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- Birth nameWinifred Maria Eveline Markus
- Winnie Markus was born on May 16, 1921 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress and producer, known for Zwei Münchner in Hamburg (1989), Aimé des dieux (1942) and The Mozart Story (1948). She was married to Adi Vogel and Heinz Zellermayer. She died on March 8, 2002 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- SpousesAdi Vogel(1959 - 1993) (his death, 1 child)Heinz Zellermayer(1946 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)
- The Cover Photo in the Kinorevue is correct Winnie Markus and not as wrong mentioned 'Franziska Kinz'. (Kinorevue Date 4.1.1942, Volume VIII, Issue No. 23).
- Blonde, high-cheek-boned German leading actress of the 1940's and 50's. Born in Bohemia, she grew up in Prague where she studied ballet. Moved to Vienna at the age of sixteen and attended the Max Reinhardt Seminar. First on stage at the Theater in der Josefstadt (1939-45), subsequent engagements in Berlin. In films from the late 1930's, with first leading roles during the war years. Along with Rudolf Prack, Markus became an important actress of the Heimatfilm genre during the 1950's. Came out of a lengthy retirement in the 1980's to act on German television.
- She took ballet lessons before she entered the Max-Reinhardt-Seminar in Vienna where she studied from 1937 to 1939.
- The busiest time came after the war. First she founded the "Studio 45-Film GmbH" together with Viktor de Kowa but their first movie "Sag' die Wahrheit" (1946) was a failure. It followed engagements at theaters and finally she appeared in Helmut Käutner's movie "In jenen Tagen" (1947).
- Winnie Markus continued her career during wartime and became soon established as a popular leading actress in movies.
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