Background
Rosel Zech was born in Berlin. Her father was an inland waterway boatman and her mother a dressmaker. They were unmarried.
Rosel Zech was born in Berlin. Her father was an inland waterway boatman and her mother a dressmaker. They were unmarried.
This article has been translated from the German Wikipedia equivalent. Theater She died of bone cancer in Berlin on 31 August 2011, aged 69. Following a cancer diagnosis in the summer of 2011, Zech had not been able to resume her regular role as a nun in the German television series Um Himmels Willen (Foreign Heaven"s Sake).
1968: Förderpreis des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen 1976: Schauspielerin des Jahres der Zeitschrift Theater heute for Hedda Gabler 1982: Goldener Bär der Berlinale for Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss 1983: Deutscher Darstellerpreis for Mascha 1990: Kainz-Medaille der Stadt Wien for Eines langen Tages Reise in die Nacht 1991: 1. Preis des World Film Festival in Montreal for Salmonberries 1992: Bayerischer Filmpreis (Beste Darstellerin) for Salmonberries 1999: Bayerischer Verdienstorden 2001: Merkur-Theaterpreis der Zeitung Münchner Merkur for Afterplay.
