European Journal | Germany: Once a Performer, Always a Performer

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Channel: DW News · 2008 · Entertainment

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90-year-old actress and opera singer Gitta Krohn lives in Germany's only retirement home for stage artistes, the Marie Seebach Home in Weimar, together with 50 other former actors, performers and musicians. Many of them are hale and hearty and still tread the boards. They can't imagine a life away from the limelight.

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