Inge Meysel

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Inge Meysel

Inge Meysel AKA Ingeborg Charlotte Hansen

Born: 30-May-1910
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: 11-Jul-2004
Location of death: Bullenhausen, Germany
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Cremated, Ohlsdorfer Friedhof, Hamburg, Germany

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual [1]
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: Germany
Executive summary: Popular German TV actress

[1] "Ich war bisexuell, ich, die Mutter der Nation", Frankfurter Allgemeine, 10 July 2004. The article recites a litany of her earlier admissions on a variety of subjects, including her sexuality, notably: "Ich war bisexuell, ich, die Mutter der Nation", and "Ich habe mit 17 durch eine Frau die körperliche Liebe kennen gelernt. Aber das war das einzige Mal."

Father: Julius Meysel
Mother: Anna Hansen
Husband: John Olden (m. 1956, d. 1965)

Jewish Ancestry Paternal

FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Roses for the Prosecutor (24-Sep-1959)
The Devil's General (23-Feb-1955)

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