Astrid Kollex
Description
Astrid Kollex is a German voice actress, dialogue director, and audio play actress, born in 1946. She is known for her extensive work in dubbing foreign-language films and television series for the German market, as well as for her roles in numerous German audio drama productions.
Kollex provided the German voice for the character Pincho in the anime film Space Firebird 2772, also known as Phoenix 2772. The film was originally released in Japan in 1980, with the German dubbed version being produced in Hamburg in 1982. In this version, Kollex dubbed the voice of the original Japanese voice actor, Kazue Takahashi, for the role of Pincho.
Beyond this specific anime role, Kollex's career is marked by a wide range of dubbing work for live-action television series. She gained recognition for providing the German voices for characters in prominent American shows. These included Adrianne Lesniak for Justine Miceli in New York Cops – NYPD Blue, Erica Connelly for Christina Haag in Providence, Jamie Hamilton for Robyn Douglass in the Kampfstern Galactica franchise, and Coco Hernandez for Erica Gimpel in Fame – Der Weg zum Ruhm. Her voice can also be heard in episodic roles for series such as Pretender, Dead Zone, Knight Rider, Die Sopranos, and McLeods Töchter.
In addition to her on-screen dubbing work, Kollex has been a prolific audio play actress. Among her most notable roles is providing the German voice for the character Schlumpfine (Smurfette) in the Die Schlümpfe animated series. Her extensive audio work includes roles in popular German series such as Flitze Feuerzahn, where she voiced Rabe Raps, as well as appearances in Ein Fall für TKKG, Fünf Freunde, and Asterix. She also voiced characters like Babsi Boing Boing in Holle Honig, Popi in a Popeye audio drama, and the villainess Catra in a German audio adaptation of She-Ra, Princess of Power. Later in her career, she also took on the role of narrator for audio productions such as Lurchis Abenteuer.
Kollex has also worked extensively behind the microphone as a dialogue director, overseeing the German dubbing for productions like Dead Zone, Mutant X, and Dune – Der Wüstenplanet. She also contributed to the writing of German scripts for these and other projects.
Kollex provided the German voice for the character Pincho in the anime film Space Firebird 2772, also known as Phoenix 2772. The film was originally released in Japan in 1980, with the German dubbed version being produced in Hamburg in 1982. In this version, Kollex dubbed the voice of the original Japanese voice actor, Kazue Takahashi, for the role of Pincho.
Beyond this specific anime role, Kollex's career is marked by a wide range of dubbing work for live-action television series. She gained recognition for providing the German voices for characters in prominent American shows. These included Adrianne Lesniak for Justine Miceli in New York Cops – NYPD Blue, Erica Connelly for Christina Haag in Providence, Jamie Hamilton for Robyn Douglass in the Kampfstern Galactica franchise, and Coco Hernandez for Erica Gimpel in Fame – Der Weg zum Ruhm. Her voice can also be heard in episodic roles for series such as Pretender, Dead Zone, Knight Rider, Die Sopranos, and McLeods Töchter.
In addition to her on-screen dubbing work, Kollex has been a prolific audio play actress. Among her most notable roles is providing the German voice for the character Schlumpfine (Smurfette) in the Die Schlümpfe animated series. Her extensive audio work includes roles in popular German series such as Flitze Feuerzahn, where she voiced Rabe Raps, as well as appearances in Ein Fall für TKKG, Fünf Freunde, and Asterix. She also voiced characters like Babsi Boing Boing in Holle Honig, Popi in a Popeye audio drama, and the villainess Catra in a German audio adaptation of She-Ra, Princess of Power. Later in her career, she also took on the role of narrator for audio productions such as Lurchis Abenteuer.
Kollex has also worked extensively behind the microphone as a dialogue director, overseeing the German dubbing for productions like Dead Zone, Mutant X, and Dune – Der Wüstenplanet. She also contributed to the writing of German scripts for these and other projects.
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- GermanAnime overview: Phoenix 2772 - Space Firebird