Gisela Stein

Gisela Stein (2 October 1935 – 4 May 2009) was a German actress. Stein was born in Swinemünde (now Świnoujście, Poland) and educated at the Wiesbaden actors school. She began her stage career in Koblenz, Krefeld-Mönchengladbach and Essen with Erwin Piscator. In 1960 Stein moved to Berlin, where she worked for the next 19 years. Stein appeared also at the Schauspielhaus Zürich, the Staatstheater Stuttgart and the Salzburg Festival. In 1980 she moved to Munich, where she stood at the Munich Kammerspiele until 2001.Stein died on 4 May 2009 at Mohrkirch, Schleswig-Holstein, aged 73, from undisclosed causes.