Ursula Karusseit

Ursula Karusseit (2 August 1939 – 1 February 2019) was a German actress.

Life and career Karusseit was born in Elbing, Germany (now Elbląg, Poland). After the expulsion from her hometown, she grew up Parchim and Gera.

In addition to her stage career, Karusseit also appeared in over 50 films and numerous television productions. Her role as Gertrud Habersaat in the TV-mini series Ways across the Country in 1968 also made her a well-known name in West Germany. In 1971 she portrayed German resistance fighter Hilde Coppi in Horst E. Brandt's KLK Calling PTZ – The Red Orchestra.

After the German reunification, Karusseit appeared for twenty years until her death in the German hospital series In aller Freundschaft, playing the operator of the hospital's cafeteria.

Karusseit married Benno Besson in 1969 and held Swiss citizenship through her marriage. She died of heart problems in Berlin, aged 79, on 1 February 2019.

Filmography

Awards 1968: National Prize of the German Democratic Republic 2009: (German media prize) for her lifetime achievement