“Princess Thousand Beautiful”
GDR icon Christel Bodenstein dies at the age of 86
Actress Christel Bodenstein, known from “The Singing, Sounding Tree”, has died. She “fell asleep peacefully,” said her husband’s daughter.
The actress Christel Bodenstein died on December 5th at the age of 86. That was the first to report. Her husband’s daughter confirmed to the paper that Bodenstein “fell asleep peacefully.” The Munich native was best known for her leading role as Princess Thousand Beautiful in the legendary DEFA fairy tale film “The Singing, Sounding Tree” from 1957.
A steep career followed in the GDR, where she was considered one of the most popular and successful actresses for many years. In the 1970s, the success ebbed somewhat, but Bodenstein continued to be a frequently seen actress in numerous GDR cinema and television productions. At the same time, she also pursued her theater career and also appeared as a chanson singer.
Christel Bodenstein is said to have been “very sick”.
After the fall of the Wall, Bodenstein was seen, among other things, in the thriller “The Kaltenbach Papers” alongside Mario Adorf and Ulrich Tukur. Christel Bodenstein can also be seen in the new edition of her classic “The singing, sounding tree” in 2016 alongside Heinz Hoenig. The actress recently withdrew completely from the public eye. In 2023, her husband’s daughter, fellow actor Hasso von Lenski, revealed that Bodenstein was “not doing well at all.” She has been taking strong painkillers for years because of back problems that are taking their toll: “She is very sick.”
Christel Bodenstein, who lived in Berlin for many years, was initially married to the filmmaker Konrad Wolf (1925-1982) from 1960 to 1978. The actress has a son from this marriage who was born in 1961. She later married the actor and dramaturge Hasso von Lenski, who, among other things, was the director of the Little Revue in the Friedrichstadt-Palast in Berlin.
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Source: Stern
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