Betty Loewen
Betty Loewen (born March 17, 1909 in Dozwiniacz ( Poland ), † April 16, 1973 in Berlin ) was a German actress and radio play speaker .
Life
Betty Loewen (birth name: Betty Löwenkopf) was trained as an actress by Jenny Schaffer in Dresden at the end of the 1920s . This was followed by engagements at the Albert Theater in Dresden, the Leipzig Playhouse and the City Theater Meissen . Since she was Jewish , she was only able to save her life by emigrating in 1934 from Germany via France and Czechoslovakia to England , where she arrived in 1939. In London she continued to play theater. In 1947 she returned to Germany and after a short stay in Dresden, she accepted the call to the Berliner Ensemble under the direction of Bertolt Brecht . Here she worked in such well-known pieces as The Caucasian Chalk Circle , Mr. Puntila and his servant Matti , The Good Man of Sezuan , Arturo Ui and The Guns of Mrs. Carrar . This was followed by some involvement in DEFA feature films . Her estate in the Archives of the Academy of Arts proves that Betty Loewen was married to the writer Max Zimmering during her exile and until after the Second World War . The exact times of the wedding and the divorce are not apparent from the documents.
Betty Loewen-Zimmering received the medal for fighters against fascism from 1933 to 1945 in the GDR . She found her final resting place in the cemetery of the Dorotheenstädtische and Friedrichswerder parishes at Chausseestrasse 126 in Berlin .
Filmography
- 1960: people with wings
- 1962: royal children
- 1972: The pictures of the witness Schattmann (TV multi-part)
theatre
- 1947: Valentin Katajew : A day of rest (Frau Dutkina) - Director: Charlotte Küter ( Volksbühne Dresden )
- 1952: Nikolai Pogodin : The Glockenspiel des Kremlin - Director: Ernst Busch ( Berliner Ensemble in the Deutsches Theater Berlin )
- 1954: Lo Ding / Chang Fan / Tschu Chin-nan: Millet for the eighth - Director: Manfred Wekwerth ( Berliner Ensemble ) (also TV recording)
- 1957: Bertolt Brecht : The Good Man of Sezuan (tobacco dealer) - Director: Benno Besson (Berliner Ensemble)
- 1971: Bertolt Brecht: The Guns of Mrs. Carrar (Mrs. Perez) - Director: Ruth Berghaus (Berliner Ensemble)
Radio plays
- 1951: Friedrich Karl Kaul : Funkhaus Masurenallee (Ida Weber) - Director: Gottfried Herrmann (documentary radio play - Deutschlandsender (GDR) )
- 1953: Nikolai Gogol : The Dead Souls - Director: Richard Hilgert (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR )
- 1954: Frank Hardy : Business in Melbourne - Director: Heinz Kahlow (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
Web links
- Betty Loewen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Betty Loewen at filmportal.de
- ARD audio game database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Betty Loewen's estate in the archive of the Academy of Arts
- ↑ Biography of Betty Loewen in a brochure about the film The Pictures of the Witness Schattmann in the Potsdam Film Museum
- ↑ Obituary notice in Neues Deutschland from April 30, 1973, p. 6
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Loewen, Betty |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Loewen-Zimmering, Betty |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress and radio play speaker |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1909 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dozwiniacz ( Poland ) |
DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1973 |
Place of death | Berlin |