About
Margit Carstensen (29 February 1940 – 1 June 2023) was a German theatre and film actress, best known outside Germany for roles in the works of film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Carstensen was born and raised in the northern German city of Kiel. Upon graduation from the local high school in 1958, she studied acting at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. This education led to her first stage appearances in Kleve, Heilbronn, Münster, and Braunschweig. In 1965, Carstensen began a four-year engagement with the German Playhouse in Hamburg. In 1969, she gained a local profile for her work in the Theater am Goetheplatz in Bremen, where she first met director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. She then worked under his direction in a comedy by the 18th-century Venetian Carlo Goldoni, The Coffee Shop (which was recorded for television in 1970), bringing her national attention in West...
Known for
Scene of the CrimeSeries • 1970
DerrickSeries • 1974
Berlin AlexanderplatzSeries • 1980
PossessionMovie • 1981
World on a WireSeries • 1973
Eight Hours Don’t Make a DaySeries • 1972
The Bitter Tears of Petra von KantMovie • 1972
SonnenalleeMovie • 1999
Chinese RouletteMovie • 1977
Mother Küsters Goes to HeavenMovie • 1975
Satan’s BrewMovie • 1976
Tenderness of the WolvesMovie • 1973
Agnes and His BrothersMovie • 2004
The Third GenerationMovie • 1979
MarthaMovie • 1974
Hands off MississippiMovie • 2007
Fear of FearMovie • 1976
FinsterworldMovie • 2013