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Maja Maranow(1961-2016)

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Maja Maranow in Daedalus (1991)
Beloved Sisters depicts the unconventional romance between two aristocratic sisters and a rebellious poet who took the European literary world by storm in the late eighteenth century. As the German Enlightenment flourishes in Weimar, vibrant Caroline von Beulwitz (Hannah Herszsprung) finds herself in an unhappy marriage to provide for her mother and shy younger sister Charlotte von Lengefeld (Henriette Confurius). When both sisters fall for outspoken writer Friedrich Schiller (Florian Stetter), their desire ignites a journey of shared passion and creativity. Charlotte and Schiller marry so that the lovers may pursue their ménage à trois under the guise of convention, but as Caroline reveals herself to be a talented author in her own right, the trio's fragile equilibrium is threatened and the sisters’ once unbreakable connection is irrevocably changed. In this sweeping yet intimate romantic drama, which is also Germany's official submission to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, acclaimed director Dominik Graf illuminates the lives of two bold young women and one of classical literature’s most celebrated figures with charm and contemporary energy.
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Maja Maranow was born on 20 March 1961 in Nienburg/Weser, Lower Saxony, Germany. She was an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Rivalen der Rennbahn (1989) and Ein starkes Team (1994). She was married to Zacharias Preen and Florian Martens. She died on 4 January 2016 in Berlin, Germany.
BornMarch 20, 1961
DiedJanuary 4, 2016(54)
BornMarch 20, 1961
DiedJanuary 4, 2016(54)
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    • 2 nominations total

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Known for

Tatort (1970)
Tatort
7.0
TV Series
  • Corinna
  • Lisa Pietsch
  • Nora Zech
  • Steffi Neuhaus
  • Ute Bernett
Thomas Fritsch and Thekla Carola Wied in Rivalen der Rennbahn (1989)
Rivalen der Rennbahn
6.6
TV Series
  • Sylvia Gruber
Ein starkes Team (1994)
Ein starkes Team
6.7
TV Series
  • Verena Berthold
  • Verena
On Ludlow in Blau
Short
  • Lupe Velez
  • 1988

Credits

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Actress

  • Nachtschicht (2003)
    Nachtschicht
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Olga König
    • Ramona Neumann
    • 2009–2016
  • Ein starkes Team (1994)
    Ein starkes Team
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Verena Berthold
    • Verena
    • 1994–2016
  • Mercedes Müller in Der Pfarrer und das Mädchen (2015)
    Der Pfarrer und das Mädchen
    5.7
    TV Movie
    • Nora
    • 2015
  • Beloved Sisters (2014)
    Beloved Sisters
    6.2
    • Frau Charlotte von Stein
    • 2014
  • Eine Frau verschwindet (2012)
    Eine Frau verschwindet
    6.0
    TV Movie
    • Simone van Leeuwen
    • 2012
  • Rainer Hunold in Der Staatsanwalt (2005)
    Der Staatsanwalt
    5.6
    TV Series
    • Martina Sommer
    • 2012
  • Katharina Böhm, Martin Feifel, Max Herbrechter, and Maja Maranow in Murder in the Best Family (2011)
    Murder in the Best Family
    5.0
    TV Movie
    • Manuela Lorenz
    • 2011
  • Jürgen Tarrach and Hanns Zischler in Hinter blinden Fenstern (2009)
    Hinter blinden Fenstern
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • Clarissa Weberknecht
    • 2009
  • Mein Leben - Marcel Reich-Ranicki (2009)
    Mein Leben - Marcel Reich-Ranicki
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • Helena Reich
    • 2009
  • Lutter (2007)
    Lutter
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Angela Kampschulte
    • 2008
  • Zeit zu leben
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • Annabelle Kohut
    • 2007
  • Roxanne Borski, Heiner Lauterbach, Maja Maranow, Diane Willems, Karoline Teska, Franz Dinda, and Jannik Schümann in Das Glück am anderen Ende der Welt (2007)
    Das Glück am anderen Ende der Welt
    4.6
    TV Movie
    • Hanna Westphal
    • 2007
  • Marco Girnth, Melanie Marschke, Amy Mußul, and Johannes Hendrik Langer in Leipzig Homicide (2001)
    Leipzig Homicide
    5.7
    TV Series
    • Ramona Bäumler
    • 2006
  • Anna Brüggemann and Adrian Topol in Die Kinder der Flucht (2006)
    Die Kinder der Flucht
    TV Series
    • Mutter Ritter
    • 2006
  • Siegfried Lowitz in The Old Fox (1977)
    The Old Fox
    6.3
    TV Series
    • Monika Herscheid
    • Marga Stolp
    • 1999–2006

Soundtrack

  • Der Schattenmann (1996)
    Der Schattenmann
    7.7
    TV Series
    • performer: "Lies", "A Breath Away"
    • 1996

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  • Height
    • 5′ 6½″ (1.69 m)
  • Born
    • March 20, 1961
    • Nienburg/Weser, Lower Saxony, Germany
  • Died
    • January 4, 2016
    • Berlin, Germany(breast cancer)
  • Spouses
      Zacharias Preen
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Lives in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany.

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