1921 - 2002

Winnie Markus continued her career during wartime and became soon established as a popular leading actress in movies like "Herz geht vor Anker" (40), "Die Geierwally" (40), "Sommerliebe" (42), "Wen die Götter lieben" (42), "Tonelli" (43) and "Das alte Lied" (45).

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" (46) was a failure.
It followed engagements at theaters and finally she appeared in Helmut Käutner's movie "In jenen Tagen" (47).
She was very successful in the next years with movies like "Zwischen Gestern und Morgen" (47), "Morituri" (48), "Es begann um Mitternacht" (50), "Roman eines Frauenarztes" (54), "Teufel in Seide" (56) and "Der Priester und das Mädel" (58).

When Winnie Markus got married with the "salt baron" Adi Vogel she retired from the acting and concentrated to the management of her husband's company. When the company collapsed in 1976 he had to flee through different countries because of the enormous debts. After that Winnie Markus ventured a comeback at the theater which she succeeded in an impressive way. 

She was also able to gain a foothold on TV and acted in the serial "Zwei Münchner in Hamburg" (89), in the serial "Der Bergdoktor" (93) and in the TV production "Blumen im Regen" (01).

Winnie Markus had to bear a bad blow in 1982 when her son died in an accident.
But also further heights influenced her last years, among others she got the Filmband in gold in 1986 and the Bundesverdienstkreuz in 1988.
 

Other movies with Winnie Markus:
Brand im Ozean (39) Les risque-tout (40) Im Schatten des Berges (40) Die Kellnerin Anna (41) Alarmstufe V (41) Der verkaufte Grossvater (42) Der grosse Schatten (42) Kleine Residenz (42) Kleine Residenz (42) Brüderlein fein (42) Gefährlicher Frühling (43) Der verzauberte Tag (43) Fahrt ins Abenteuer (43) Dir zuliebe (44) Philine (45) Das fremde Leben (45) Zwischen Herz und Gewissen (45) The Mozart Story (48) Liebesheirat (49) Der Bagnosträfling (49) Diese Nacht vergess' ich nie (49) Dieser Mann gehört mir (50) Begierde (51) Tausend rote Rosen blüh'n (52) Man nennt es Liebe (53) Kaiserwalzer (53) Komm zurück... (53) Liebeserwachen (53) Die grosse Starparade (54) Die Sonne von St. Moritz (54) Kaisermanöver (54) Geheimnis einer Ehe/Du mein stilles Tal (55) Das Mädchen Marion (56) Vergiss, wenn du kannst (56) Made in Germany (56) Nichts als Ärger mit der Liebe (56) Liebe, die den Kopf verliert (56) Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe (56) Frauenarzt Dr. Bertram (57) Man ist nur zweimal jung (58) Hoch klingt der Radetzkymarsch (58) Was eine Frau im Frühling träumt (59) Wiedersehen in Kanada (92) Serie "Amico mio - Die Kinderklinik" (93)