volksbühne and became one of the most prominent stage actresses in East Germany.
From 1986 on she worked for appeared for three years as the eponymous character in Bertolt Brecht's play Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (Mother Courage and Her Children) in Cologne.DDR Schauspielerin Ursula Karusseit tot, Die Zeit 1 February 2019Die Kraftvolle:Ursula Karusseit im Alter von 79 Jahren verstorben Leipziger Volkszeitung, 1 February 2019
In addition to her stage career, Karusseit also appeared in over 50 films and numerous television productions. Her role as Gertrud Habersaat in the TV-mini series Ways across the Country in 1968 also made her a well-known name in West Germany. In 1971 she portrayed German resistance fighter Hilde Coppi in Horst E. Brandt's KLK Calling PTZ – The Red Orchestra.
After the German reunification, Karusseit appeared for twenty years until her death in the German hospital series In aller Freundschaft, playing the operator of the hospital's cafeteria.
Karusseit married Benno Besson in 1969 and held Swiss citizenship through her marriage. She died of heart problems in Berlin, aged 79, on 1 February 2019.Schauspielerin Ursula Karusseit gestorben Tagesspiegel 1 February 2019
Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes1971KLK Calling PTZ - The Red OrchestraHilde Coppi1974Gisi Kemmel1980Frau Rosinke1981Ruth1983Olle HenryRothaarige Dame Lola1983Der entführte PrinzRiesin1984Film-Salabim1984Die vertauschte KöniginKönigin und Schmiedin1985Die Gänse von BützowWitwe Hornborstel1993Wer zweimal lügtMrs. Mertens1993Die Wildnis1999NightshapesFrau Gerhardt1999Waschen, schneiden, legenMutter Schatz2006AtomisedGroßmutter2008Where the Grass is GreenerEva's Mother2013Karin Müller
+ TV Year Title Role Notes1968Ways across the CountryGertrud Habersaat5 episodes1998-2019In aller FreundschaftCharlotte Gauß728 episodes, (final appearance)
Awards 1968: National Prize of the German Democratic Republic 2009: (German media prize) for her lifetime achievement
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