Maria Happel

Maria Happel (b. 1962) is a German actor and director who worked as a puppeteer early in her career. She performed Leonie Löwenzahn in her first two appearances on Sesamstrasse in 1986.
Happel was a puppeteer on Hallo Spencer from 1984 to 1985, as Casimir and Karl-Heinz. However, most of her work has been acting and directing for the stage (primarily in Vienna) or appearing on camera. Beginning in 2010, she played the regular role of pathologist Franziska Beck on the crime series SOKO Wien.
Film credits, usually as a character actor, include Die Braut (with Christoph Waltz), Berlin '36 and Alles inklusive (both with Axel Prahl), She made appearances on Grossstadtrevier and Tatort.
==External links==
*IMDb
*German agency site
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