Angela Winkler

German actress

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Born: January 22, 1944
Age in 2026: 82
Zodiac sign: Aquarius
Birth year: 1944

About Angela Winkler

Angela Winkler (born 22 January 1944) is a German actress. More recently, Winkler appeared in Dark (2017), the first German-language Netflix original series, and as Miss Tanner in Luca Guadagnino's Suspiria (2018). In 1979, she won international fame as the mother of Oskar Matzerath in Schlöndorff's Oscar-winning film The Tin Drum, an adaption of the famous book of the same name by Günter Grass.

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Angela Winkler timeline

1979In 1979, she won international fame as the mother of Oskar Matzerath in Schlöndorff's Oscar-winning film The Tin Drum, an adaption of the famous book of the same name by Günter Grass.
2017More recently, Winkler appeared in Dark (2017), the first German-language Netflix original series, and as Miss Tanner in Luca Guadagnino's Suspiria (2018).

The world when Angela Winkler was born

Angela Winkler was born in 1944. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1944

#1 song"Swinging on a Star" – Bing Crosby
Top movieGoing My Way
Best-selling bookStrange Fruit – Lillian Smith

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentGreen Bay Packers win NFL Championship
Top headlineD-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6
Technology milestoneHarvard Mark I computer begins operations
Defining fadBobby socks
Notable inventionKidney dialysis machine
World population2.39 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
U.S. population138.4M

1944 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Angela Winkler's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1944	2026
Gas	$0.21	$3.45/gal
Average home	$5,800	$435,000
Average income	$4,200	$67,500
Minimum wage	$0.30	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$0.27	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.03	$0.73
Population	138.4M	341 million

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