Uschi Glas

Biography

Uschi Glas is a German actress. She rose to fame in 1966 as Apanatschi in the youth film Winnetou und das Halbblut Apanatschi and achieved her breakthrough as a screen star in 1968, playing the female lead in the socially critical comedy Zur Sache, Schätzchen by filmmaker May Spils.

In the 1980s, Glas became a popular leading actress in widely watched German television series. In the 2010s, she appeared in a comedic supporting role in several installments of the successful Fack ju Göhte film franchise. Particularly during the 1970s and 1980s, she was also active in theater. Glas has received numerous awards; she is the founder of the charitable organization Brotzeit and remains actively engaged in sociopolitical causes beyond her work with the charity.