Born February 25, 1913· Oberplanitz [now Zwickau], Saxony, Germany
† Died September 5, 1988
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Emerging from a modest background in Oberplanitz, the son of a ropemaker first pursued violin before turning to Kabarett, theatre work and stage decoration, making his acting debut in Wuppertal in 1937. After World War II he gained nationwide recognition with the film Berliner Ballade, where his character “Otto Normalverbraucher” entered the German lexicon as a synonym for the average citizen. A s…
