Ellen Widmann
Ellen Widmann (born December 15, 1894 in Biel , † October 22, 1985 in Zurich ) was a Swiss actress .
Life
Ellen Widmann was the daughter of the writer Max Widmann and granddaughter of the writer Josef Viktor Widmann . Her theater career began in Germany in 1914. Back in Switzerland, she played at the Schauspielhaus Zurich for twenty years from 1939 . In 1951 she founded the Zurich Chamber Speach Choir, which also went on a European tour, and worked for radio.
She played her first two film roles in Germany under the direction of Fritz Lang and Erwin Piscator . She has appeared in Swiss dialect films since 1939. Between 1939 and 1942 she stood in front of the camera with her husband three times. After 1963 she increased her television activity.
Ellen Widmann had been married to Adolf Manz since 1924 . The Ellen-Widmann-Weg was named after her in 1996 in the Oerlikon district of Zurich and the Ellen-Widmann-Weg in the Swiss district in Berlin in 2000 .
Filmography
- 1931: M
- 1934: The fishermen's uprising ( Vosstanie Rybakow )
- 1939: Sergeant Studer
- 1940: Miss Huser
- 1940: Verena Stadler
- 1940: Weyherhuus
- 1941: The last postillon from St. Gotthard
- 1941: Bider the aviator
- 1941: Landammann Stauffacher
- 1942: people passing by ...
- 1950: hair dryer
- 1956: Oberstadtgass
- 1957: Zürrer bakery
- 1957: May 10th
- 1958: Children of the Mountains
- 1960: Anne Bäbi Jowäger - Part I: How Jakobli comes to a woman
- 1963: The Moral Criminal
- 1968: The six cummerbubs
- 1970: Dällebach Kari
- 1971: Michel in the soup bowl ( Emil i Lönneberga )
- 1972: the case
Awards
- 1970: Hans Reinhart-Ring
literature
- Thomas Blubacher : Ellen Widmann . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 3, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , pp. 2091 f.
Web links
- Ellen Widmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Ellen-Widman-Weg on alt-zueri.ch
- Ellen Widman Path. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
- Felix Aeppli: Ellen Widmann. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Widmann, Ellen |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1894 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Biel |
DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1985 |
Place of death | Zurich |