Overview
- Berlin’s former governing mayor Klaus Wowereit delivered the laudation at the award ceremony.
- Winter noted that older actresses are rarely seen on television, saying, “Alte Damen sind ausgestorben.”
- Her long-running portrayal of Marlene Dietrich in the play Marlene was hailed as theatre history.
- Beyond the stage, she is known for TV roles such as Familie Bundschuh and for dubbing Jane Fonda, Shirley MacLaine, and Vanessa Redgrave.
- The Götz-George-Preis was established in 2017 and past recipients include Gudrun Ritter, Karin Baal, Angela Winkler, Michael Mendl, Matthias Habich, and Peter Striebeck.