Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer (23 June 1800 in Stuttgart – 25 August 1868 in Berlin)[1] was a German actress, writer, director of the Stadttheater in Zürich for six years, and author of over 100 plays and libretto.

From 1818 to 1826 she appeared in Prague, Stuttgart, Kassel, Hannover, Berlin, Dresden, and Hamburg as a member of the Munch Hoftheater playing the lead in tragic roles.

In 1825 she married Danish writer and historian, Christian Andreas Birch, the couple begat two children.

After professionally visiting most of the cities in Germany, in 1844 she accepted an engagement at the royal Berlin Hoftheater, to which she remained attached until her death.

[3] Dramatization of popular novels was her specialty, for which her intimate knowledge of the technical necessities of the stage fitted her.