Barbara Adolph

Barbara Adolph (born June 8, 1931 in Schneidemühl ) is a German actress and voice actress .

Life

During her acting training, she was offered roles as a supporting actress in film and television productions before she first appeared on a theater stage in Greiz in 1952 . This was followed by engagements in Gera , Karl-Marx-Stadt and at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin . At the same time, she developed into a popular actress in DEFA feature films in the 1960s , especially in comedies.

In 1978 she moved to the Federal Republic of Germany and became a freelance actress at the Renaissance Theater in Berlin. In addition, she was mainly active in television productions such as Our Teacher Doctor Specht and Liebling Kreuzberg .

Filmography (selection)

• 1949: Our daily bread
• 1950: The Council of Gods
• 1950: Benthin family
• 1952: The condemned village
• 1954: beacon
• 1956: recovery
• 1959: The Pranks of Scapin (TV movie)
• 1961: The same route (TV movie)
• 1964: Peterle and the Christmas goose Auguste
• 1966: Blue light - Episode 26: Masked ball
• 1967: Ciupaga Secret Command (TV movie)
• 1969: foggy night
• 1969: Moor and the Ravens of London
• 1970: Everyone dies for himself alone (TV film, 3 parts)
• 1971: An Ideal Husband (TV movie)
• 1971: The Lord Ornifle (TV movie)
• 1971: KLK to PTX - Die Rote Kapelle
• 1972: Police Call 110: The Mask (TV series)
• 1973: The second life of Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow
• 1973: Police Call 110: Night Safe (TV series)
• 1975: From my childhood
• 1976: Cloves in aspic
• 1977: You and icke and Berlin (TV movie)
• 1978: Cold home
• 1978: Retirees Never Have Time (TV series)
• 1981: The barricade
• 1985: Death from the Computer (TV movie)
• 1988: The Black Obelisk (TV Movie)
• 2007: The Walker

theatre

• 1961: Pavel Kohout : The Third Sister - Director: Karl Paryla ( Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele)
• 1963: Carl Sternheim : The Snob (Count's Daughter) - Director: Fritz Bornemann (Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele)
• 1965: Jewgeni Schwarz : Der Drache (Anna) - Director: Benno Besson (Deutsches Theater Berlin)

Synchronous rollers (selection)

Barbara Adolph has already dubbed several times for DEFA in the GDR and also took on numerous dubbing roles after she moved to the Federal Republic. She spoke several times for Vanessa Redgrave , Louise Fletcher , Marian Seldes , Vera Miles and Lauren Bacall . Since Bettina Schön's retirement , she took over the dubbing of several actresses from her, for example Maggie Smith and Olympia Dukakis . Adolph also dubbed Ellen Geer , Joanna Miles , Fionnula Flanagan and Claudette Nevins several times in television series . In total, she stood behind the microphone for over 400 roles.

Maggie Smith

• 2009: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as Prof. Minerva McGonagall
• 2010: A Magical Nanny - Bang into a new adventure as Mrs. Docherty
• 2011: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 as Prof. Minerva McGonagall
• 2011: Best Exotic Marigold Hotel as Muriel Donnelly
• 2014: My Old Lady - An Inheritance in Paris as Mathilde Girard
• 2010–2015: Downton Abbey as Lady Violet Grantham
• 2015: Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2 as Muriel Donnelly
• 2019: Downton Abbey (film) as Lady Violet Grantham

Vanessa Redgrave

• 1984: The Boston Ladies as Olive Chancellor
• 1987: The Stormy Life of Joe Orton as Peggy Ramsay
• 1991: The young Catherine as Empress Elizabeth
• 1997: Mrs. Dalloway as Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway
• 1999: The Staggering Ship as Countess Constance LaGrange
• 2006: Lord of the Thieves as sister Antonia
• 2013: The Butler as Annabeth Westfall

Movies

• 1958: Annie Ducaux in The Big Families as Adele
• 1959: Marjorie Rhodes alive and well as a villager
• 1969: Francine Bergé in Die Nun as Soeur Sainte – Christine
• 1969: Margaret Lockwood in Trent's last fall as Margaret Manderson
• 1971: Helle Virkner in Die Olsenbande goes to Jutland as Karin
• 1972: Barbara Leigh – Hunt in Henry VIII and his six wives as Catherine Parr
• 1973: Viveca Lindfors in The Way We Were as Paula Reisner
• 1976: Barbara Bain in Black Sun - The Planet of Death attacks as Dr. Helena Russell
• 1978: Joyce Easton in Vicious Alpha as Katharine Bellaver
• 1979: Binnie Barnes in The Bride's Sister as Laura Cram
• 1979: Sophia Loren in Hidden Objective as Mara
• 1982: Linda Sorensen in the 1984 class as Stegman's mother
• 1983: Gail Patrick in Help, I'm a Millionaire as Barbara Drew
• 1983: Vera Miles in Psycho II as Lila Loomis
• 1984: Louise Fletcher in Der Feuerteufel as Norma Manders
• 1985: Vera Miles in Headlong into the Night as Joan Kaper
• 1986: Louise Fletcher in Invasion of Mars as Mrs. McKeltch
• 1988: Verna Bloom in The Last Temptation of Christ as Mary, Mother of Jesus
• 1989: Fay Kanin in The Wild Realms as Professor Fields
• 1990: Lauren Bacall in Misery as Marcia Sindell
• 1991: Ann Doran in The O'Hara Murder Trial as Betty Clark, police officer
• 1992: Anna Maria Ackermann in The King of Sicily as Maria Teresa
• 1992: Bess Flowers in The Thin Man's Song as Jessica Thayar
• 1992: Kathleen Chalfant in Bob Roberts as Constance Roberts
• 1993: Celia Lovsky in Golden Fire as Princess Saba
• 1993: Joanna Miles in Heart of Justice as Mrs. Burgess
• 1993: Margaret Johnston in The Mysterious Mr. Sebastian as Miss Elliott
• 1994: Anne Gee Byrd in The Price of Vengeance as Judge Goldstein
• 1994: Ursula Howells in The Death Cards of Dr. Fright as Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph
• 1995: Vera Miles in Separate Lives as Dr. Ruth Goldin
• 1996: Elizabeth Wilson in The Long Road to Mars as Elizabeth Richardson
• 1998: Kate Lansbury in Always and Forever as Paulette
• 1998: Stéphane Audran in Madeline as Lady Covington
• 1999: Louise Fletcher in Ice Cold Angels as Helen Rosemond
• 2000: Le Clanché du Rand in Isn't it great? as Lissy Hastings
• 2001: Édith Scob in Pact of the Wolves as Mme de Morangias
• 2002: Kathleen Chalfant in The Laramie Project as a farmer
• 2003: Marian Seldes in Mona Lisa's smile as Carr
• 2004: Rosemary Harris in Being Julia as Mrs. Lambert
• 2005: Lauren Bacall in Manderlay as Mam
• 2009: Marian Seldes in A Summer in New York - The Visitor as Barbara Watson
• 2012: Elizabeth Wilson in Hyde Park on the Hudson as Mrs. Roosevelt

Series

• 1975: Anne Meara in Kate McShane as Kate McShane
• 1976: Marion Ross in Petrocelli as Janet Williamson
• 1985: Marion Ross in Love Boat as Rose Hickbee
• 1989: Nan Martin in On the Run as Miss Marian Snell
• 1992: Marsha Hunt in Dr. med. Marcus Welby as Mrs. Bellows
• 1997: Jo Pruden in Magnum as Vera
• 2007–2008 / 2012: Ellen Geer in Desperate Housewives as Lillian Sims
• 2009: Joan Heney in The Border as Katarina
• 2015-2016: Mary Beth Peil in Good Wife as Jackie Florrick

literature

• Frank-Burkhard Habel , Volker Wachter : The great lexicon of the GDR stars. The actors from film and television. Extended new edition. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89602-391-8 .

Web links

• Barbara Adolph in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Barbara Adolph in the German dubbing file

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Barbara Adolph. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .