Tana Schanzara
Birthday: Born in 1925-12-19 in Kiel, Germany
Deathday: 2008-12-19
TV Credits
Polizeiruf 110
Character: Frau Krause
Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite....
Tatort
Character: Secretary
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland....
Tatort
Character: Frau in der Kneipe
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland....
Der Fahnder
Character: Maria
Der Fahnder is a German television krimi series which was aired between 1984 and 2005. In the Netherlands the series was broadcast by the VARA from 3 October 1985....
Großstadtrevier
Character: Elfriede
Follow the everyday work of a fictional police station on the Kiez of Hamburg....
Alles Atze
Character: Luise Peffelkofen
Alles Atze is a German comedy television series which aired on RTL between 2000 and 2007. The series revolves around the fictional character Atze Schröder....
Der Fahnder
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Der Fahnder is a German television krimi series which was aired between 1984 and 2005. In the Netherlands the series was broadcast by the VARA from 3 October 1985....
Der kleine Vampir – Neue Abenteuer
Character: Die Menschen
Der kleine Vampir – Neue Abenteuer is a German children's television series made in 1993. The series counts 13 episodes and is based upon the books The little vampire travels and The little vampire at the farm which are part of Der kleine Vampir written by German author Angela Sommer-Bodenburg. In 1986 another series was aired: Der kleine Vampir which was based upon other books. In the new series, other actors were used as the originals were now eight years older. The new series is neither a su...
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Character: Self
The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show to Das Erste as Harald Schmidt and Schmidt & Pocher, but he returned to Sat.1 on 13 September 2011. After cancellation on Sat.1, the show continued on Sky Deutschland in September 2012....
Balko
Character: Lore Kunold
Balko is a German prime time television series broadcast on the private TV channel RTL. It is a police detective story with comical twists featuring two inspectors of the Dortmund police, Balko and his colleague Klaus Krapp. Balko's main characteristics are his coolness and his consistently laid-back appearance, whereas “Krappi” is a typical mama’s boy and very clumsy. The series started in 1995 and has won several television awards....
Auf eigene Gefahr
Character: Sarah Goldberg
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Großstadtrevier
Character: Mathilde Maiwald
Follow the everyday work of a fictional police station on the Kiez of Hamburg....
Motiv Liebe
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Motiv Liebe is a German television series....
Mit einem Bein im Grab
Character: Putzfrau
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Gisbert
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Gisbert is a German television series that was created by Hape Kerkeling and was broadcaasted 1999 by the WDR television company....
Alles Nichts Oder?!
Character: Self
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SOKO München
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SOKO 5113 is a long-running German police procedural television series. It was first aired in 1978 on 2 January. SOKO is an abbreviation of the term "Sonderkommission" in German....
Die zweite Heimat
Character: Oma Aufschrey
The movie consist of 13 separate episodes each handling a period between 1960 and 1970. It tells the story of a group of people in Munich (mostly music and film students). The movie tells a story in many different levels about love, friendship, misfortune, loss, art, politics, history with important historic events of the decennium in the background....
Ein Herz und eine Seele
Character: Frau Bergengrün
Ein Herz und eine Seele is a German cult sitcom based on the British sitcom Till Death Us Do Part by Johnny Speight. The show premiered on January 15, 1973 and lasted for about twenty episodes, airing its last on November 4, 1974. In 1976, the show had a short-lived revival with another four episodes. Ein Herz und eine Seele was written by Wolfgang Menge. The show was extremely successful during its initial run and it still proves very popular in reruns. Two episodes in particular, Silvesterpun...
Dreifacher Rittberger
Character: Oma Martha Rittberger
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Tatort
Character: Witness
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland....
Locker vom Hocker
Character: Nachbarin
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Locker vom Hocker
Character: Frau Burger / Frau auf Revier / Kundin
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alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Character: Self
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Movie Credits
Fußball ist unser Leben
Character: Oma Käthe Pollak
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Willi and the Windsors
Character: Else Bettenberg
The British parliament has decided to get rid of the royal family. All of them have to leave the county and so they move to Germany, where they want to live by their distant relatives, the Bettenberg family. But these are not amused about their snobbish visitors, which all want to reside in their little house without doing any work to earn their living....
Club Las Piranjas
Character: Grandmother Schadletzki
Karl-Heinz, a filling-station attendant, and his family, Herta, a retiree, Kurt, a drugstore branch manager, and Margot, a divorced man-hunter, have only one thing in common: they have booked a holiday at Club Las Piranjas, where they want to relax from their nerve-racking occupations. But there are three people knowing a way to prevent this. Most notably the two animators Edwin and Biggy, who don't allow any amusement outside their own plans, and of course the always drunken club chief Mrs. Wen...
Invitation to the Dance
Character: mutige Passantin
Theo Gromberg is a bon vivant, apparently with built-in guarantee to failure. Faithful to his side is his friend Enno, an Italian guest workers. Both have a dream: to which they want to get into the trucking business its own trucks....
Die Abfahrer
Character: Mutter von Lutz
Atze, Lutz and Sulli have no work. Day after day, they idle away their time in a backyard. Atze has been fired from his job as a skilled worker at the hut, Lutz has just completed his apprenticeship and has not been taken on by his company, Sulli, who is Greek, is a foreigner and won't get an apprenticeship anyway. The neighbors are suspicious, their former colleagues mock them, doing nothing is boring and the three of them are fed up with it all. Atze, Lutz and Sulli steal a fully loaded furnit...
Die Oma ist tot
Character: Oma Vera
Grandma Vera travels by bus from a small Polish town to Pinneberg to celebrate her birthday with granddaughter Linda, her husband Lothar and their two children Jan and Christina. Together with Lothar's stuffy, uptight parents, they spend a fun-filled evening. But the next morning, Grandma is dead. Although Grandma Vera actually wanted to lie next to Grandpa Pyotr in her hometown of Kovalov, the family cannot afford an expensive funeral. So there is only one option: to transport Grandma themselve...
Aus der Tiefe des Raumes
Character: Spielzeugverkäuferin
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Jazzclub - Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm
Character: Zanderdame
A musician tries to get by working several jobs....
A Lot of Coal
Character: Ilse Grueten
Adolf Winkelmann's cult movie "A Lot of Coal" tells the story of miner Katlewski. Katlewski is in his early 20s and a miner from Recklinghausen. He no longer realizes with his wife and the prosperity they have achieved....
Die Frau in Weiß
Character: Frau Clements
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Männerpension
Character: Henriette
Ein Förderprogramm bringt die beiden Kanckis Gerd und Steinbock in die Obhut von Frauen. Dort sollen sie beweisen, dass sie in der Lage sind sich in die Gesellschaft zu integrieren. Nun bringt Gerd dummerweise einen Barbesitzer um. Damit hat der Ausflug in die Freiheit vorlaeufig ein Ende....
Peng! Du bist tot!
Character: Rezeptionistin am Aufnahmeschalter des Krankenhauses
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The Trio
Character: Wirtin
Zobel and Karl are a long time gay couple who live together in a trailer home with Lizzie, Zobel's spunky daughter from a heterosexual misadventure. Together these three form a team of thieves who eke out an existence as pickpockets. After a botched job, Karl becomes unable to work, forcing Zobel and Lizzie to seek out a new partner. Lizzie recruits Rudolf, the boyishly charming town misfit. Reluctantly, Zobel allows Rudolf to join them but warns him to never break the golden rule: "No exchangin...
If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer
Character: Mama Wiesenkamp
Frustrated with their lazy new intern, a trio of offbeat builders decide to teach him a lesson with a series of escalating pranks....
Tenderness of the Wolves
Character: Nachbarin
A German serial killer preys on boys and young men during the so-called years of crisis between the wars. Based on the true story of Fritz Haarmann, aka the Butcher of Hanover and the Vampire of Hanover....
Hiccup
Character: Fleischersfrau
Gertie, called Flo by her friends, sees her big chance of a model carreer, when she manages to get the business card of successful model Chantal at a fashion show in her sleepy village. She goes to Berlin and nests in the flat share of Chantal and Freddie. Whereas country girl Flo is still busy to find herself, Chantal is about to lose herself more and more in the depths of stardom. The story of a very unusual female friendship....
Rückfälle
Character: Kneipenwirtin
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Zündschnüre
Character: Tante Herta Ronsdorf
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Lena Rais
Character: Mutter Rais
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Die Affäre Lerouge
Character: Haushälterin Tabarets
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The First Semester
Character: Frau Buchenhecker
A young student stands to inherent a fortune provided he can pass his first semester of college and find a steady girlfriend. His scheming stepfather has other plans for the money, however....
Smog
Character: Frau am Fenster
Every day they clean the dirty windows of their cars from the filthy film that has formed overnight. Measuring stations call a low smog warning. But one day a soccer player collapses on the pitch with breathlessness....
Kiez
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Set in Hamburg's “Hell's Kitchen,” a waterfront milieu of gangsters, pimps, dealers and prostitutes, the story follows the attempts of an ex-seaman first to insinuate himself into the scene, and then to extricate himself from it. He becomes a small-time pimp, sending his naive girlfriend out onto the streets thinking she is financing their middle-class future. When he becomes involved with an old pal, Nil, he increases his criminal portfolio. But when he steals Nil's girlfriend and things heat u...
Verhexte Hochzeit
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Super
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The Earth shortly before its end. The houses in the cities are deserted, the streets smashed. The sky shimmers dark gray....
Kleiner Mann, was nun?
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