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BERLIN

Most Famous People Born in Berlin, Germany

Notable people
15,664
Peak decade
1930s
Median birth year
1921
Most distinctive
Author 3.6×

A city where the 20th century happened twice. Berlin's notables are heavily clustered between the 1880s and the 1930s, then again from the 1960s onward — a shape that maps almost exactly onto Weimar collapse, division, and reunification. Authors, academics, chemists, physicists, and mathematicians dominate the older half; the younger half tilts toward actors, painters, and the film and historian trades of a rebuilt European capital.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Berlin during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1930s with 1,548 notable births.

What Berlin Is Known For

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Actor is Berlin's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (1,953).

Berlin over-indexes on author3.6× the global rate.

Berlin under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.

  1. Actor1,953
  2. Politician1,573
  3. Painter629
  4. Writer585
  5. Author491
  6. Academic474
  7. Football395
  8. Lawyer313
  1. Author4913.6×
  2. Chemist1673.1×
  3. Academic4743.0×
  4. Physicist1852.8×
  5. Actor1,9532.4×
  6. Mathematician1622.1×
  7. Historian3051.8×
  8. Sculptor1801.8×
  1. Football3950.2×
  2. Singer1910.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Berlin's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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  • Film & TV
  • Writing
  • Politics & Law
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Art & Design
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Showing 1,953 of 15,664 notable people

6545 ACTOR

Hans-Dieter Jendreyko

Born 1937

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6559 ACTOR

Willi Scholz

1930 - 2003

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6563 ACTOR

Kim Schnitzer

Born 1986

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6567 ACTOR

Reinhold Brandes

1928 - 1972

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6570 ACTOR

Max Florian Hoppe

Born 1981

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6573 ACTOR

Werner Troegner

1925 - 1993

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6578 ACTOR

Siegfried Dornbusch

1925 - 2004

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6581 ACTOR

Diana Borgwardt

Born 1966

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6584 ACTOR

Heinz Kammer

1916 - 1989

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6588 ACTOR

Lotte Brackebusch

1898 - 1978

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6596 ACTOR

Kathleen Fiedler

Born 1984

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6598 ACTOR

Damineh Hojat

Born 1980

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6608 ACTOR

Frida-Lovisa Hamann

Born 1990

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6613 ACTOR

Alessandro Schuster

Born 2002

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6616 ACTOR

Karolin Oesterling

Born 1986

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6626 ACTOR

Annika Meier

Born 1981

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6632 ACTOR

Marcus Ulbricht

Born 1970

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6643 ACTOR

Gabi Heinecke

Born 1947

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6644 ACTOR

Alina Merkau

Born 1986

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6645 ACTOR

Cornelia Lippert

Born 1953

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6647 ACTOR

Fred Kronström

1899 - 1993

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6648 ACTOR

Gert Riederer

1911 - 2018

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6652 ACTOR

Patricia Meeden

Born 1986

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6661 ACTOR

Vera Kluth

Born 1925

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6666 ACTOR

Götz Olaf Rausch

1921 - 1992

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6675 ACTOR

Urs Hess

1940 - 2013

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6682 ACTOR

Charlotte Scheier-Herold

1900 - 1969

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6685 ACTOR

Philip Baumgarten

Born 1986

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6686 ACTOR

Andrea Sokol

Born 1973

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6692 ACTOR

Christian Wewerka

Born 1961

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6706 ACTOR

Christine Schnell

Born 1950

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6709 ACTOR

Tino Hillebrand

Born 1989

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6713 ACTOR

Tanja Fornaro

Born 1973

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6728 ACTOR

Ferenc Graefe

Born 1984

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6730 ACTOR

Eduard Jerrmann

1798 - 1859

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6738 ACTOR

Ute Rohrbeck

Born 1962

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6739 ACTOR

Audrey Käthe von Scheele

Born 2000

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6748 ACTOR

Andreas Grothusen

Born 1943

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6754 ACTOR

Mila Böhning

Born 2001

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6755 ACTOR

Vicky Werckmeister

1902 - 1967

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6763 ACTOR

Peter William

1935 - 2018

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6765 ACTOR

Victoria Sordo

Born 1985

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6773 ACTOR

Herbert Grünbaum

1902 - 1981

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6775 ACTOR

Bonn Park

Born 1987

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6777 ACTOR

Oskar Bökelmann

Born 1997

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6782 ACTOR

Anna Herrmann (Schauspielerin)

Born 1991

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6785 ACTOR

Herbert Brauer

1915 - 2013

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6804 ACTOR

Paul Glawion

1922 - 1993

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6806 ACTOR

Béla Kremo

1911 - 1978

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6807 ACTOR

Sarah Mühlhause

Born 1982

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6809 ACTOR

Yvette Dankou

Born 1969

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6818 ACTOR

Karl Zander

1881 - 1950

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6819 ACTOR

Wolfgang Kühne (Schauspieler, 1905)

1905 - 1969

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6822 ACTOR

Barbara Stanek

Born 1941

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6823 ACTOR

Regine Vergeen

Born 1943

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6826 ACTOR

Anna Willecke

Born 1993

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6827 ACTOR

Carina Kühne

Born 1985

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6828 ACTOR

Tijan Marei

Born 1996

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6830 ACTOR

Nathalie Hallervorden

Born 1966

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6842 ACTOR

Arthur Reppert

Born 1893

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6843 ACTOR

Juliana Götze

Born 1985

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6846 ACTOR

Uwe-Jens Pape

1930 - 1990

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6851 ACTOR

Wilhelmine Corinth

1909 - 2001

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6858 ACTOR

Christina Schönfeld

Born 1955

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6874 ACTOR

Jane Hempel

Born 1947

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6875 ACTOR

Rose Oehmichen

1901 - 1985

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6885 ACTOR

Florian Knorn

Born 1981

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6887 ACTOR

Norbert Losch

Born 1941

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6912 ACTOR

Benita Rinne

Born 1956

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6913 ACTOR

Lea Wolfram

Born 1992

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6915 ACTOR

Eckhard Bilz

Born 1938

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6936 ACTOR

Ruth Nimbach

1916 - 2011

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6938 ACTOR

Samia Little Elk

Born 1979

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6941 ACTOR

Asta Bolin

1927 - 2019

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6948 ACTOR

Maria Hönig

Born 1989

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6957 ACTOR

Günther Kieslich

Born 1926

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6966 ACTOR

Adak Azdasht

Born 1989

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6970 ACTOR

David Haubenstock

1966 - 1981

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6972 ACTOR

Max Philip Koch

Born 1988

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6975 ACTOR

Horst Breitenfeld

1924 - 2010

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6981 ACTOR

Talisa Lilli Lemke

Born 1996

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6989 ACTOR

Ilse Kiewiet

1927 - 2015

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6992 ACTOR

Lilli Schoenborn

1898 - 1987

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6993 ACTOR

Stella Welter

Born 1991

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7001 ACTOR

Alexander Heidenreich

Born 1972

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7004 ACTOR

Gerhard Hartig

1922 - 2007

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7017 ACTOR

Petra von der Linde

Born 1942

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7022 ACTOR

Alexander Herzog (Schauspieler)

1934 - 2009

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7028 ACTOR

Naima Sebe

Born 1992

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7037 ACTOR

Maximilian Diehle

Born 1997

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7050 ACTOR

Carola Ewert

1967 - 2014

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7051 ACTOR

Susanne Schaefer

Born 1950

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7052 ACTOR

Nora Buzalka

Born 1982

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7063 ACTOR

Erna Nitter

1888 - 1986

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7067 ACTOR

Eva Bildt

1916 - 1945

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7070 ACTOR

Susanne Körber

1932 - 1989

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7083 ACTOR

Klaus Fiedler (Theaterregisseur)

1938 - 2013

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7088 ACTOR

Magali Greif

Born 1998

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7089 ACTOR

Jean Brahn

1899 - 1960

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7091 ACTOR

Ulrike Röseberg

Born 1978

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7101 ACTOR

Sebastian Urbanski

Born 1978

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7102 ACTOR

Michael Masula

Born 1968

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7118 ACTOR

Rainer Rudolph (Schauspieler)

Born 1941

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7133 ACTOR

Heinz Schröder (Schauspieler)

1921 - 2018

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7136 ACTOR

Ellinor Vogel

1913 - 1965

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7137 ACTOR

Gundolf Willer

Born 1937

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7142 ACTOR

Aniya Wendel

Born 2001

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7145 ACTOR

Katja Großkinsky

Born 1992

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7146 ACTOR

Willi Kowalj

1943 - 1988

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7161 ACTOR

Lucas Hardt

Born 1989

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7182 ACTOR

Ana Fonell

Born 1949

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7188 ACTOR

Peter Paul

1911 - 1985

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7192 ACTOR

Luisa Lossau

Born 1989

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7199 ACTOR

Günther Heising

1919 - 1988

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7204 ACTOR

Hedi Honert

Born 1989

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7215 ACTOR

Karl Friedrich Krüger

1765 - 1828

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7216 ACTOR

Joël Eisenblätter

Born 1997

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7226 ACTOR

Hans Henning Claer

1931 - 2002

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7243 ACTOR

Jörg Döring (Synchronsprecher)

Born 1959

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7267 ACTOR

Jannek Petri

Born 1975

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7274 ACTOR

Ganeshi Becks

Born 1983

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7276 ACTOR

Frank Sauer

Born 1959

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7305 ACTOR

Gefion Helmke

1909 - 2001

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7310 ACTOR

Alexander Kiersch

Born 1973

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7315 ACTOR

Benjamin Zobrys

Born 1976

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7318 ACTOR

Ralph Persson

Born 1942

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7326 ACTOR

Peter Schlesinger (Schauspieler)

Born 1934

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7334 ACTOR

Elfriede Borodin

1909 - 1992

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7340 ACTOR

Dirk Mierau

Born 1964

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7342 ACTOR

Dorian Brunz

Born 1993

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7345 ACTOR

Yvonne ten Hoff

Born 1950

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7369 ACTOR

Stefan Krause (Synchronsprecher)

Born 1958

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7373 ACTOR

Marina Genschow

1950 - 1987

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7384 ACTOR

Viktoria Gabrysch

Born 1982

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7415 ACTOR

Käte Pontow

Born 1924

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7421 ACTOR

Friedelise Stutte

Born 1984

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7434 ACTOR

Kea Könneker

Born 1977

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7438 ACTOR

Heinz Ullstein

1893 - 1973

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7448 ACTOR

Kathrin Wehlisch

Born 1974

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7471 ACTOR

Shalin-Tanita Rogall

Born 1990

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7493 ACTOR

Dieter Brammer

1925 - 1996

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7494 ACTOR

Sina Richardt

Born 1993

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7495 ACTOR

Anton Weil

Born 1989

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7496 ACTOR

Maximilian Held

Born 1967

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7501 ACTOR

Mike Zobrys

Born 1981

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7510 ACTOR

Hans Krull

1916 - 1983

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7511 ACTOR

Thomas Rohloff

Born 1961

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7519 ACTOR

Nadine Dehmel

Born 1976

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7522 ACTOR

Hedi Höpfner

1910 - 1988

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7524 ACTOR

Max Grünberg

1876 - 1943

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7538 ACTOR

Andreas Bisowski

1973 - 2011

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7541 ACTOR

Anja Laïs

Born 1968

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7549 ACTOR

Hoang Dang-Vu

Born 1999

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7553 ACTOR

Hans Krause (Kabarettist)

Born 1924

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7554 ACTOR

Alfred Schmasow

1863 - 1924

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7561 ACTOR

Willy Krüger (Schauspieler, 1902)

1902 - 1980

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7568 ACTOR

Götz von Langheim

1928 - 2013

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7599 ACTOR

Renee Goddard

Born 1923

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7619 ACTOR

Rudolf Klix

1881 - 1955

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7621 ACTOR

Elsa Marguérite Galafrés

1879 - 1977

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7624 ACTOR

Rayk Gaida

Born 1964

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7627 ACTOR

Julika Wagner-Hohenlobbese

Born 1980

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7638 ACTOR

Elfie Dugal

1920 - 2018

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7646 ACTOR

Lina Keller

Born 2000

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7650 ACTOR

Martin Urtel

1914 - 1989

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7672 ACTOR

Kristina Böhm

Born 1959

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7673 ACTOR

Frank Turba

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7675 ACTOR

Sven Oswald

Born 1975

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7686 ACTOR

Peter-Timm Schaufuß

1923 - 1983

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7695 ACTOR

Peggy Sander

Born 1969

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7717 ACTOR

Erich Weiher

1893 - 1972

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7718 ACTOR

Charlotte Albrecht (Schauspielerin, 1981)

Born 1981

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7725 ACTOR

Erich Fritze

1923 - 1991

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7732 ACTOR

Victoria Deutschmann

Born 1975

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7742 ACTOR

Arved Friese

Born 2002

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7760 ACTOR

Helmut Ziegner

1921 - 2006

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7765 ACTOR

Matthias Zahlbaum

Born 1959

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7774 ACTOR

Adrian Wahlen

Born 1997

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7776 ACTOR

Alexandra Kalweit

Born 1977

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7812 ACTOR

Ralph Borgwardt

1919 - 1998

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7831 ACTOR

Nicola Fritzen

Born 1978

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7839 ACTOR

Eberhard Weißbarth

Born 1948

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7840 ACTOR

Harry Tagore

Born 1926

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7843 ACTOR

Luka Andres

Born 1997

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7844 ACTOR

Bijan Zamani

Born 1975

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7861 ACTOR

Victoria Madincea

Born 1973

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7862 ACTOR

Ursula von Reibnitz

1915 - 1990

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7889 ACTOR

Delia Marti

Born 1986

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7898 ACTOR

Natascha Hirthe

Born 1968

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7903 ACTOR

Harald Kempe

Born 1964

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7907 ACTOR

John Pauls-Harding

1922 - 1988

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7922 ACTOR

Harry Walden

1875 - 1921

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7924 ACTOR

Flora Thiemann

Born 2002

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7925 ACTOR

Stefan Lochau

Born 1960

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7936 ACTOR

Sarah Becker

Born 1976

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7938 ACTOR

Paul Hansard

1922 - 2013

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7944 ACTOR

Erich Holder

1901 - 1974

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7950 ACTOR

Fabian Wander

Born 1927

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7952 ACTOR

Manfred Günther (Schauspieler)

1935 - 1989

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7961 ACTOR

Anna Voy Kunith

Born 1979

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7967 ACTOR

Florian Kogan

Born 1981

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7994 ACTOR

Jonathan Feurich

Born 1989

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8000 ACTOR

Johanna Polley

Born 1992

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8001 ACTOR

Llewellyn Reichman

Born 1993

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8017 ACTOR

Walter Klam

1904 - 1983

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8021 ACTOR

Marina Orschel

Born 1937

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8024 ACTOR

Horatius Haeberle

Born 1940

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8025 ACTOR

Hans-Georg Körbel

Born 1948

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8026 ACTOR

Ilyes Moutaoukkil

Born 2004

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8048 ACTOR

Julia Alice Ludwig

Born 1989

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8049 ACTOR

Maya Haddad

Born 1988

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8058 ACTOR

Catja Görna

1922 - 1996

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8065 ACTOR

Joachim Röcker

Born 1922

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8068 ACTOR

Kurt Wenkhaus

1891 - 1965

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8094 ACTOR

Christoph Förster (Schauspieler)

Born 1986

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8097 ACTOR

Peter Thomsen (Schauspieler)

Born 1947

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8102 ACTOR

Aranka Jaenke-Mamero

1924 - 2018

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8107 ACTOR

Fred Lyssa

1883 - 1950

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8110 ACTOR

Carmela Künzel

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8145 ACTOR

Erich Poremski

1894 - 1980

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8150 ACTOR

Paul Rose

1900 - 1973

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8155 ACTOR

Hans-Joachim Moebis

1902 - 1976

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8157 ACTOR

Paul Maaß

Born 1980

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8163 ACTOR

Robin Becker (Schauspieler)

Born 1990

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8164 ACTOR

Gerty Godden

1905 - 1961

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8167 ACTOR

Harry Hornisch

1929 - 2006

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8178 ACTOR

Michaela Steiger

Born 1964

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8183 ACTOR

Günther Beelitz

Born 1938

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8189 ACTOR

Freimut Götsch

Born 1938

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8202 ACTOR

Thomas Rau

Born 1936

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8203 ACTOR

Erhard Marggraf

Born 1925

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8228 ACTOR

Manfred Raasch

1931 - 1965

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8232 ACTOR

Jakobine Engel

Born 1965

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8235 ACTOR

Eva Krutina

Born 1928

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8237 ACTOR

Leni Stengel

1901 - 1982

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8249 ACTOR

Evelyn Peters

1925 - 2014

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8254 ACTOR

Hanna Hilsdorf

Born 1993

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8255 ACTOR

Joachim von Ostau

1902 - 1969

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8260 ACTOR

Adolph Spalinger

1915 - 2004

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8261 ACTOR

Sabine Krug (Schauspielerin, 1926)

1926 - 1969

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8268 ACTOR

Angelika Lietzke

Born 1943

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8272 ACTOR

Nick Forsberg

Born 1985

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8276 ACTOR

Ursula Meißner

Born 1923

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8280 ACTOR

Anja Reßmer

Born 1974

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8297 ACTOR

Trude Lieske

1899 - 1991

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8312 ACTOR

Sinha Melina Gierke

Born 1989

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8332 ACTOR

Katta Sterna

1897 - 1984

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8352 ACTOR

Helene Luise Doppler

Born 1996

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8404 ACTOR

Wolfgang Sörgel

1931 - 2010

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8441 ACTOR

Adelheid Kleineidam

Born 1966

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8442 ACTOR

Ida Perry

1877 - 1966

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8450 ACTOR

Christopher Reinhardt

Born 1989

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8459 ACTOR

Benjamin Quaiser

Born 1980

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8463 ACTOR

Joy Lee Juana Abiola-Müller

Born 1991

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8485 ACTOR

Heidemarie Theobald

Born 1938

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8505 ACTOR

Joachim Wedekind

1925 - 1963

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8506 ACTOR

Martin Rosen (Schauspieler)

1907 - 1981

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8508 ACTOR

Gertrud Spalke

1890 - 1962

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8521 ACTOR

Julia Costa

1926 - 2011

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8535 ACTOR

Ulrike Schirm

Born 1945

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8582 ACTOR

Horst Poenichen

Born 1924

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8588 ACTOR

Isa von Bernus

1898 - 2001

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8594 ACTOR

Dieter Knust

Born 1940

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8599 ACTOR

Harry Gillmann

1897 - 1967

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8602 ACTOR

Jürgen Wölffer

Born 1936

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8604 ACTOR

Olaf Drauschke

Born 1971

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8618 ACTOR

Rosmarie Röse

Born 1999

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8620 ACTOR

Rahul Chakraborty

Born 1983

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8623 ACTOR

Max Ruhbaum

Born 1976

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8625 ACTOR

Piet Drescher

Born 1940

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8637 ACTOR

Paul Zerbst

Born 1997

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8662 ACTOR

Heini Handschumacher

1907 - 1944

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8666 ACTOR

Juliane Gibbins

Born 1973

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8679 ACTOR

Luise Schnittert

Born 1984

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8688 ACTOR

Isaiah Michalski

Born 1998

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8697 ACTOR

Norbert Skalden

1936 - 1981

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8708 ACTOR

Richard Alexander (Schauspieler, 1852)

1852 - 1923

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8721 ACTOR

Conrad F. Geier

Born 1958

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8729 ACTOR

Klaus Ebeling

1931 - 2011

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8733 ACTOR

Monika Bergen

1941 - 1962

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8748 ACTOR

Gary Bestla

Born 1992

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8749 ACTOR

Nico Ehrenteit

Born 1989

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8751 ACTOR

Kurt Raeck

1903 - 1981

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8754 ACTOR

Sammy Scheuritzel

Born 1998

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8808 ACTOR

Gisela Mattishent

1919 - 1980

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8815 ACTOR

Herbert Gernot

1895 - 1952

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8827 ACTOR

Ingrid Bethke

Born 1941

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8831 ACTOR

Martin Rentzsch

Born 1963

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8832 ACTOR

Wolf Richards

1930 - 2008

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8863 ACTOR

Raffaello Kramm

Born 1970

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8886 ACTOR

Edelweiß Malchin

1923 - 1983

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8897 ACTOR

Thomas Kufahl

Born 1962

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8904 ACTOR

Ulrich Mende

Born 1953

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8908 ACTOR

Else Wohlgemuth

1881 - 1972

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8913 ACTOR

Reinhard Scheunemann

Born 1950

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8934 ACTOR

Vera Müller-Weidner

Born 1939

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8941 ACTOR

Erich Freund (Regisseur)

1902 - 1958

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8950 ACTOR

Hermann Wagemann

1906 - 1984

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8951 ACTOR

Marianne Zilles

1950 - 1999

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8972 ACTOR

Erwin Parker

1903 - 1987

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