Monika Bergen

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Monika Bergen (born November 22, 1941 in Berlin , † August 21, 1962 with Kyritz , actually Bärbel Breitsprecher ) was a German film and theater actress and voice actress .

life and work

She was born as the daughter of the actress Erna Breitsprecher in 1941 in Berlin. Since the mother had a long-standing engagement at the Berliner Volksbühne , her daughter became enthusiastic about acting at an early age. As a young girl, she worked in children's roles at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm , but also from 1955 in DEFA film productions , such as the feature film The Dream Ship . Further film productions followed before she learned a 'solid' profession as a stenographer at the request of her parents .

Her great love, however, was acting, so - after completing her professional training - she concentrated again on film offers. During the shooting of the film The Today Over 40 by Director Kurt Jung-Alsen , she met the actors Rudolf Ulrich and Helga Göring in 1960 . Ulrich encouraged her to choose a stage name, so that from then on she performed under the pseudonym Monika Bergen . Goering, however, promoted her career by giving her acting lessons.

In 1962, Bergen had her first theater engagement on a stage in Wismar, at the same time she worked in film and television productions, but also as a voice actress when she was 20 years old when she died in a car accident near Kyritz.

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SURNAME Bergen, Monika
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Broadspeaker, Bärbel (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film and theater actress as well as voice actress
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1962
Place of death at Kyritz