Charlotte Kramm

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Charlotte Kramm , b. Charlotte Goldschmidt , married. Charlotte Maertens , (born March 15, 1900 in Berlin , † November 21, 1971 in Hamburg ) was a German actress and voice actress .

biography

The daughter of a Berlin doctor took acting classes in Dresden after completing her schooling . Her first engagement took her to the Silesian Katowice . This was followed by the Stralsund Theater , Erfurt and Braunschweig . Here she met her fellow actor Willy Maertens , whom she married a few years later in Hamburg .

In 1928 she came to the Altona City Theater in Hamburg after a guest appearance as Maria Stuart , where she stayed until 1931. One year later, she brought Erich Ziegel to the Thalia Theater , where her husband had been under contract since 1927.

Because of her Jewish descent, Charlotte Kramm was banned from performing during the Nazi era from 1935 to 1945. She survived the persecution of the Jews because the President of the Reich Theater Chamber, who was friends with the Maertens couple, marked the request for Ms Kramm's “Aryan” descent with the note “Already done”.

After the war ended, she returned to the Thalia Theater , where her husband had meanwhile become director. From then on she was seen in many great roles as women and mothers, often at the side of her husband. Their representations remained unforgettable in

Although Charlotte Kramm was primarily a stage actress, she could also be seen in some film and especially television productions. These included the television games The Rats , On the Sixth Floor , News from the Sixth Floor and Look Homeward, Angels . In 1961 she also starred in a theatrical version of Sixth Floor . As in the TV versions, she again played the Parisian house owner Madame Maret.

She also worked as a voice actress. For example, she lent her voice to Marjorie Fielding in the English film Jugendliebe - Drei Jahre Ferien (1946).

In October 1945 she spoke in one of the first radio plays of the post-war period as one of the main characters in Thornton Wilder's most famous work , Our Little Town . At the time, the piece was recorded live on Radio Hamburg in a single game under the direction of Helmut Käutner . The production is considered a milestone in German radio play history. She could also be heard in another famous radio play Under the Milk Forest by Dylan Thomas .

On the occasion of her 70th birthday, she received the “Great Golden GDBA Decoration” from the Cooperative of German Stage Members .

Historic stone in the women's garden

On November 20, 1971, she played the role of milliner in Nikolai Erdman's comedy The Suicide for the last time on the stage of the Thalia Theater. The following day, the artist, who was also very popular in human terms, died of heart failure. She was buried next to her husband in the Hamburg cemetery in Ohlsdorf . The tombstone of Charlotte Kramm and her husband is placed there in the women's garden today .

Charlotte Kramm and her husband founded the Maertens family of actors . Her son Peter Maertens (1931–2020), like his parents, was an actor at the Hamburg Thalia Theater. The grandchildren Kai , Michael and Miriam Maertens also learned the acting profession.

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personal data
SURNAME Kramm, Charlotte
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goldschmidt, Charlotte (maiden name); Maertens, Charlotte
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress and voice actress
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 1971
Place of death Hamburg