Biografia

She received a burial at sea in the North Sea .

Her only son was killed in action in WW-2.

Brittle-voiced German actress, often seen in maternal roles. On stage from 1911. Long theatrical residencies in Leipzig (1915-19; 1937-44) and Berlin (1945-49). She was the first actress to play "Mother Courage" in the play by Bertold Brecht. In films from 1922, leading roles by the mid-1930's. Reached her peak as a character actress in the post-war period, culminating with her performance in Lina Braake (1975). A noted voice-over artist, she also synchronised for English-speaking players like Margaret Rutherford, Florence Bates and Sybil Thorndike.

In 1939 she was named a state actor by Joseph Goebbels.

The actress Lina Carstens was especially as a theater actress an institution. She already began her career in 1911 at the Hoftheater in Karlsruhe and worked at different theaters in Leipzig, Hamburg, Munich and Berlin in the next years.