Alice Decarli
Alice Nora Decarli (born November 26, 1906 in Kobe ; † 1964 ) was a German actress , editor , broadcaster and director .
Live and act
Born in Kobe, Japan, Decarli completed her acting training from 1926 to 1928 in Düsseldorf with Louise Dumont . She received her first stage engagement at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus (1928–1929). This was followed by theater positions in Guben (1929–1930), Essen (1931–1935), at the Nationaltheater Mannheim (1935–1938) and at the English Theater Berlin (1939). Alice Decarli initially often played the type of the youthful salon lady and the sentimental, such as the "Luise" in Schiller's Cabal and Love , George Bernard Shaw's Maiden of Orléans , the "Beatrice" in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothingand the "Alkmene" in Heinrich von Kleist's Amphitryon .
In 1940 she shifted her artistic focus from acting to other activities in film and radio. From 1940 to 1945 she worked as an editor at UFA . In this she worked a. a. on the unfinished UFA production The Puppeteer based on Theodor Storm's Pole Poppenspäler .
In 1946 she began a second career as a broadcaster and director at RIAS in Berlin. From 1952 she also worked as a freelancer for the SFB . Alice Decarli staged radio plays based on Marie-Luise Kaschnitz ( The Stranger Voice ) and Rabindranath Tagore ( The Post Office ) and acted as a speaker herself in various productions, such as B. as “Therese” alongside Viktor de Kowa in an adaptation of Jean Giraudoux 's Apollo von Bellac (SFB 1955) and as speaking voice in a production of Mozart's Magic Flute under the direction of Ferenc Fricsay (RIAS).
In addition, she worked extensively as a voice actress . As a spokeswoman she also worked in film and television productions such as the documentary Uprising Conscience on the events of July 20, 1944 (ARD 1954). As an actress, however, she was rarely seen in films. a. in the fairy tale film The Sandman (with Walter Bluhm in the title role).
Filmography (selection)
- 1945 The Puppeteer (unfinished)
- 1955 The Sandman
Web links
- Alice Decarli in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Gisela Bierling-Greitzer: On the Other Side of the Fence . Xulon Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-61379-008-3 , p. 143.
- ^ Herbert A. Frenzel , Hans Joachim Moser (ed.): Kürschner's biographical theater manual. Drama, opera, film, radio. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. De Gruyter, Berlin 1956, DNB 010075518 , p. 113.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Decarli, Alice |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Decarli, Alice Nora (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress, editor, broadcaster and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kobe |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1964 |