Marylu Poolman

Biography

Marylu Poolman was a Dutch actress born on October 3, 1936, in Amsterdam. She trained at the Max-Reinhardt-Schule for Schauspiel in West Berlin and became an Ensemble member at the Schauspielhaus Leipzig from 1956 to 2002, playing over 80 roles. Her film debut came in 1961 with DEFA's Drei Kapitel Glück, with notable performances in Heinrich-Mann's Im Schlaraffenland (1975) and several TV shows and films throughout the 1970s and 1980s.