Dorothea Walda

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Dorothea Walda (born November 1, 1931 in Kanth ; † February 18, 2016 in Wülfrath ) was a German actress .

Life

Born in Kanth near Breslau, Dorothea Walda came to Wülfrath in 1946 after the Second World War . After having appeared on German theater stages and on television for decades, she owed her final breakthrough to Hape Kerkeling , who cast her in 1995 as a traveling senior in the film club Las Piranjas . The film became a success, and Walda was then offered many mostly comic roles. She played in RTL - comedy formats like Ritas Welt alongside Gaby Köster . Numerous television productions followed with roles in Tatort or in Lindenstrasse . She had a continuous series role in 2011/12 as Grandma Hedwig in the ARD early evening series Heiter bis tödlich: Henker & Richter . In 2010 she played in Otto's Eleven at the side of Otto Waalkes . In her roles, she mostly portrayed a recalcitrant, bizarre old lady, who is also kind, intelligent and committed.

In her home town of Wülfrath, Dorothea Walda was involved in many areas, with a focus on looking after displaced persons . She directed the play The Great Fire by Wülfrath until 2008 , the arrangement was shown on the Herzog-Wilhelm-Markt. In the city church she worked as a reader. She was honored because of her commitment in August 2007 by being awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.

Walda lived in Wülfrath near Düsseldorf and was not married.

Filmography (selection)

Theater (selection)

  • Wuppertal theaters, Bremen theater, Bielefeld theater, Bonn theater, Aachen theater
  • For example, she played Mrs. Higgins in My Fair Lady

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Uwe Reimann: An unruly old lady with heart and soul. In: rp-online.de. Rheinische Post , February 19, 2016, accessed on February 19, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Thomas Reuter: Dorothea Walda is dead. In: taeglich.me. February 18, 2016, accessed on February 19, 2016 : "The popular actress and committed volunteer passed away this morning."
personal data
SURNAME Walda, Dorothea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Breslau , Lower Silesia , Silesia , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH February 18, 2016
Place of death Wülfrath , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany