Dagmar Manzel

Dagmar Manzel
Born	(1958-09-01) 1 September 1958 Berlin, Germany
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1983–present

Dagmar Manzel (born 1 September 1958) is a German actress. She has appeared in more than 80 films and television shows since 1979. She starred in the 1986 film So Many Dreams, which was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.

The daughter of teachers Paul and Annemarie, Manzel grew up in East Berlin. After high school she studied acting in Berlin. She graduated in 1980 and debuted at the Staatstheater Dresden. In 1983 she moved to the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, which became her artistic home. She was a resident actor there until 2001, working with directors such as Thomas Langhoff, Heiner Müller, and Thomas Schulte-Michels.

In addition to her acting work, she also appeared in several musical theater productions. In 2002, she had the title role in Thomas Schulte-Michels staging of Jacques Offenbach's operetta La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein at the Deutsches Theater Berlin and also played the lead role in his production of Offenbach's operetta La Périchole 2008 at the Berliner Ensemble.

In autumn 2004, Manzel played at the Komische Oper Berlin, the female lead in the much-vaunted German premiere of Stephen Sondheim's musical Sweeney Todd, directed by Christopher Bond.

In 2012, Manzel was awarded the German Film Prize for her supporting role in Christian Schwochow's drama "The Invisible". That same year, she was on the stage of the Komische Oper Berlin with Seven Songs/The Seven Deadly Sins.

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Remembrance
2009	John Rabe	Dora Rabe
2005	Speer und Er	Margarete Speer	TV Series
1999	Klemperer – Ein Leben in Deutschland	Eva Klemperer	TV Series
1996	After Five in the Forest Primeval
1992	Schtonk!
1989	Coming Out
1986	So Many Dreams

External links

• Dagmar Manzel at IMDb