Catherine Thalbach, 1956, Berlin

If acting is not just a job, but a passion and purpose in life, there is a risk that you “want to die on stage,” said Thalbach in an interview, who, even after 60 years of career, is not looking for the applause or recognition of the audience, but personal satisfaction. And though the years have passed, she has remained the same, with the same bravado and talent as in her early days as an actress, director and voice actress with ‘Judged by Night’ (1960), which was followed by no fewer than 177 films. In 2022 she will take part as “Poirot” in the play “Mord im Orientexpress”, to which she will also accompany the cabaret “Love in Times of Hatred” in Berlin.

JUTTA SPEIDEL, 1954, MUNICH

Some of you will surely remember Jutta Speidel as the rebellious nun from the popular series “For Heaven’s Sake”, a role the actress played in the 2000s. Jutta can now look back on a career spanning almost 50 years. She became known through the television film “The Last Holiday”, which was first broadcast in 1975.

Jutta was also able to make a name for herself internationally. She owes this to the thriller “Fleisch”, which was released four years later and deals with organ trafficking. Jutta is still active as an actress and appears both on television and in the theatre. In 2020, for example, she was on stage for the comedy “Lippenrot”.

KATHRIN ACKERMANN, 1938, WIESBADEN

Despite her advanced age, Kathrin Ackermann does not seem to be thinking about retiring. In 2022, for example, she could be seen in a guest role in the crime series “Hubert without Staller”. Kathrin began her career at the end of the 1950s on the theater stages of the republic.

At the same time, she also began shooting for television. Kathrin gained particular notoriety as the mother of Commissioner Charlotte Lindholm (“Tatort”), played by Maria Furtwängler. But Maria is actually Kathrin’s real daughter! Also, some will know Kathrin’s voice very well, as she lent the voice to Peggy Bundy (Katey Segal) from “A Terrible Nice Family” in the German dubbing.

PETER KRAUS, 1939, MUNICH

If anyone embodies Rock’n’Roll in Germany, it’s Peter Kraus. The singer and actor was discovered during one of his concert appearances in Munich in 1956. Soon Peter was one of the most well-known German-language rock’n’roll singers and teenagers adored the man from Munich. From the 1960s, Peter changed the music genre and was able to successfully establish himself as a cuddly singer.

At the same time that the singer’s music career was taking off, Peter also began appearing in films and television. The man from Munich doesn’t seem to be thinking about quitting. In 2021 Peter was part of “The Masked Singer”. In 2022 his new studio album “Idole” was released. Rock’n’Roll keeps you young forever!