Meysel, Inge (1910–2004)

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Meysel, Inge (1910–2004)

German actress. Born May 30, 1910, in Berlin, Germany; died July 10, 2004, in Bullenhausen, Lower Saxony.

Banned from the stage during the Nazi era because her father was Jewish, appeared in many popular tv shows after the war; earned nickname "Mother of the Nation" for her role as a concierge in tv series "Das Fenster zum Flur" ("The Window to the Floor," 1959–60).

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