Inge Keller
Born: 1923-12-15 in Berlin, Germany
Died: 2017-02-06
Known For: Acting
Biography
Inge Keller (December 15, 1923 – February 6, 2017) was a German stage and film actress whose career on stage and screen spanned seventy years. She was one of the most prominent performers in the former German Democratic Republic. Thomas Langhoff described her as "perhaps the most famous actress of the German Democratic Republic—a star." Deutschlandradio Kultur reporter Dieter Kranz called her "a theater legend". Internationally, Keller was known for her portrayal of the older Lilly Wust in the Golden Globe nominated Aimée & Jaguar. She won the Award for the Best Supporting Actress in the 36th International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival for her participation in the film Lola and Billy the Kid. In 2006, Keller received the Order of Merit of Berlin from Mayor Klaus Wowereit.
Filmography
2012
- Das Kindermädchen as Irene Zernikow
- Joachim Vernau as Irene von Zernikow
2004
- Der Auftrag as erste Liebe
2003
- Alles Samba as Frau von Lengsdorf
2001
- Klaras Hochzeit as Enricos Mutter
2000
- Donna Leon as Signora Jacobs
1999
- Lola and Billy the Kid as Ute
- Aimée & Jaguar as Lilly Wust (1997)
1991
- Der kleine Herr Friedemann as Konsulin Friedemann
1990
- Marie Grubbe as Rigitze Grubbe
1986
- Ein idealer Gatte as Lady Markby
- Weihnachtsgeschichten
1984
- Woman Doctors as Dr. Lydia Kowalenko
1983
- Gespenster as Frau Alving
1982
- Endlich fliegen as Lisa Behrend
1981
- Die Wildente as Berta Sörby
1980
- The Fiancee as Irene
1977
- Happy End as Frau Oxlett
- Die Liebe und die Königin as Maria Tudor
- Goldene Zeiten - Feine Leute
1976
- Keine Hochzeit ohne Ernst as Lady Bracknell
1973
- Die Brüder Lautensack as Baronin von Trettnow
1972
- The Little Prince as Snake
1970
- Effi Briest
- On the Way to Lenin as Mrs. von Roettger
- Junge Frau von 1914 as Mathilde Wahl
1969
- Nebelnacht as Mathilde Nikolai
1965
- Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort as Lena König
- Carla as Schulrätin Jansen
- Ein Monat auf dem Lande as Natalja
1964
- Der Andere neben dir as Lucie Marschner
1963
- Zur Person as Self
- Jetzt und in der Stunde meines Todes as Ella Conradi
1961
- Gewissen in Aufruhr as Angelika Ebershagen
1960
1959
- Der Ritter vom Mirakel as Octavia
- Die Dame und der Blinde as The Woman
1951
- Zugverkehr unregelmäßig as Ellen Zander
- Die letzte Heuer as Charly
1950
- Council of the Gods as Edith Scholz
1949
- Quartett zu fünft as Irene Gabriel