 Dietlinde Turban's first stage appearance at the age of 19 as Gretchen in Goethe's Faust at the Residenz-Theatre in Munich brought her national fame.In rapid succession she starred in new productions of Lessing's "Minna von Barnhelm" (as Minna), Shakespeare's "Othello" (as Desdemona - for which she received the Bad Hersfeld Festival prize for best actress), and in works of Anouilh, Giraudoux and others.She was invited as guest star at the State Theater in Bonn and the Josefstadt Theatre in Vienna.