- German comedic character actress and operatic singer, married to the composer Paul Lincke from 1886 to 1901. Earning herself the sobriquet "Königin des Humors" (Queen of Humour), she performed on stage in Berlin and later conducted successful tours of Europe and the Americas. In films with Deutsche Bioscop from 1907, she appeared initially in hearty roles (cooks, maids, resolute widows), latterly as dowagers and little old ladies.
- She gradually stepped back to the second row in the 20's and impersonated impressive support roles on the big screen.
- She got married with the composer Paul Lincke in 1893 acted under the name Anna Müller-Lincke from now on. The marriage was divorced later.
- The talkies were no problem for the experienced stage actress and she appeared till brief to her death in popular movies like "Namensheirat" (1930), "Lumpenball" (1930), "Berlin - Alexanderplatz" (31) and Die Liebe und die erste Eisenbahn" (1934).
- She made her stage debut at the age of four at the Nationaltheater Berlin.
- As a popular stage actress - she was among others a honorary member of the club of Art and Science - it was a courageous step to gain a foothold in the disapproved-of film business. But her daring payed off for her and the already over 40 years old actress became a popular star in the early period of the German film. She especially came it strong with comedies who aroused enthusiasm and was able to fill cinema halls.
- The actress Anna Müller-Lincke was a successful stage actress in the late 19th century and worked on international stages in Europe and America.
- In 1919-1920 Lincke was productive with four to five some films per year.
- Before she switched to silent film, she was a well-known soubrette and stage actress. Among other things, she played in the Ostend Theater in Berlin in the Gross-Frankfurter Straße. There she met in 1885 the then bassoonist and later operetta composer Paul Lincke and married him in 1893. In 1898 the couple divorced again.
- In 1917 Müller-Lincke founded her own company Anna Müller-Lincke-Film, for which she produced Die linkische Anna (1917). Though her company was shortlived Lincke was popular enough to start a whole series with her character Anna.
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