Edmund Lorenz
Edmund Lorenz ( 1858 in Berlin - April 27, 1938 in Schwerin ) was a German actor .
Life
Lorenz began his acting career in Barmen in 1883, came to Potsdam in 1884, to Cologne in 1885 and made his debut on October 4, 1886 in Schwerin as "O'Kelly" in Maria Stuart . Lorenz represented in his game, as it is called in Ludwig Eisenberg's "Great Biographical Lexicon of the German Stage in the XIXth Century", great skill and excellent, effective comedy. Even his voice made people laugh. From the series of his popular performances the following should be emphasized: “Kurmärker”, “Schulinspektor” ( Flachsmann ), “Reif-Reifflingen”, “Truffaldin” ( Turandot ), “Antipholus” ( Comedy of Errors ) etc., mostly well thought-out performances.
Lorenz remained loyal to the Schwerin court theater, renamed Mecklenburgisches Landestheater after 1918, for over half a century and, most recently appointed chamber actor, only retired at the age of 70. Even after his departure, the native Berlin resident in Schwerin, where he worked for decades. Edmund Lorenz died there, around 80 years old, in the spring of 1938.
Edmund Lorenz, who appeared in the film Friedrich Schiller - The Triumph of a Genius in 1940, was a child actor.
Filmography
- 1915: The common thread
- 1920: The secret of the Sebastopol gambling den
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 622, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Wilhelm Kosch : Deutsches Theater-Lexikon, Biographisches und Bibliographisches Handbuch, second volume, Klagenfurt and Vienna 1960, p. 1287
Web links
- Entry on Edmund Lorenz in Kalliope
- Edmund Lorenz at filmportal.de
- Edmund Lorenz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lorenz, Edmund |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 1938 |
| Place of death | Schwerin |