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This is a '''list of notable [[German people|German]] [[actor]]s''' from 1895, the year of the first public showing of a motion picture by the [[Auguste and Louis Lumière|Lumière brothers]], to the present. Actors are listed in the period in which their film careers ''began'' and the careers of most spanned more than just one period. The list currently includes actors that appear in German movies, including those of foreign origin.  For the periods corresponding to the era when Germany was divided the list is split into two categories:  [[BRD (Germany)|BRD]] for West German actors and [[DEFA]] for East German actors.
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== Early silent era (1895–1918) ==
{{see also|Silent film}}
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* [[Alfred Abel]]
* [[Fritz Achterberg]]
* [[Max Adalbert]]
* [[Hans Albers]]
* [[Georg Alexander]]
* [[Carl Auen]]
* [[Felix Basch]]
* [[Albert Bassermann]]
* [[Rudolf Biebrach]]
* [[Paul Bildt]]
* [[Curt Bois]]
* [[Louis Brody]]
* [[Richard Eichberg]]
* [[Julius Falkenstein]]
* [[Olaf Fönss]]
* [[Henrik Galeen]]
* [[Curt Goetz]]
* [[John Gottowt]]
* [[Emmerich Hanus]]
* [[Heinz Hanus]]
* [[Ludwig Hartau]]<ref name="silent-only"/>
* [[Paul Hartmann (actor)|Paul Hartmann]]
* [[Emil Jannings]]
* [[Victor Janson]]
* [[Hans Junkermann (actor)|Hans Junkermann]]
* [[Fritz Kampers]]
* [[Bruno Kastner]]
* [[Friedrich Kayssler]]
* [[Fritz Kortner]]
* [[Werner Krauss]]
* [[Friedrich Kühne]]
* [[Rudolf Lettinger]]
* [[Harry Liedtke]]
* [[Theodor Loos]]
* [[Hans Mierendorff]]
* [[Alexander Moissi]]
* [[Paul Otto]]
* [[Max Pallenberg]]
* [[Lupu Pick]]
* [[Harry Piel]]
* [[Franz Porten]]<ref name="silent-only"/>
* [[Heinrich Schroth]]
* [[Fritz Schulz (actor)|Fritz Schulz]]
* [[Reinhold Schünzel]]
* [[Viktor Schwanneke]]
* [[Walter Steinbeck]]
* [[Hermann Thimig]]
* [[Jakob Tiedtke]]
* [[Karl Valentin]]
* [[Hermann Vallentin]]
* [[Conrad Veidt]]
* [[Gustav Waldau]]
* [[Paul Wegener]]
* [[Eduard von Winterstein]]<ref name="defa-1945">With [[DEFA]] after 1945.</ref>
* [[Friedrich Zelnik]]
* [[Wolfgang Zilzer]]
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* [[Fern Andra]]
* [[Hanne Brinkmann]]<ref name="silent-only">Silent films only.</ref>
* [[Maria Carmi]]<ref name="silent-only"/>
* [[Lil Dagover]]
* [[Blandine Ebinger]]
* [[Maria Forescu]]
* [[Käthe Haack]]
* [[Cläre Lotto]]
* [[Eva May]]<ref name="silent-only"/>
* [[Mia May]]<ref name="silent-only"/>
* [[Lya Mara]]
* [[Anna Müller-Lincke]]
* [[Pola Negri]]
* [[Asta Nielsen]]<ref name="silent-only"/>
* [[Aud Egede Nissen]]<ref name="silent-only"/>
* [[Ossi Oswalda]]<ref name="silent-only"/>
* [[Henny Porten]]
* [[Lyda Salmonova]]
* [[Adele Sandrock]]
* [[Magda Sonja]]
* [[Rosa Valetti]]
* [[Elsa Wagner]]
* [[Dorrit Weixler]]
* [[Maria Zelenka]]
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== Late silent era (1919–1930) ==
{{see also|Silent film}}
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* [[Hans Albers]]
* [[Siegfried Arno]]
* [[Hans Behrendt]]
* [[Wilhelm Bendow]]
* Charly Berger
* [[Paul Biensfeldt]]
* [[Hans Brausewetter]]
* [[Eugen Burg]]
* [[Ernst Deutsch]]
* [[Carl de Vogt]]
* [[Gustav Diessl]]
* [[Wilhelm Dieterle]]
* [[Max Ehrlich]]
* [[Karl Etlinger]]
* [[Ferdinand Exl]]
* [[Hugo Fischer-Köppe]]
* [[Albert Florath]]
* [[Willi Forst]]
* [[Rudolf Forster]]
* [[Willy Fritsch]]
* [[Gustav Fröhlich]]
* [[Otto Gebühr]]
* [[Heinrich George]]
* [[Kurt Gerron]]
* [[Bernhard Goetzke]]
* [[Alexander Granach]]
* [[Veit Harlan]]
* [[Wolfgang Heinz (actor)|Wolfgang Heinz]]<ref name="defa-1945"/>
* [[Paul Henckels]]
* [[Oskar Homolka]]
* [[Paul Hörbiger]]
* [[Oskar Karlweis]]
* [[Rudolf Klein-Rogge]]
* [[Eugen Klöpfer]]
* [[František Lederer]]
* [[Fred Louis Lerch]]
* [[Kurt Lilien]]
* [[Hubert von Meyerinck]]
* [[Paul Morgan (actor)|Paul Morgan]]
* [[Albert Paulig]]
* [[Fritz Rasp]]
* [[Paul Richter (actor)|Paul Richter]]
* [[Johannes Riemann]]
* [[Walter Rilla]]
* [[Ralph Arthur Roberts]]
* [[Max Schreck]]
* [[Oskar Sima]]
* [[Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur]]
* [[Albert Steinrück]]
* [[Igo Sym]]
* [[Szöke Szakall]]
* [[Jack Trevor]]
* [[Conrad Veidt]]
* [[Kurt Vespermann]]
* [[Otto Wallburg]]
* [[Gustav von Wangenheim]]
* [[Otto Wernicke]]
* [[Mathias Wieman]]
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* [[Truus van Aalten]]
* [[Marcella Albani]]
* [[Betty Amann]]
* [[Charlotte Ander]]
* [[Lissy Arna]]
* [[Vilma Bánky]]
* [[Anita Berber]]<ref name="silent-only"/>
* [[Elisabeth Bergner]]
* [[Betty Bird]]
* [[Renate Brausewetter]]
* [[Louise Brooks]]
* [[Olga Chekhova]]
* [[Mady Christians]]
* [[María Corda]]<ref name="silent-only"/>
* [[Maly Delschaft]]
* [[Xenia Desni]]
* [[Marlene Dietrich]]
* [[Anita Dorris]]
* [[Käthe Dorsch]]
* [[Wera Engels]]
* [[Lucie Englisch]]
* [[Anna Exl]]
* [[Greta Garbo]]
* [[Dora Gerson]]
* [[Valeska Gert]]
* [[Therese Giehse]]
* [[Erika Glässner]]
* [[Nora Gregor]]
* [[Ilka Grüning]]
* [[Liane Haid]]
* [[Lilian Harvey]]
* [[Brigitte Helm]]
* [[Trude Hesterberg]]
* [[Lucie Höflich]]
* [[Camilla Horn]]
* [[Jenny Jugo]]
* [[La Jana (actress)|La Jana]]
* [[Liesl Karlstadt]]
* [[Inge Landgut]]
* [[Gilda Langer]]
* [[Helena Makowska]]
* [[Fee Malten]]
* [[Lucie Mannheim]]
* [[Maria Matray]]
* [[Gerda Maurus]]
* [[Erna Morena]]
* [[Grete Mosheim]]
* [[Renate Müller]]
* [[Käthe von Nagy]]
* [[Anny Ondra]]
* [[Dita Parlo]]
* [[Lya de Putti]]<ref name="silent-only"/>
* [[Hanna Ralph]]<ref name="silent-only"/>
* [[Leni Riefenstahl]]
* [[Margarete Schön]]
* [[Dagny Servaes]]
* [[Hilde von Stolz]]
* [[Agnes Straub]]
* [[Charlotte Susa]]
* [[Hilde Wagener]]
* [[Hedwig Wangel]]
* [[Hertha von Walther]]
* [[Ruth Weyher]]
* [[Anna May Wong]]
* [[Ida Wüst]]
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== Early sound era (1928–1935) ==
{{see also|Sound film}}
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* [[Hans Albers]]
* [[Wolf Ackva]]
* [[Wolf Albach-Retty]]
* [[Günther Ballier]]
* [[Paul Beckers]]
* [[Gerhard Bienert]]<ref name="defa-1945"/>
* [[Willy Birgel]]
* [[Horst Birr]]
* [[Beppo Brem]]
* [[Volker von Collande]]
* [[Karl Dannemann]]
* [[Viktor de Kowa]]
* [[René Deltgen]]
* [[Hans Deppe]]
* [[Karl Ludwig Diehl]]
* [[Will Dohm]]
* [[Erich Dunskus]]
* [[Josef Egger]]
* [[Josef Eichheim]]
* [[Erich Fiedler]]
* [[Werner Finck]]
* [[Fritz Genschow]]
* [[Heinrich George]]
* [[Friedrich Gnaß]]<ref name="defa-1945"/>
* [[Gustaf Gründgens]]
* [[Ferdinand Hart]]
* [[Paul Hartmann (actor)|Paul Hartmann]]
* [[O. E. Hasse]]
* [[Emil Hegetschweiler]]
* [[Karl Hellmer]]<ref name="defa-1945"/>
* [[Hans Henninger]]
* [[Oskar Höcker]]
* [[Attila Hörbiger]]
* [[Fritz Imhoff]]
* [[Paul Kemp (actor)|Paul Kemp]]
* [[Erich Kestin]]
* [[Jan Kiepura]]
* [[Paul Klinger]]
* [[Ernst Legal]]
* [[Hans Leibelt]]<ref name="defa-1945"/>
* [[Wolfgang Liebeneiner]]
* [[Albert Lieven]]
* [[Theo Lingen]]
* [[Eduard Linkers]]
* [[Günther Lüders]]
* [[Kurt Meisel]]
* [[Karl Meixner]]
* [[Bernhard Minetti]]
* [[Hans Moser (actor)|Hans Moser]]
* [[Franz Nicklisch]]
* [[Erik Ode]]
* [[Fritz Odemar]]
* [[Harald Paulsen]]
* [[Rudolf Platte]]
* [[Erich Ponto]]
* [[Hans Richter (actor)|Hans Richter]]
* [[Richard Romanowsky]]
* [[Heinz Rühmann]]
* [[Otto Sauter-Sarto]]
* [[Franz Schafheitlin]]
* [[Werner Scharf]]
* [[Joseph Schmidt]]
* [[Albrecht Schoenhals]]
* [[Hugo Schrader]]
* [[Rudolf Schündler]]
* [[Willi Schur]]
* [[Siegfried Schürenberg]]
* [[Josef Sieber]]
* [[Leo Slezak]]
* [[Hans Söhnker]]
* [[Gustl Gstettenbaur]]
* [[Wolfgang Staudte]]
* [[Werner Stock]]
* [[Joe Stöckel]]
* [[Hans Stüwe]]
* [[Luis Trenker]]
* [[Ernst Udet]]
* [[Aribert Wäscher]]
* [[Franz Weber (actor)|Franz Weber]]
* [[Weiß Ferdl]]
* [[Herbert Weissbach]]
* [[Heinz Wemper]]
* [[Ewald Wenck]]
* [[Carl Wery]]
* [[Adolf Wohlbrück]]
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* [[Gitta Alpár]]
* [[Maria Andergast]]
* [[Elise Aulinger]]
* [[Lida Baarova]]
* [[Fita Benkhoff]]
* [[Ery Bos]]
* [[Lina Carstens]]
* [[Marieluise Claudius]]
* [[Charlott Daudert]]
* [[Lien Deyers]]
* [[Marta Eggerth]]
* [[Maria Eis]]
* [[Else Elster]]
* [[Erna Fentsch]]
* [[Heli Finkenzeller]]
* [[Ellen Frank (actress)|Ellen Frank]]
* [[Ilse Fürstenberg]]
* [[Käthe Gold]]
* [[Ursula Grabley]]
* [[Dolly Haas]]
* [[Karin Hardt]]
* [[Ruth Hellberg]]
* [[Hilde Hildebrand]]
* [[Carola Höhn]]
* [[Lizzi Holzschuh]]
* [[Marianne Hoppe]]
* [[Brigitte Horney]]
* [[Hedy Kiesler]]
* [[Maria Koppenhöfer]]
* [[Hansi Knoteck]]
* [[Dorit Kreysler]]
* [[Susi Lanner]]
* [[Carsta Löck]]
* [[Trude Marlen]]
* [[Erna Morena]]
* [[Renate Müller]]
* [[Anna Müller-Lincke]]
* [[Genia Nikolajewa]]
* [[Edith Oss]]
* [[Sabine Peters]]
* [[Rotraut Richter]]
* [[Annie Rosar]]
* [[Angela Salloker]]
* [[Sybille Schmitz]]
* [[Hilde Schneider]]
* [[Magda Schneider]]
* [[Edith Schultze-Westrum]]
* [[Hilde Sessak]]
* [[Emmy Sonnemann]]
* [[Camilla Spira]]<ref name="defa-1945"/>
* [[Lotte Spira]]
* [[Margit Symo]]
* [[Gretl Theimer]]
* [[Hertha Thiele]]
* [[Luise Ullrich]]
* [[Lizzi Waldmüller]]
* [[Grethe Weiser]]
* [[Hilde Weissner]]
* [[Dorothea Wieck]]
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== Third Reich (1933–1945) ==
{{see also|Universum Film AG|Nazism and cinema}}
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* [[Hans Albers]]
* [[Axel von Ambesser]]
* [[Franz Arzdorf]]
* [[Ewald Balser]]
* [[Reinhold Bernt]]
* [[Erwin Biegel]]
* [[Willy Birgel]]
* [[Franz Böheim]]
* [[Dieter Borsche]]
* [[Joachim Brennecke]]
* [[Siegfried Breuer]]
* [[Hermann Brix]]
* [[Rudolf Carl]]
* [[Horst Caspar]]
* [[Paul Dahlke (actor)|Paul Dahlke]]
* [[Theodor Danegger]]
* [[Friedrich Domin]]
* [[Robert Dorsay]]
* [[Heinz Engelmann]]
* [[Rudolf Fernau]]
* [[O. W. Fischer]]
* [[Hans Fitz]]
* [[Erik Frey]]
* [[Ernst Fritz Fürbringer]]
* [[Werner Fuetterer]]
* [[Heinrich George]]
* [[Beniamino Gigli]]
* [[Rudi Godden]]
* [[Alexander Golling]]
* [[Joachim Gottschalk]]
* [[Clemens Hasse]]
* [[Max Haufler]]
* [[Ullrich Haupt (actor, born 1915)|Ullrich Haupt]]
* [[Johannes Heesters]]
* [[Werner Hinz]]
* [[Hans Holt]]
* [[Paul Hubschmid]]
* [[Karl John (actor)|Karl John]]
* [[Curd Jürgens]]
* [[Wolf Kaiser]]<ref name="defa-1945"/>
* [[Ernst von Klipstein]]
* [[Gustav Knuth]]
* [[Eduard Köck]]
* [[Ernst Legal]]
* [[Wolfgang Lukschy]]
* [[Ferdinand Marian]]
* [[Karl Hermann Martell|Karl Martell]]
* [[Albert Matterstock]]
* [[Gunnar Möller]]
* [[Walter Müller (actor)|Walter Müller]]
* [[Alfred Neugebauer]]
* [[Hans Nielsen (actor)|Hans Nielsen]]
* [[Hans Olden]]
* [[Rudolf Prack]]
* [[Will Quadflieg]]
* [[Hans Quest]]
* [[Carl Raddatz]]
* [[Sepp Rist]]
* [[Heinz Rühmann]]
* [[Werner Scharf]]
* [[Raimund Schelcher]]<ref name="defa-1945"/>
* [[Ludwig Schmitz]]
* [[Karl Schönböck]]
* [[Ernst Schröder (actor)|Ernst Schröder]]
* [[Carl-Heinz Schroth]]
* [[Viktor Staal]]
* [[Hannes Stelzer]]
* [[Georg Thomalla]]
* [[Otto Treßler]]
* [[Paul Verhoeven (Germany)|Paul Verhoeven]]
* [[Rudolf Vogel]]
* [[Kurt Waitzmann]]
* [[Ernst Waldow]]
* [[Heinz Welzel]]
* [[Wastl Witt]]
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* [[Rosa Albach-Retty]]
* [[Viktoria von Ballasko]]
* [[Maria Bard]]
* [[Ingrid Bergman]]
* [[Hedwig Bleibtreu]]
* [[Monika Burg]]
* [[Gisela von Collande]]
* [[Elfriede Datzig]]
* [[Marina von Ditmar]]
* [[Berta Drews]]
* [[Hertha Feiler]]
* [[Elisabeth Flickenschildt]]
* [[Margarete Haagen]]
* [[Marte Harell]]
* [[Heidemarie Hatheyer]]
* [[Angelika Hauff]]<ref name="defa-1945"/>
* [[Kirsten Heiberg]]
* [[Ruth Hellberg]]
* [[Ursula Herking]]
* [[Margot Hielscher]]
* [[Karin Himboldt]]
* [[Maria Holst]]
* [[Gusti Huber]]
* [[Hildegard Knef]]
* [[Lotte Koch]]
* [[Hilde Körber]]
* [[Hilde Krahl]]
* [[Evelyn Künneke]]
* [[Lotte Lang]]
* [[Zarah Leander]]
* [[Maria Litto]]
* [[Ruth Lommel]]
* [[Christl Mardayn]]
* [[Leny Marenbach]]<ref name="defa-1945"/>
* [[Winnie Markus]]
* [[Valerie von Martens]]
* [[Gerda Maurus]]
* [[Elfie Mayerhofer]]
* [[Irene von Meyendorff]]
* [[Lola Müthel]]
* [[Susi Nicoletti]]
* [[Ilse Petri]]
* [[Mady Rahl]]
* [[Marika Rökk]]
* [[Tatjana Sais]]
* [[Françoise Rosay]]
* [[Gretl Schörg]]
* [[Hannelore Schroth]]
* [[Hilde Seipp]]
* [[Erna Sellmer]]
* [[Kristina Söderbaum]]
* [[Maria von Tasnady]]
* [[Erika von Thellmann]]
* [[Jane Tilden]]
* [[Alice Treff]]
* [[Gisela Uhlen]]
* [[Anneliese Uhlig]]
* [[Ilse Werner]]
* [[Paula Wessely]]
* [[Agnes Windeck]]
* [[Gusti Wolf]]
* [[Sonja Ziemann]]
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== Post-war years and the 1950s ==
=== BRD ===
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* [[Hans Albers]]
* [[Mario Adorf]]
* [[Thomas Alder]]
* [[Michael Ande]]
* [[Eddi Arent]]
* [[Arno Assmann]]
* [[Balduin Baas]]
* [[Ulrich Beiger]]
* [[Martin Benrath]]
* [[Claus Biederstaedt]]
* [[Hans Christian Blech]]
* [[Karlheinz Böhm]]
* [[Hans von Borsody]]
* [[Pinkas Braun]]
* [[Horst Buchholz]]
* [[Bully Buhlan]]
* [[Peter Carsten]]
* [[Hans Clarin]]
* [[Wolfgang Condrus]]
* [[Heinz Conrads]]
* [[Ivan Desny]]
* [[Christian Doermer]]
* [[Heinz Drache]]
* [[Eckart Dux]]
* [[Fritz Eckhardt]]
* [[Heinz Erhardt]]
* [[Paul Esser]]
* [[Hansjörg Felmy]]
* [[Bert Fortell]]
* [[Horst Frank]]
* [[Peter Frankenfeld]]
* [[Robert Freytag]]
* [[Gert Fröbe]]
* [[Joachim Fuchsberger]]
* [[Götz George]]
* [[Rex Gildo]]
* [[Walter Giller]]
* [[Reinhard Glemnitz]]
* [[Boy Gobert]]
* [[Robert Graf (actor)|Robert Graf]]
* [[Heinrich Gretler]]
* [[Kurt Großkurth]]
* [[Klaus Havenstein]]
* [[Martin Held]]
* [[Jan Hendriks]]
* [[Michael Hinz]]
* [[Gert Günther Hoffmann]]
* [[Claus Holm]]
* [[Thomas Hörbiger]]
* [[Adrian Hoven]]
* [[Chris Howland]]
* [[Wolfgang Jansen]]
* [[Horst Janson (actor)|Horst Janson]]
* [[Günther Jerschke]]
* [[Harald Juhnke]]
* [[Roland Kaiser (actor)|Roland Kaiser]]
* [[Helmut Käutner]]
* [[Alexander Kerst]]
* [[Klaus Kinski]]
* [[Walter Kohut]]
* [[Reinhard Kolldehoff]]
* [[Peter Kraus]]
* [[Hardy Krüger]]
* [[Volker Lechtenbrink]]
* [[Stanislav Ledinek]]
* [[Rudolf Lenz]]
* [[Karl Lieffen]]
* [[Helmut Lohner]]
* [[Hanns Lothar]]
* [[Paul Löwinger]]
* [[Klaus Löwitsch]]
* [[Siegfried Lowitz]]
* [[Alf Marholm]]
* [[Josef Meinrad]]
* [[Günter Meisner]]
* [[Hannes Messemer]]
* [[Harry Meyen]]
* [[Willy Millowitsch]]
* [[Lutz Moik]]
* [[Peter Mosbacher]]
* [[Fritz Muliar]]
* [[Reggie Nalder]]
* [[Wolfgang Neuss]]
* [[Rolf Olsen (actor)|Rolf Olsen]]
* [[Peter Pasetti]]
* [[Werner Peters]]
* [[Günter Pfitzmann]]
* [[Gunther Philipp]]
* [[Wolfgang Preiss]]
* [[Helmut Qualtinger]]
* [[Freddy Quinn]]
* [[Charles Regnier]]
* [[Heinz Reincke]]
* [[Raoul Retzer]]
* [[Walther Reyer]]
* [[Rudolf Rhomberg]]
* [[Gerhard Riedmann]]
* [[Paul Edwin Roth]]
* [[Maximilian Schell]]
* [[Erich Schellow]]
* [[Helmut Schmid]]
* [[Peer Schmidt]]
* [[Rudolf Schock]]
* [[Hermann Schomberg]]
* [[Dietmar Schönherr]]
* [[Carl-Heinz Schroth]]
* [[Heinz Schubert (actor)|Heinz Schubert]]
* [[Werner Schumacher]]
* [[Erik Schumann]]
* [[Heinrich Schweiger]]
* [[Walter Sedlmayr]]
* [[Sigfrit Steiner]]
* [[Erwin Strahl]]
* [[Horst Tappert]]
* [[Carlos Thompson]]
* [[Herbert Tiede]]
* [[Fritz Tillmann]]
* [[Vico Torriani]]
* [[Peter van Eyck]]
* [[Peter Vogel (actor)|Peter Vogel]]
* [[Wolfgang Völz]]
* [[Peter Weck]]
* [[Heinz Weiss]]
* [[Oskar Werner]]
* [[Bernhard Wicki]]
* [[Claus Wilcke]]
* [[Christian Wolff (actor)|Christian Wolff]]
* [[Ralf Wolter]]
* [[Klausjürgen Wussow]]
* [[Harry Wüstenhagen]]
* [[Helmut Zacharias]]
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* [[Elke Aberle]]
* [[Dawn Addams]]
* [[Anouk Aimée]]
* [[Ingrid Andree]]
* [[Karin Baal]]
* [[Vivi Bach]]
* [[Eva Bartok]]
* [[Erica Beer]]
* [[Sabine Bethmann]]
* [[Anne-Marie Blanc]]
* [[Hannelore Bollmann]]
* [[Cornell Borchers]]
* [[Heidi Brühl]]
* [[Susanne Cramer]]
* [[Germaine Damar]]
* [[Karin Dor]]
* [[Ruth Drexel]]
* [[Annemarie Düringer]]
* [[Inge Egger]]
* [[Maria Emo]]
* [[Renate Ewert]]
* [[Claude Farell]]
* [[Helga Feddersen]]
* [[Violetta Ferrari]]
* [[Kai Fischer]]
* [[Veronika Fitz]]
* [[Lore Frisch]]
* [[Cornelia Froboess]]
* [[Wera Frydtberg]]
* [[Gardy Granass]]
* [[Brigitte Grothum]]
* [[Waltraut Haas]]
* [[Carla Hagen]]
* [[Edith Hancke]]
* [[Nicole Heesters]]
* [[Trude Herr]]
* [[Loni Heuser]]
* [[Marianne Hold]]
* [[Christiane Hörbiger]]
* [[Ulla Jacobsson]]
* [[Gertraud Jesserer]]
* [[Bibi Johns]]
* [[Heidi Kabel]]
* [[Elma Karlowa]]
* [[Christine Kaufmann]]
* [[Eva Kerbler]]
* [[Alice Kessler]]
* [[Ellen Kessler]]
* [[Doris Kirchner]]
* [[Johanna von Koczian]]
* [[Eva Kotthaus]]
* [[Elfriede Kuzmany]]
* [[Tilly Lauenstein]]
* [[Lotte Ledl]]
* [[Ruth Leuwerik]]
* [[Ursula Lillig]]
* [[Ursula Lingen]]
* [[Gerlinde Locker]]
* [[Erni Mangold]]
* [[Marie-Luise Marjan]]
* [[Johanna Matz]]
* [[Christiane Maybach]]
* [[Katharina Mayberg]]
* [[Inge Meysel]]
* [[Marion Michael]]
* [[Brigitte Mira]]
* [[Vera Molnar (actress)|Vera Molnar]]
* [[Elisabeth Müller]]
* [[Christiane Nielsen]]
* [[Margit Nünke]]
* [[Ilse Pagé]]
* [[Lilli Palmer]]
* [[Rita Paul]]
* [[Maria Perschy]]
* [[Ina Peters]]
* [[Eva Pflug]]
* [[Eva Probst]]
* [[Liselotte Pulver]]
* [[Laya Raki]]<ref name="defa-1st">Initially with [[DEFA]].</ref>
* [[Nadja Regin]]
* [[Erika Remberg]]
* [[Barbara Rütting]]
* [[Maria Schell]]
* [[Romy Schneider]]
* [[Ingeborg Schöner]]
* [[Edith Schultze-Westrum]]
* [[Maria Sebaldt]]
* [[Alma Seidler]]
* [[Sabina Sesselmann]]
* [[Sabine Sinjen]]
* [[Ann Smyrner]]
* [[Elke Sommer]]
* [[Herta Staal]]
* [[Ruth Stephan]]
* [[Ilse Steppat]]
* [[Helene Thimig]]
* [[Nadja Tiller]]
* [[Margot Trooger]]
* [[Gisela Trowe]]
* [[Vera Tschechowa]]
* [[Caterina Valente]]
* [[Ingrid van Bergen]]
* [[Helen Vita]]
* [[Antje Weisgerber]]
* [[Elisabeth Wiedemann]]
* [[Hanne Wieder]]
* [[Christa Williams]]
* [[Marianne Wischmann]]
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=== [[DEFA]] ===
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* [[Gerhard Bienert]]
* [[Fred Delmare]]
* [[Fritz Diez]]
* [[Fred Düren]]
* [[Hans Finohr]]
* [[Erwin Geschonneck]]
* [[Hannjo Hasse]]
* [[Ezard Haußmann]]
* [[Wolfgang Heinz (actor)|Wolfgang Heinz]]
* [[Martin Hellberg]]
* [[Albert Hetterle]]
* [[Wolf Kaiser]]
* [[Willy A. Kleinau]]
* [[Wolfgang Kieling]]
* [[Hans Klering]]
* [[Heinz Klevenow]]
* [[Herbert Köfer]]
* [[Manfred Krug]]
* [[Horst Kube]]
* [[Armin Mueller-Stahl]]
* [[Leon Niemczyk]]
* [[Werner Peters]]
* [[Herbert Richter]]
* [[Günther Simon]]
* [[Ekkehard Schall]]
* [[Raimund Schelcher]]
* [[Helmut Schreiber]]
* [[Heinz Schubert (actor)|Heinz Schubert]]
* [[Horst Schulze]]
* [[Günther Simon]]
* [[Hilmar Thate]]
* [[Ulrich Thein]]
* [[Rudolf Ulrich]]
* [[Gerry Wolff]]
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;Women
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* [[Christel Bodenstein]]
* [[Carola Braunbock]]
* [[Angela Brunner]]
* [[Annekathrin Bürger]]
* [[Barbara Dittus]]
* [[Helga Göring]]
* [[Eva-Maria Hagen]]
* [[Angelika Hurwicz]]
* [[Inge Keller]]
* [[Brigitte Krause]]
* [[Ruth Maria Kubitschek]]
* [[Steffie Spira]]
* [[Sonja Sutter]]
* [[Sabine Thalbach]]
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== The 1960s ==
=== BRD ===
;Men
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* [[Werner Abrolat]]
* [[Lukas Ammann]]
* [[Gerd Baltus]]
* [[Lex Barker]]
* [[Rainer Basedow]]
* [[Hans-Jürgen Bäumler]]
* [[Rolf Becker]]
* [[Helmut Berger]]
* [[Peter Berling]]
* [[Uwe Beyer]]
* [[Roy Black (singer)|Roy Black]]
* [[Gerd Böckmann]]
* [[Hark Bohm]]
* [[Marquard Bohm]]
* [[Horst Bollmann]]
* [[Arthur Brauss]]
* [[Pierre Brice]]
* [[Karl Dall]]
* [[Gernot Endemann]]
* [[Werner Enke]]
* [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]]
* [[Uwe Friedrichsen]]
* [[Thomas Fritsch]]
* [[Herbert Fux]]
* [[Vadim Glowna]]
* [[Stewart Granger]]
* [[Helmut Griem]]
* [[Hans Peter Hallwachs]]
* [[Gert Haucke]]
* [[Bernd Herzsprung]]
* [[Robert Hoffmann]]
* [[Klaus Höhne]]
* [[Udo Jürgens]]
* [[Udo Kier]]
* [[Wolfgang Kieling]]
* [[Wilfried Klaus]]
* [[Hans Korte]]
* [[Hellmut Lange]]
* [[Friedrich von Ledebur]]
* [[Harald Leipnitz]]
* [[Ulli Lommel]]
* [[Walo Lüönd]]
* [[Henry van Lyck]]
* [[Ferdy Mayne]]
* [[George Nader]]
* [[Werner Pochath]]
* [[Kurt Raab]]
* [[Ilja Richter]]
* [[Klaus Schwarzkopf]]
* [[Heintje Simons]]
* [[Fritz Wepper]]
* [[Rolf Zacher]]
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;Women
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* [[Helga Anders]]
* [[Hannelore Auer]]
* [[Vivi Bach]]
* [[Ina Bauer (figure skater)|Ina Bauer]]
* [[Iris Berben]]
* [[Senta Berger]]
* [[Jana Brejchová]]
* [[Ingrid Caven]]
* [[Hannelore Elsner]]
* [[Uschi Glas]]
* [[Mascha Gonska]]
* [[Gitte Haenning]]
* [[Gisela Hahn]]
* [[Irm Hermann]]
* [[Hannelore Hoger]]
* [[Karin Hübner]]
* [[Anna Karina]]
* [[Diana Körner]]
* [[Sylva Koscina]]
* [[Christiane Krüger]]
* [[Ruth Maria Kubitschek]]
* [[Doris Kunstmann]]
* [[Daliah Lavi]]
* [[Monika Lundi]]
* [[Margot Mahler]]
* [[Michaela May]]
* [[Marisa Mell]]
* [[Anita Pallenberg]]
* [[Erika Pluhar]]
* [[Witta Pohl]]
* [[Andrea Rau]]
* [[Eva Renzi]]
* [[Letitia Roman]]
* [[Catherine Schell]]
* [[Christiane Schmidtmer]]
* [[Barbara Schöne]]
* [[Christine Schuberth]]
* [[Hanna Schygulla]]
* [[Jutta Speidel]]
* [[Alexandra Stewart]]
* [[Ewa Strömberg]]
* [[Margarethe von Trotta]]
* [[Susanne Uhlen]]
* [[Barbara Valentin]]
* [[Marie Versini]]
* [[Elisabeth Volkmann]]
* [[Heidelinde Weis]]
* [[Gila von Weitershausen]]
* [[Thekla Carola Wied]]
* [[Angela Winkler]]
* [[Judy Winter]]
* [[Christine Wodetzky]]
*[[Elke Sommer]]
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=== DEFA ===
;Men
{{Div col begin|colwidth=14em}}
* [[Peter Borgelt]]
* [[Eberhard Esche]]
* [[Thomas Fritsch]]
* [[Jürgen Frohriep]]
* [[Winfried Glatzeder]]
* [[Michael Gwisdek]]
* [[Jürgen Hentsch]]
* [[Rolf Herricht]]
* [[Rolf Hoppe]]
* [[Manfred Karge]]
* [[Horst Krause]]
* [[Dieter Mann]]
* [[Gojko Mitić]]
* [[Armin Müller-Stahl]]
* [[Rolf Römer]]
* [[Frank Schöbel]]
* [[Reiner Schöne]]
* [[Gunter Schoß]]
* [[Jaecki Schwarz]]
* [[Alfred Struwe]]
* [[Manfred Zetzsche]]
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;Women
{{Div col begin|colwidth=14em}}
* [[Carmen-Maja Antoni]]
* [[Renate Blume]]
* [[Barbara Brylska]]
* [[Annekathrin Bürger]]
* [[Angelica Domröse]]
* [[Cox Habbema]]
* [[Jutta Hoffmann]]
* [[Blanche Kommerell]]
* [[Vera Oelschlegel]]
* [[Jutta Wachowiak]]
* [[Ursula Werner]]
* [[Monika Woytowicz]]
{{Div col end}}

== The 1970s ==
=== BRD ===
;Men
{{Div col begin|colwidth=14em}}
* [[Herbert Achternbusch]]
* [[Christian Anders]]
* [[Peer Augustinski]]
* [[Harry Baer]]
* [[Gustl Bayrhammer]]
* [[Ekkehardt Belle]]
* [[David Bennent]]
* [[Heinz Bennent]]
* [[Helmut Berger]]
* [[Christian Berkel]]
* [[Josef Bierbichler]]
* [[Uwe Bohm]]
* Markus Boysen
* [[Klaus Maria Brandauer]]
* [[Jacques Breuer]]
* [[Jochen Busse]]
* [[Rudi Carrell]]
* [[Burkhard Driest]]
* [[Sky du Mont]]
* [[Christoph Eichhorn]]
* [[Helmut Fischer]]
* [[Herbert Fleischmann]]
* [[Herbert Grönemeyer]]
* [[Matthias Habich]]
* [[Dieter Hallervorden]]
* [[Raimund Harmstorf]]
* [[Reinhard Hauff]]
* [[Dieter Thomas Heck]]
* [[Sascha Hehn]]
* [[André Heller]]
* [[Heinz Hoenig]]
* [[Dominique Horwitz]]
* [[Rainer Hunold]]
* [[Gottfried John]]
* [[Günther Kaufmann]]
* [[Peter Kern (actor)|Peter Kern]]
* [[Christian Kohlund]]
* [[Diether Krebs]]
* [[Günter Lamprecht]]
* [[Dieter Laser]]
* [[Hermann Lause]]
* [[Heiner Lauterbach]]
* [[Peter Maffay]]
* [[Dietrich Mattausch]]
* [[Peter Millowitsch]]
* [[Josef Moosholzer]]
* [[Marius Müller-Westernhagen]]
* [[Thomas Ohrner]]
* [[Hanno Pöschl]]
* [[Jürgen Prochnow]]
* [[Tilo Prückner]]
* [[Christian Quadflieg]]
* [[Alexander Radszun]]
* [[Chris Roberts (singer)|Chris Roberts]]
* [[Udo Samel]]
* [[Otto Sander]]
* [[Michael Schanze]]
* [[Dieter Schidor]]
* [[Walter Schmidinger]]
* [[Martin Semmelrogge]]
* [[Bernd Tauber]]
* [[Rüdiger Vogler]]
* [[Konstantin Wecker]]
* [[Elmar Wepper]]
* [[Rudolf Wessely]]
* [[Hanns Zischler]]
{{Div col end}}

;Women
{{Div col begin|colwidth=14em}}
* [[Adelheid Arndt]]
* [[Monica Bleibtreu]]
* [[Tabea Blumenschein]]
* [[Ursula Buchfellner]]
* [[Mareike Carrière]]
* [[Margit Carstensen]]
* [[Ingrid Caven]]
* [[Ute Christensen]]
* [[Edith Clever]]
* [[Sybil Danning]]
* [[Gaby Dohm]]
* [[Tina Engel]]
* [[Constanze Engelbrecht]]
* [[Maria Furtwängler]]
* [[Evelyn Hamann]]
* [[Anja Jaenicke]]
* [[Nastassja Kinski]]
* [[Hildegard Krekel]]
* [[Lisa Kreuzer]]
* [[Barbara Lass]]
* [[Anita Lochner]]
* [[Eva Mattes]]
* [[Sabine von Maydell]]
* [[Sunnyi Melles]]
* [[Evelyn Opela]]
* [[Olivia Pascal]]
* [[Patricia Rhomberg]]
* [[Karin Schubert]]
* [[Ingrid Steeger]]
* [[Barbara Sukowa]]
* [[Elisabeth Trissenaar]]
* [[Dietlinde Turban]]
* [[Rosel Zech]]
{{Div col end}}

=== DEFA ===
;Men
{{Div col begin|colwidth=14em}}
* [[Vlastimil Brodský]]
* [[Henry Hübchen]]
* [[Uwe Kockisch]]
* [[Jiří Menzel]]
* [[Amza Pellea]]
* [[Franciszek Pieczka]]
* [[Dean Reed]]
* [[Peter Sodann]]
{{Div col end}}

;Women
{{Div col begin|colwidth=14em}}
* [[Violeta Andrei]]
* [[Petra Hinze]]
* [[Ursula Karusseit]]
* [[Renate Krößner]]
* [[Katrin Sass]]
* [[Johanna Schall]]
* [[Christine Schorn]]
* [[Katharina Thalbach]]
* [[Franziska Troegner]]
* [[Beata Tyszkiewicz]]
{{Div col end}}

== The 1980s ==
=== BRD ===
;Men
{{Div col begin|colwidth=14em}}
* [[Mario Adorf]]
* [[Dirk Bach]]
* [[Gedeon Burkhard]]
* [[Ottfried Fischer]]
* {{ill|Albert Fortell|de}}
* [[Thomas Gottschalk]]
* [[Dominik Graf]]
* [[Alexander Held]]
* [[Hannes Jaenicke]]
* [[Burghart Klaußner]]
* [[Herbert Knaup]]
* [[Horst Krause]]
* [[Mike Krüger]]
* [[Horst Kummeth]]<ref name="tv-actor">Exclusively a [[television programme]] actor.</ref>
* [[Heiner Lauterbach]]
* [[Robert Meyer]]
* [[Axel Milberg]]
* [[Richy Müller]]
* [[Uwe Ochsenknecht]]
* [[Daniel Olbrychski]]
* [[Christoph M. Ohrt]]
* [[Gerhard Polt]]
* [[Christian Redl]]
* [[Ralf Richter (actor)|Ralf Richter]]
* [[Udo Samel]]
* [[Peter Sattmann]]
* [[Werner Stocker (actor)|Werner Stocker]]
* [[Jürgen Tonkel]]
* [[Christian Tramitz]]
* [[Ulrich Tukur]]
* [[Otto Waalkes]]
* [[Klaus Wennemann]]
* [[Manfred Zapatka]]
* [[August Zirner]]
{{Div col end}}

;Women
{{Div col begin|colwidth=14em}}
* [[Adriana Altaras]]
* [[Barbara Auer]]
* [[Julia Biedermann]]
* [[Katharina Böhm]]
* [[Suzanne von Borsody]]
* [[Marita Breuer]]
* [[Renan Demirkan]]
* [[Anica Dobra]]
* [[Beate Finckh]]
* [[Katja Flint]]
* [[Ursula Karven]]
* [[Ulrike Krumbiegel]]
* [[Gudrun Landgrebe]]
* [[Dagmar Manzel]]
* [[Maja Maranow]]
* [[Valerie Niehaus]]
* [[Jennifer Nitsch]]
* [[Désirée Nosbusch]]
* [[Christina Plate]]
* [[Sibylle Rauch]]
* [[Katja Riemann]]
* [[Barbara Rudnik]]
* [[Marianne Sägebrecht]]
* [[Birge Schade]]
* [[Maria Schrader]]
* [[Lena Stolze]]
* [[Barbara Sukowa]]
* [[Anna Thalbach]]
* [[Dana Vávrová]]
{{Div col end}}

=== DEFA ===
;Men
{{Div col begin|colwidth=14em}}
* [[Matthias Freihof]]
* [[Sylvester Groth]]
* [[Robert Gwisdek]]
* [[André Hennicke]]
* [[Bernd Michael Lade]]
* [[Jan Josef Liefers]]
* [[Sven Martinek]]
* [[Ulrich Mühe]]
* [[Jörg Schüttauf]]
{{Div col end}}

;Women
{{Div col begin|colwidth=14em}}
* [[Julia Jäger]]
* [[Dagmar Manzel]]
* [[Simone Thomalla]]
{{Div col end}}

== The 1990s ==
;Men
{{Div col begin|colwidth=14em}}
* [[Henning Baum]]
* [[Rufus Beck]]
* [[Ben Becker]]
* [[Alexander Beyer]]
* [[Moritz Bleibtreu]]
* [[Daniel Brühl]]
* [[Detlev Buck]]
* [[Fabian Busch]]
* [[August Diehl]]
* [[Justus von Dohnányi]]
* [[Heino Ferch]]
* [[Benno Fürmann]]
* [[Frank Giering]]
* [[Josef Hader]]
* [[Leander Haußmann]]
* [[Michael Herbig]]
* [[Bernhard Hoëcker]]
* [[Marc Hosemann]]
* [[Rick Kavanian]]
* [[Michael Kessler]]
* [[Herbert Knaup]]
* [[Sebastian Koch]]
* [[Konrad Krauss]]<ref name="tv-actor"/>
* [[Thomas Kretschmann]]
* [[Joachim Król]]
* [[Dani Levy]]
* [[Jan Josef Liefers]]
* [[Thomas Limpinsel]]
* [[Florian Lukas]]
* [[Ulrich Matthes]]
* [[Wotan Wilke Möhring]]
* [[Tobias Moretti]]
* [[Ingo Naujoks]]
* [[Ulrich Noethen]]
* [[Götz Otto]]
* [[Bastian Pastewka]]
* [[Armin Rohde]]
* [[Michael Roll (actor)|Michael Roll]]
* [[Ilja Rosendahl]]
* [[Tobias Schenke]]
* [[Helge Schneider]]
* [[Til Schweiger]]
* [[Matthias Schweighöfer]]
* [[Hilmi Sözer]]
* [[Robert Stadlober]]
* [[Hans Steinberg]]
* [[Devid Striesow]]
* [[Wolfgang Stumph]]
* [[Jürgen Vogel]]
* [[Kai Wiesinger]]
* [[Haydar Zorlu]]
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;Women
{{Div col begin|colwidth=14em}}
* [[Muriel Baumeister]]
* [[Marie Bäumer]]
* [[Meret Becker]]
* [[Anna Brüggemann]]
* [[Yvonne de Bark]]
* [[Ellen ten Damme]]
* [[Maruschka Detmers]]
* [[Anke Engelke]]
* [[Verona Feldbusch]]
* [[Veronica Ferres]]
* [[Martina Gedeck]]
* [[Eva Habermann]]
* [[Cosma Shiva Hagen]]
* [[Wolke Hegenbarth]]
* [[Mavie Hörbiger]]
* [[Nina Hoss]]
* [[Julia Hummer]]
* [[Julia Jentsch]]
* [[Salome Kammer]]
* [[Alexandra Kamp]]
* [[Sonja Kirchberger]]
* [[Anja Kling]]
* [[Anja Knauer]]<ref name="tv-actor"/>
* [[Juliane Köhler]]
* [[Ann-Kathrin Kramer]]
* [[Nicolette Krebitz]]
* [[Alexandra Maria Lara]]
* [[Anna Loos]]
* [[Heike Makatsch]]
* [[Birgit Minichmayr]]
* [[Alexandra Neldel]]
* [[Laura Osswald]]
* [[Christiane Paul]]
* [[Nina Petri]]
* [[Franka Potente]]
* [[Sophie Rois]]
* [[Andrea Sawatzki]]
* [[Michaela Schaffrath]]
* [[Esther Schweins]]
* [[Jasmin Schwiers]]
* [[Jasmin Tabatabai]]
* [[Laura Tonke]]
* [[Idil Üner]]
* [[Tanja Wedhorn]]
* [[Hanne Wolharn]]<ref name="tv-actor"/>
* [[Felicitas Woll]]
* [[Emily Wood]]
* [[Natalia Wörner]]
* [[Marie Zielcke]]
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== The 2000s ==
;Men
{{Div col begin|colwidth=14em}}
* [[Volker Bruch]]
* [[Stipe Erceg]]
* [[Florian David Fitz]]
* [[Francois Goeske]]
* [[Christoph Maria Herbst]]
* [[Fabian Hinrichs]]
* [[Mirko Lang]]
* [[Elyas M'Barek]]
* [[Oliver Pocher]]
* [[Vincent Redetzki]]
* [[Lucas Reiber]]
* [[Mirco Reseg]]
* [[Max Riemelt]]
* [[Tom Schilling]]
* [[David Schütter]]
* [[Jan Sosniok]]
* [[Max von der Groeben]]
* [[Dirk Weiler]]
* [[Philip Wiegratz]]
* [[Daniel Wiemer]]
* [[Ronald Zehrfeld]]
* [[Flula Borg]]
{{Div col end}}

;Women
{{Div col begin|colwidth=14em}}
* [[Natalia Avelon]]
* [[Jella Haase]]
* [[Karoline Herfurth]]
* [[Hannah Herzsprung]]
* [[Martina Hill]]
* [[Alwara Höfels]]
* [[Sandra Hüller]]
* [[Franziska Junge]]
* [[Sibel Kekilli]]
* [[Friederike Kempter]]
* [[Nursel Köse]]
* [[Anna Maria Mühe]]
* [[Alexandra Neldel]]
* [[Ilona Otto]]
* [[Jana Pallaske]]
* [[Paula Riemann]]
* [[Katharina Schüttler]]
* [[Emma Schweiger]]
* [[Luna Schweiger]]
* [[Maria Simon (actress)|Maria Simon]]
* [[Sabine Timoteo]]
* [[Nora Tschirner]]
* [[Araba Walton]]
* [[Franziska Weisz]]
* [[Teresa Weißbach]]
* [[Tanja Wenzel]]
* [[Johanna Wokalek]]
{{Div col end}}

== The 2010s ==
;Men
{{Div col begin|colwidth=14em}}
* [[:de:Nicolai Borger|Nicolai Borger]] 
* [[Arne-Carlos Böttcher]]
{{Div col end}}

;Women
{{Div col begin|colwidth=14em}}
* [[Lena Klenke]]

{{Div col end}}

== See also ==
*[[:Category:German actors]]
*{{Section link|List of German Americans|Actors}}
*[[:Category:Film by year]]
*[[List of years in film]]
*[[List of German people]]
*[[List of French actors]]

== Notes ==
<references/>

== Further reading ==
* Friedemann Beyer, Die Ufa-Stars im Dritten Reich. Frauen für Deutschland, (Heyne) 1989
* Friedemann Beyer, Die Gesichter der Ufa. Starportraits einer Epoche, (Heyne) 1992
* Ralf Schenk, Vor der Kamera. Fünfzig Schauspieler in Babelsberg, (Henschel) 1995
* Georg Markus, Die ganz Großen. Erinnerungen an die Lieblinge des Publikums, (Amalthea) 2000 (deutschsprachiger Film der 30er bis 60er Jahre)
* Cinzia Romani, Die Filmdiven des dritten Reiches. Stars zwischen Kult und Terror, (Schüren Presseverlag) 2001
* [[Frank-Burkhard Habel]] and Volker Wachter, Lexikon der DDR-Stars. Schauspieler aus Film und Fernsehen, (Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf) 2002
* Ulrich Liebe, Verehrt, verfolgt, vergessen. Schauspieler als Naziopfer, (Beltz) 2003
* Manfred Hobsch, Klaus Rathje, Ralf Krämer, Filmszene D. Die 250 wichtigsten jungen deutschen Stars aus Kino und TV, (Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf) 2004
* Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorfs internationales Film-Lexikon. Biographisches Handbuch für das gesamte Filmwesen. Herausgegeben zum 30jährigen Jubiläum des deutschen Tonfilms. 3 Bände. Bad Münder (Deister): Prominent-Filmverlag 1960 – 1961.
* Joachim Reichow ; Michael Hanisch: Filmschauspieler A – Z. Berlin: Henschel, diverse Auflagen von 1971 – 1989.
* Adolf Heinzlmeier and Berndt Schulz: Das Lexikon der deutschen Filmstars, Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 2003, {{ISBN|3-89602-475-2}}

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070405110451/http://www.cyranos.ch/sminde-d.htm Porträts bekannter Darsteller des deutschen Films]

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