Bettina Falckenberg

Bettina Falckenberg , also Bettina Titt-Falckenberg , (born September 7, 1926 in Munich ; † June 20, 2020 ) was a German actress , pantomime artist and author .

Life

Falckenberg was born as Bettina Claudia Irene Falckenberg in Munich. Her father was the director and theater manager Otto Falckenberg ; her mother, his third wife, the sculptor and medal artist Gerda Mädler-Falckenberg.

She received acting lessons from her father Otto Falckenberg and appeared briefly as an actress at the Bavarian State Theater in Munich after the Second World War . In the 1951/52 season she played the role of Chrysis in the world premiere of the play Lysistrata (premiere: 4th July 1952) by Hans José Rehfisch at the Residenztheater in Munich . In the 1952/53 season she took on the little role of the girl in the first performance of the play Bernarda Albas Haus (premiere: December 1952).

Occasionally, Falckenberg was also in front of the camera. In the fairy tale film Little Brother and Sister (1953) she played the queen. In the film comedy Flimmerparade, shot in 1954 (first showing : March 1961), a compilation of excerpts from silent films , Bettina Falckenberg was seen in the frame story as an actress. Falckenberg's other film roles are not known.

Later, Bettina Falckenberg mainly worked as a pantomime. She performed with Jean Soubeyran and his pantomime ensemble , among others ; in television Soubeyran and Falkenberg were seen together. In 1965 she founded the pantomime class at the Folkwang University in Essen together with the mime artist Günter Titt . At that time - and still is - the only professional training for pantomimes in Germany. For many years she worked as an acting and pantomime teacher at the Folkwang University .

After her marriage to Günter Titt, she was named Bettina Titt-Falckenberg. Together with Titt, she also wrote a textbook for pantomime, The Art of Pantomime: Adventure and Challenge (1987). In it, Falckenberg also reports on her more than 35 years of experience as a pantomime. In 2005 she published a book under the title God is also traveling about her brother Wolfgang Falckenberg (1927–1995), about his mental illness and his suffering.

Filmography (selection)

• 1953: little brother and sister
• 1961: Flicker parade
• 1964: Life is the greatest show (television; television show with music)

Web links

• Bettina Falckenberg in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bettina Tutt-Falckenberg . Obituary notice. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of June 29, 2020
2. ^ Piet Hein Honig, Hanns-Georg Rodek : 100001. The show business encyclopedia of the 20th century. Showbiz-Data-Verlag, Villingen-Schwenningen 1992, ISBN 3-929009-01-5 , p. 308.
3. ↑ ... then they played again. The Bavarian State Theater 1946–1986 . Page 190. Munich 1986. ISBN 3-765-42059-X
4. ↑ ... then they played again. The Bavarian State Theater 1946–1986 . Page 191. Munich 1986. ISBN 3-765-42059-X
5. ^ Brother and sister (1953) . Entry Filmlexikon Zweausendeins.de
6. ↑ Little brother and sister ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Content, cast and film program (www.maerchenfilm.de; with photos)  
7. ↑ ^{a b} Familie Flöz ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Official website of the Flöz family ); Retrieved May 14, 2012  
8. ↑ 45 years of physical theater at Folkwang ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Official website of the Folkwang University ; accessed on May 14, 2012)