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Known from “Praxis Bülowbogen”: Actress Anita Kupsch is dead
She knows millions as the cheeky medical assistant from the TV series “Praxis Bülowbogen”: The actress Anita Kupsch died at the age of 85.
The actress Anita Kupsch is dead. She fell asleep peacefully on Thursday at the age of 85, her husband Klaus-Detlef Krahn confirmed the dpa. “I am satisfied, she is finally redeemed.” Kupsch played theater for decades and also made a name for himself on television, especially in the ARD evening series “Praxis Bülowbogen” (1987–1996). The “Bild” newspaper had previously reported.
In the series from the 1980s and 1990s, Kupsch played the medical assistant Gabi Köhler in the practice of Dr. Peter Brockmann (Günter Pfitzmann). When asked how much agreement with the figure Gabi put on her, the actress said: “Actually none at all. Except that she has a flap. And I also have the flap.”
Anita Kupsch played in countless films and series
Kupsch was born in Berlin in 1940. As a girl, she danced in the children’s ballet. Later she learned the job of the visitist, but then began her acting career in the 1960s. She worked with colleagues like Oe Hasse, Helmut Käutner and Rudolf Platte. In addition to the theater, she also liked to play cabaret.
Although the TV audience connects them primarily with “Praxis Bülowbogen”, Kupsch was one of the most busy actresses in Germany. She was seen in almost 100 roles.
In the course of her more than 50 years of career, she took over rows in TV series such as “Okay Sir”, “A man wants to go up” with Harald Juhnke and “Anitas Welt”. She was also seen in the US film “Tunnel 28” (“Escape from East Berlin”). In 2017 she was still in front of the camera for the series “The Specialists – on behalf of the victims”.
She celebrated success with several stage pieces, such as “Golden Girls” or “Men and other errors”. According to the Berlin Schlosspark theater by cabaret artist and actor Dieter Hallervorden, Kupsch played this piece 1700 times alone.
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In the end, Kupsch was no longer doing well. According to her husband, she was in a care facility in Berlin. “She was only in bed, no longer understood me and could no longer comment,” said the 79-year-old. “That was a redemption.”
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Source: Stern
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