Ursula Werner
Acting • Born 1943-09-28
Biography
Ursula Werner grew up in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg. She first learned the carpenter's trade in the collective 'Wilma Rudolph' in Adlershof. After studying at the State Drama School in Berlin, today's Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Art, her first engagements took her to the Landestheater Halle an der Saale and to the Berlin cabaret Die Distel. From 1974 to 2009 Werner was a permanent member of the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin. She can still be seen as a guest performer on the Gorky stage. At DEFA, her role as Dr. Unglaube in the film A crazy scent of fresh hay (1977) is particularly remembered. From 2001 to 2007 she stood in front of the camera as Ms. Mell in a constant supporting role in the series Schloss Einstein. After a few minor roles in film and television, Ursula Werner returned to the spotlight in 2008 in the lead role in Andreas Dresens Wolke 9. In Wolke 9, she embodied a woman who, in her late 60s, leaves her older husband for an even older man. The aim of the film is to show that love and sex don't just stop when you get older. For this extraordinary achievement, she received the German Film Prize in 2009 for the best female leading role.
Filmography
95 credits
Policewoman
Movie • 2000
Mutter Schmiedel
Cloud 9
Movie • 2008
Inge
Zement
Movie • 1973
Narrenspiel
Movie • 2009
Marlies
Unnatural Causes
Movie • 2023
On Probation
Movie • 1981
Frau Müller
Stopped on Track
Movie • 2011
Renate
Because We Are Champions
Movie • 2022
At the Other End
Movie • 2009
Marianne
Winter's Daughter
Movie • 2011
Lene Graumann
Two Lives
Movie • 2012
Hiltrud
Mädchenabend
Movie • 2012
Eva
Querschuss
Movie • 2024
Bernadette
Schwestern
Movie • 2013
Usch Kerkhoff
Seine Hoheit – Genosse Prinz
Movie • 1969
Gabi
Ein altes Modell
Movie • 1976
Verkäuferin
Two to One
Movie • 2024
Käthe
Frau Venus und ihr Teufel
Movie • 1967
Maria / Moritz
The Naked Man on the Sportsfield
Movie • 1974
Angela
Grüne Hochzeit
Movie • 1989
Susannes Mutter
Weil ich dich liebe …
Movie • 1970
Eva Thiessen
Mandy will ans Meer
Movie • 2012
Olga Schmidt
Open the Wall
Movie • 2014
Monika
Island of Swans
Movie • 1983
Stefans Mutter
Orphea in Love
Movie • 2022
Lilo
Hubert und Staller - Die ins Gras beißen
Movie • 2013
Sabine Grimm
Sputnik
Movie • 2013
Oma Bode
The Crazy Smell of Fresh Hay
Movie • 1977
Dr. Angelika Unglaube
Columbus on the Havel River
Movie • 1978
Mutter
Lord Hansi
Movie • 1991
Christa
I Love Victor
Movie • 1984
Inas Mutter
In the Rose Garden
Movie • 2025
Unten Mitte Kinn
Movie • 2011
Corinna Trampe
Dantons Tod
Movie • 1977
Marion
Heute ist Freitag
Movie • 1975
Martina
Hands of a Mother
Movie • 2016
Dr. Marczewski
The Garden
Movie • 2017
Ilse
Willenbrock
Movie • 2005
Kommissarin
Lucky Loser
Movie • 2017
Rosi
Die Übergangsgesellschaft
Movie • 1990
Mascha
Die verzauberten Brüder
Movie • 1988
Hexe
All About Me
Movie • 2018
Bertha
Meine Frau Inge und meine Frau Schmidt
Movie • 1985
Maria
Männerwirtschaft
Movie • 1985
Gina Krüger
Vater gesucht
Movie • 1988
Frau Berens
Eine Frau für drei
Movie • 1989
Jenny
Imaginative King
Movie • 1990
Hede
Die Leute aus dem Roten Ross
Movie • 1978
Fiete Stein
Movie • 1970
Saniyes Lust
Movie • 2004
Dr. Fabian
Wäre die Erde nicht rund...
Movie • 1981
Ich liebe dich - April! April!
Movie • 1988
Man nennt mich jetzt Mimi...
Movie • 1976
Backhouse Bliss
Movie • 1980
Land`s End
Movie • 2004
Gundula
The Nail
Movie • 2012
Frau Schmidt
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Movie • 2019
Heimpi
Netzwerk
Movie • 1970
F for Freaks
Movie • 2019
Gabriela
Die lange Ankunft des Alois Fingerlein
Movie • 1981
Wer einmal stirbt dem glaubt man nicht
Movie • 2020
Dr. Herta Maria Lundin
Echo
Movie • 2022
Edith Telaar (The Bog Mistress)
Jan Oppen
Movie • 1987
Mutter
Scheusal
Movie • 1992
Andreas Dresen - Ein Leben für den Film
Movie • 2024
Self
In my Parents' House
Movie • 2025
Elisabeth
Kein Mann für zwei
Movie • 1982
Rezeptionsangestellte
Wir Vier und der Enkeltrick
Movie • 2025
Christel Hallmann
Emil and the Detectives
Movie • 2026
Renate Tischbein
Hundsköpfe
Movie • 2003
Alexanders Mother
The Witnesses
TV • 2021
Ruth Meller
Die Anwälte
TV • 2008
Frau Krause
Polizeiruf 110
TV • 1971
Frau Lüders
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Sandra Wimmer
Entry to Paradise
TV • 1987
Frau Taube
Never Too Late for Justice
TV • 2016
Annemarie Euler
Grains and Dog
TV • 2002
Richterin
Polizeiruf 110
TV • 1971
Inge Sternsdorff
Ein starkes Team
TV • 1994
Waltraut Möbius
Polizeiruf 110
TV • 1971
Maria Sander
The Palace
TV • 2022
Elisabeth Steffen
Der Kriminalist
TV • 2006
Doris Lenau
SOKO Köln
TV • 2003
Charlotte Großmann
Bloch
TV • 2002
Svenjas Adoptivmutter
SOKO Stuttgart
TV • 2009
Urszula Horwitz
Doktor Ballouz
TV • 2021
Rosa Lehmann
German Film Award
TV • 1951
Self
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Luise Nussbaum
Bavarian Film Awards
TV • 1979
Self
Jenseits der Spree
TV • 2021
Judith Beskow
DAS!
TV • 1991
Self
MDR um 4
TV • 2014
Self
Riverboat
TV • 1992
Self
ZIBB
TV • 2003
Self
House of Yang
TV • 2026
Elsa (old)