Olivia Pascal
Olivia Pascal (born Olivia Gerlitzki: 26 May 1957 in Munich, West Germany) is a German actress.

Career 

Olivia Pascal was working as a medical assistant in 1976 when she was discovered by director Hubert Frank for the erotic film Vanessa. She then played in several erotic films and sex comedies such as The Fruit is Ripe (1977), Interno di un convento (1977) and Die Insel der tausend Freuden (aka Triangle of Venus) (1978) as well as horror films and thrillers before becoming a television actress. She appeared as a presenter on the television series Bananas from 1981 to 1984. She went on to regular roles on multiple German television series: Somehow and Anyways in 1986, The Black Forest Clinic from 1986 to 1989, Friends for Life from 1994 to 1997, and the telenovela Verliebt in Berlin from 2005 to 2007. She had a long-running role as Detective Inspector Lizzy Berger in SOKO 5113 from 1988 to 1997.

Pascal also has appeared on stage in the plays Der muss es sein (Beau Jest) from 1996 to 2001 and Auf und davon (Birds on the Wing) from 1999 to 2002.

Selected filmography
Vanessa (1977), as Vanessa Anden
The Fruit is Ripe (1977), as Amanda
Casanova & Co. (1977), as Angela
Arrête ton char... bidasse! (1977), as Maria
Interno di un convento (1977)
 Popcorn and Ice Cream (1978), as Vivi Berger
 Cola, Candy, Chocolate (1979), as Gaby
Burning Rubber (1981), as Maxe
Bloody Moon (1981), as Angela
C.O.D. (1981), as Holly
Sunshine Reggae in Ibiza (1983), as Christa
 (1985), as Vera
Somehow and Anyways (TV series, 11 episodes, 1986), as Christl Burger
The Black Forest Clinic (TV series, 29 episodes, 1986–89), as Carola
SOKO 5113 (TV series, 83 episodes, 1988–97), as Lizzy Berger
Friends for Life (TV series, 30 episodes, 1994–97), as Dr. Beate Chevalier
Verliebt in Berlin (TV series, 39 episodes, 2005–07), as Laura Seidel

Personal life

Pascal was previously in a 13-year relationship with actor and director Pascal Breuer. In 2009 she married Peter Kanitz. The couple lives in Munich.

References

External links

Alexander Agency Munich 

German film actresses
German television actresses
Actresses from Munich
1957 births
Living people
20th-century German actresses
21st-century German actresses