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- Herwart Grosse was born on April 17, 1908 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Nichts als Sünde (1965), Minna von Barnhelm (1962) and Schüsse unterm Galgen (1968). He was married to Annemarie Hermann. He died on October 27, 1982 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- SpouseAnnemarie Hermann(? - October 27, 1982) (his death, 2 children)
- Conscripted into the German army during World War II, he served as a panzer grenadier and spent some time after the war as a Soviet prisoner-of-war.
- Incisive stage and screen character actor with distinctively high forehead and deep-set eyes, initially cast in scheming or villainous roles. Became prominent from the late 1940's in East German (Defa) film and television productions, often with significant left-wing propaganda content.
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