Waltraut Kramm the actress and dubber Waltraut Kramm died in Potsdam at the age of 94: she leaves behind a rich life’s work.
Tagesspiegel
By Klaus Bustrin
8/17/2026
Waltraut Kramm began her career as a voice actress at the Rundfunk (state broadcaster) for the children's program Kunterbunt. She completed her acting training from 1948 to 1950 at the DEFA Acting School.
As a theater actress, she worked at the Hans Otto Theater
in Potsdam; there she was a permanent member of the ensemble until 1958.
From 1958, she worked as a freelance actress for theater, film, radio, and radio drama.
She also appeared in numerous radio series, including the crime series Blaulicht, Polizeiruf 110 (as Frau Schr110er in the episode Der Kreuzworträtselfall in 1988) and Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort.
After World War II, Kramm resumed her work as a voice
actress for the state broadcaster; she spoke the role of "Kleinen
Pfennig" in the children's radio series Aus dem Butzemannhaus.
Kramm also worked as a voice actress for radio plays. She, along with Genia Lapuhs, played the title role as the Queen in the fairy tale radio play Schneewittchen in 1963; in the same year, she took on the role of Rosenrot in the fairy tale radio play Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot. In the literary radio play Huckleberry Finn, she played the role of Mary Jane Wilks, one of the attractive daughters of the wealthy Peter Wilks.
Waltraut Kramm also worked as a voice actress in several
fairy tale films. In the classic fairy tale film "Three Nuts for
Cinderella," she played the role of the landlady and cook Rosi; her voice
in the GDR dubbing was provided by the Czechoslovak actress Míla Myslíková.
Waltraut Kramm was married to the long-time head director of the Hans-Otto Theater, Dieter Schindelhauer.
She died in July 2026 after a short illness in a hospital in Potsdam.
In eternal memory
KRAMM, Waltraut
Born: 12/14/1931, Berlin, Germany
Died: 7/28/2026, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Waltraut Kramm’s western – actress:
White Wolves – 1969 (mother)
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