Edith Schollwer

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Edith Schollwer with Bruno Fritz and Ewald Wenck in Freiburg in 1959

Edith Schollwer (* February 12, 1904 in Schöneberg as Edith Lisette Juliane Hermine Schollwer; † October 1, 2002 there ) was a German singer and actress .

Life

Schollwer came as the daughter of the factory owner Max Schollwer and his wife Luise Martha Hermine nee. Berndt in Monumentenstrasse 5 in the then independent town of Schöneberg . Edith Schollwer made her debut at the Prussian State Theater in Berlin. While she was taking singing lessons, she got an engagement at the Hamburg Flora-Varieté . She soon celebrated her first successes on the Berlin stages as a soubrette , for example in the role of Adele in the operetta Die Fledermaus . In the 1920s, Edith Schollwer also excelled on cabaret stages, in the " Cabaret of the Comedians ", in the "Krummen Spiegel", in the Stuttgart "Mausefalle" and in the Berlin "Nürnberger Trichter".

At the same time she appeared in the big revue shows , with Rudolf Nelson ( The Night of the Nights ), Erik Charell ( Merry Widow ), James Klein ( The Sins of the World ) and Herman Haller ( Beautiful and chic ). In 1928 the revue "Walk in!" Followed in the newly opened Haus Vaterland on Potsdamer Platz . Recordings have been made since the early 1930s; in addition, the first film roles followed from 1931, mostly comedies and operetta films. During the war she stayed in Berlin and after the war she continued to enjoy success at the Hebbel Theater and the Renaissance Theater in popular folk plays and tabloid comedies. In 1936 she married in Seeburg, Brandenburg .

In 1947 she brought Gustaf Gründgens to the Berlin cabaret “ Ulenspiegel ” for the revue “Alles Theater” by Günter Neumann . Edith Schollwer owes her to this day unforgettable appearances in the radio cabaret Die Insulaner of the Berlin RIAS to the collaboration with Günter Neumann . From 1949 to 1964 she performed the program's signature song - “The islander doesn't lose calm” . It quickly became the endurance anthem of the Cold War . The “Wanderlied einer Hausfrau” (1957), which Edith Schollwer performed in numerous radio and television productions, at events and in cabaret, also became popular. On the radio she worked a. a. in Die Buchholzens and Pension Spreewitz with. At an already old age she played grandma Käthe in the ZDF series Die Wicherts from next door (1986–1991).

Finally, Edith Schollwer also worked as a voice actress . Notable actresses she voiced include Margaret Rutherford on Company Cardboard Mate , Angela Lansbury in Death on the Nile, and Alice Faye on Texas Show .

Grave of Edith Schollwer in the Heerstrasse cemetery in Berlin-Westend

Edith Schollwer died on October 1st, 2002 at the age of 98 in Berlin. At the funeral, in the on 11 October 2002 Hochmeister Church in Berlin-Halensee took place, held Walter Momper , president of the Berlin House of Representatives , the memorial speech. The burial took place in the state-owned cemetery Heerstraße in Berlin-Westend (grave location: 12-B-32/33). The recumbent plaque that serves as a grave marker bears the inscription, "Here lies the last woman from the island," along with the names and dates of the deceased.

Awards

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays (selection)

Web links

Commons : Edith Schollwer  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birth certificate StA Schöneberg I No. 405/1904 .
  2. ↑ Volker Kühn : Schollwer, Edith , in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 23 (2007), pp. 446–447.
  3. ^ Marriage certificate StA Seeburg / Osthavelland No. 13/1936.
  4. ↑ Volker Kühn: Schollwer, Edith , in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 23 (2007), pp. 446–447.
  5. ^ Farewell to actress Edith Schollwer . On: Berliner Morgenpost online, October 12, 2002, accessed on November 11, 2014. Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin Burial Sites . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 . P. 494.
  6. ^ Pension Spreewitz. Retrieved July 10, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Thomas Nagel: Back then it was - stories from old Berlin. Retrieved July 26, 2020 .
  8. ↑ RIAS Berlin ** It was back then - stories from old Berlin. Retrieved August 1, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Schollwer, Edith
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin , Kingdom of Prussia , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH October 1, 2002
Place of death Berlin , Germany