Caesarine Kupfer-Gomansky

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Caesarine Kupfer-Gomansky, photo E. Bieber

Caesarine Kupfer-Gomansky , also Cesarine Kupfer , b. Cesarine Heigel (born December 28, 1818 in Sigmaringen , † April 4, 1886 ) was a German actress.

Life

Caesarine Heigel was the daughter of the actor Caesar Max Heigel (lost in Paris in 1848). She began her acting career at the age of 15 at the Ducal Saxon Court Theater in Coburg . There she was engaged from August 6, 1834 to December 15, 1839. This was followed by engagements in Bremen, Leipzig and Cologne and finally, from 1844 onwards, an engagement as the “first lover” at the newly founded Thalia Theater in Hamburg. She stayed there until 1850, after which she was employed at the Theater an der Wien (1850–54), the Theater Augsburg (1854–60) and in Pest (1860/61). In 1861 she returned to the Thalia Theater, meanwhile in the roles of “mother” and “chaperone”.

In 1872, Kupfer finally moved to the Vienna Hof-Burgtheater , where she stayed until the year she died. She had her last appearance at the Burgtheater on February 9, 1886 as "Frau Solange" in Victorien Sardou's The Last Letter .

Heigel married the actor Friedrich Gomansky (1814–1848) for the first time in 1846 . In 1850 she was married to the cellist Wilhelm Kupfer in her second marriage .

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SURNAME Kupfer-Gomansky, Caesarine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Copper, cesarine; Heigel, Cesarine (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Sigmaringen
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 1886