Eva-Maria Hagen

Eva-Maria Hagen
Hagen during a performance in the Berlin Ensemble, September 2015
Born	Eva-Maria Buchholz (1934-10-19) 19 October 1934 (age 86) Költschen, Province of Brandenburg, Germany (current-day Kołczyn, Poland)
Occupation	Actress and singer
Years active	1957–present
Spouse(s)	Hans Oliva-Hagen, Wolf Biermann
Children	Nina Hagen
Relatives	Cosma Shiva Hagen (granddaughter) Wolf Biermann (husband) Otis Chevallier-Hagen (half-brother)

Eva-Maria Hagen (born Eva-Maria Buchholz; German: [ˈeː.fa ma.ˈʁiː.a ˈhaːgŋ̩] (listen); 19 October 1934) is a German actress and singer. She was known as the "Brigitte Bardot of the GDR", but she was sacked for political reasons.

Life[]

She was born in 1934 and she was trained at the Academy for Performing Arts in Berlin before joining the Berliner Ensemble in 1953.^[1] In 1954 she married Hans Oliva-Hagen and they had a child named Catherine (aka Nina Hagen). Her film career lead to her being called the "Brigette Bardot of the GDR".^[2]

Despite becoming a successful film actress she was side lined because of her relationship with Wolf Biermann. He was a singer and songwriter but his politics lead to him not being employed. In 1976 her support for the now estranged Biermann lead to her being sacked. She moved to West Germany in 1977.^[1] She is the mother of Nina Hagen and the grandmother of Cosma Shiva Hagen.

Selected filmography[]

• Don't Forget My Little Traudel (1957), as Traudel
• Spur in die Nacht (1957), as Sabine
• Goods for Catalonia (1959), as Marion Stöckel
• The Dress (1961), as Katrin
• Reise ins Ehebett (1966), as Mary Lou
• Meine Freundin Sybille (1967), as Helena
• The Banner of Krivoi Rog (1967), as Elfriede
• The Legend of Paul and Paula (1973)
• Herzlich willkommen (1990), as Sekretärin
• Vier gegen Z (2005–2006, TV series), as Hedda Sörensen

References[]

External links[]

• Eva-Maria Hagen at IMDb

This article about a German film and television actor is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t