Ellen Schaller

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Ellen Schaller (born February 4, 1965 in Görlitz ) is a German actress and cabaret artist . She lives in Dresden .

Ellen Schaller, Photo: Gerald Gluth-Goldmann (2018)

Life

Ellen Schaller grew up in a traditional East German cabaret family. Her father is the Dresden cabaret author Wolfgang Schaller , her younger brother Philipp Schaller is also a cabaret artist and author. She has three other siblings. After graduating from the Evangelisches Kreuzgymnasium Dresden , Ellen Schaller attended the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin from 1983 to 1987 .

Ellen Schaller has been married to theater director Gerald Gluth-Goldmann since 2010 . The couple have a daughter (* 1997).

Career

During her studies she did her first work for television, including playing in Polizeiruf 110 , as well as guest appearances as Molser at the Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin in Der Pflug und die Sterne , directed by Rolf Winkelgrund . After completing her studies, she joined the Plauen-Zwickau Theater in 1987 and performed as a guest at the Karl-Marx-Stadt Municipal Theater in 1989 . From 1992 to 1996 she was part of the ensemble at the German-Sorbian People's Theater in Bautzen .

In 1997 she moved back to Dresden and began her work as a cabaret artist at the Chemnitz cabaret, which continues to this day. There she played in over 30 programs, three of them as solo evenings. She worked there with the authors Martin Meier Bode and Cornelia Molle, among others, but also with her brother Philipp Schaller. In the Dresdner Herkuleskeule , the parent company of your father Wolfgang Schaller, she has already been on stage with her brother Philipp: at the quarterly late night show Spätzünder in 2011 and 2012. She regularly appears in Dresden with her solo programs, Chemnitz, Zwickau, Senftenberg, Görlitz and in summer on the Baltic Sea on Usedom and Hiddensee.

Ellen Schaller combines the cabaret stage with her acting craft: she slips into various roles in her programs that reflect her views on politics and society. The change of characters is usually done openly on stage by changing various accessories and costume pieces. In an interview with the Freie Presse about a guest performance with Prosecco for Everyone in Zwickau, she said: “I like to treat political and social issues in this country from the perspective of different people. For example when a teacher talks about her everyday life. I find that more exciting, more sensual than when I appear as Ellen Schaller. "

She remained loyal to acting: since 2004 she has been playing in various comedies at Hoppe's Hoftheater Dresden, including in Unheard of intim and contacts and in the Dresden Theater & Comedy Club the monologue Men and Other Errors .

Quote

About the cabaret: “I enjoy it. Because the energy I give I get back directly from the audience. I always go down from the stage with adrenaline. "
“A text is only good for me if it hurts, if I feel caught too. The typical murmur just has to be there - I love that. But then the food has to come back with a liberating laugh at the punchline. I think you need both. "

Solo programs - cabaret

  • 2010 Prosecco for everyone , Chemnitz cabaret, director: Gerald Gluth-Goldmann
  • 2015 Peace, joy, puff cake. , Chemnitz Cabaret, director: Gerald Gluth-Goldmann
  • 2019 Naturally God has humor , Societaetstheater Dresden, director: Gerald Gluth-Goldmann

Theater roles (selection)

  • 1987 A Midsummer Night's Dream , Theater Zwickau , role: Helena, director: Peter Krüger
  • 1988 Clavigo , Theater Zwickau, role: Marie, director: Michael Grosse
  • 1989 Maß für Maß , Theater Karl-Marx-Stadt , role: Isabella, director: Hartwig Albiro
  • 1990 The Knights of the Round Table , Theater Zwickau, role: Kunneware, director: Michael Grosse
  • 1991 Nathan der Weise , Theater Bautzen, role: Recha, director: Michael Grosse
  • 2001 Secretaries , Comödie Dresden , director: Gerd Schlesselmann
  • 2010 Unheardly intimate , Hoppes Hoftheater Dresden, role: Isabella, director: Helfried Schöbel
  • 2014 Men and other errors , solo program, Dresden Comedy & Theater Club, director: Gerald Gluth-Goldmann

Filmography

Works

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Frank Selig: Ellen Schaller. Texts have to hurt . In: Blitz. The event magazine Chemnitz . No. 09/2011 , p. 12 .
  2. ^ Article about the Schaller cabaret family by Regina Kusch and Andreas Beckmann, available in the media library : Series Querköpfe: Themensendung - Künstlerdynastien im Kabarett. In: deutschlandfunk.de. October 10, 2018, accessed January 19, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b Torsten Kohlschein: Actress returns as a cabaret artist. In: Free Press Zwickau. October 16, 2012, accessed March 17, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Short biography on the website of the Chemnitz cabaret
  5. ↑ a b Peggy Fritzsche: "I always leave the stage with adrenaline". In: Freiepresse.de. January 30, 2016, accessed February 21, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Wolfgang Zimmermann: "If someone wins, someone also loses" . In: Dresdner Latest News . October 7, 2011.
  7. ↑ JS: A solo mugge as a gift . In: Dresdner Morgenpost . January 12, 2016.
  8. ↑ Brief bio on the website of Hoppe's Hoftheater Dresden
  9. ↑ Wolfgang Zimmermann: "You sound different than you write!" In: Dresdner Latest News . No. 198 , August 26, 2014.
  10. ↑ Brief content on the website of the Dresden Theater & Comedy Club
  11. ↑ Jenny Zichner: With 50 in luck. Ellen Schaller on “Peace. Joy. Puff cake ". In: Karacho. September 23, 2015, p. 28 , accessed March 13, 2019 .
  12. ^ Photo from A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Zwickau Theater as an illustration of an article in the Free Press about Ellen Schaller: Peggy Fritzsche: "I always go off the stage with adrenaline". In: Freiepresse.de. January 30, 2016, accessed February 21, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Information about the film on filmportal.de
  14. ↑ a b Television of the GDR - online encyclopedia of GDR television films, television games and TV productions
  15. ↑ Summary on deacademic.com
personal data
SURNAME Schaller, Ellen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress and cabaret artist
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Goerlitz