Alexandra Schmitt

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Alexandra Schmitt (born January 30, 1861 in Freiburg im Breisgau , † after June 1938 probably in Berlin ; also Alexandra Schmidt ) was a German actress .

Life

She came from a theater family and was already three years old on the stage of the Stuttgart court theater , where her father was senior director. She then moved to various other venues with her parents, including Bremen and Königsberg .

Shortly after the turn of the century she came to Berlin, where she appeared for six years at the State Theater , then at the Deutsches Theater , Lessing Theater , Schiller Theater and the Volksbühne . In the 1910s she ran her own small stage near Berlin. Guest tours have taken her to Bromberg , Thorn and Magdeburg, among others .

Director Jürgen Fehling cast her in a performance of Else Lasker-Schüler's Die Wupper as mother Pius. Alexandra Schmitt was on stage until 1935. Her last role was Frigga in a performance of The Nibelungs at the Deutsches Theater.

Since 1927, she has also repeatedly appeared on the screen as the actress of severely tested mothers. Her most important achievement in 1929 was the title character in Piel Jutzi's mother Krausens Fahrt ins Glück , who takes her own life out of desperation over personal and social misery. The last known reference to Alexandra Schmitt comes from June 1938.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source: Kay Less : Das Großes Personenlexikon des Films , Volume 7, S. 137, Berlin 2001; Paul Stanley Ulrich's Biographical Directory for Theater, Dance and Music (2 volumes, Berlin Verlag 1997) states "around 1935".
personal data
SURNAME Schmitt, Alexandra
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alexandra Schmidt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Breisgau
DATE OF DEATH after June 1938
Place of death unsure: Berlin