Grief for Anita Kupsch: “Praxis Bülowbogen” star was 85 years old

The German acting world mourns the loss of Anita Kupsch (1940-2025). the well-known theater, film and TV actress died on July 3 at the age of 85. Her husband Klaus-Detlef Krahn announced this to friends and colleagues. Kupsch recently lived in a Berlin care facility and was seriously ill.

Kupsch had played in the hearts of the German television audience in particular with her role as medical assistant Gabi Köhler in the ARD evening series “Practice Bülowbogen”. From 1987 to 1996 she embodied the lively consultation hour aid along the side of Günter Pfitzmann (1924-2003) over six seasons.

Around two months ago, her long-time partner and husband Klaus-Detlef Krahn spoke about his wife’s dementia. Kupsch was no longer able to cope with her everyday life alone, hardly remembered past roles and increasingly lost the ability to talk to her husband correctly. “We retired into the house like the snail,” said Krahn literally at the time.

Anita Kupsch was born in Berlin on May 18, 1940 and started ballet early on. After training as a beautician, she received her acting training at the UFA junior school from Else Bongers.

In 1962 she gave her film debut in Robert Siodmak’s escape drama “Tunnel 28”. Numerous theater engagements followed-among others at the Berlin Renaissance Theater, Hebbel Theater and at the Hamburg chamber games. She became known to the television viewers in the role of Biggi in the “Okay Sir” series in the 1970s. She was also active as a synchronous spokeswoman, for example, Hollywood stars like Goldie Hawn (79), Liza Minnelli (79) or Kim Cattrall (68).