Elsa Wagner

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Emmy Sonnemann , Elsa Wagner and Herma Clement in a scene from "Prince of Prussia" by Hans Schwarz in the Staatl. Schauspielhaus, directed by Lothar Müthel (1935)
Gravestone with Elsa Wagner's signature

Elisabeth Karoline Auguste Wagner (later: Rühl ; born January 24, 1881 in Reval, now Tallinn , Estonia , † August 17, 1975 in Berlin ) was a German film and theater actress . Since 1916, she has appeared in at least 140 feature films.

Life

The historic defense tower Loewenschede Tower belonged to her parents' house in Reval . Elsa Wagner received her acting training from Maria Spettini (1847–1904) in Saint Petersburg and made her debut in 1901 at the German-speaking Berlin Novelty Theater. With this traveling stage she toured the former East and West Prussia .

Elsa Wagner then received engagements at stages in Heidelberg and Plauen . From 1907 to 1911 she played at the Residenztheater Hanover and from 1911 to 1921 at the Deutsches Theater Berlin . From 1921 until the end of the Second World War she worked at the Staatstheater Berlin , then again at the Deutsches Theater and from 1951 at the Schiller Theater Berlin and at the Schloßparktheater .

Elsa Wagner mostly played supporting roles, such as Marthe Schwerdtlein or the wet nurse in Faust , the Aase in Peer Gynt or the housekeeper in The Exiles according to James Joyce .

Elsa Wagner also made a name for herself in numerous roles as a supporting actress. She was most recently seen in television productions such as the series Jedermannstrasse No. 11 . In 1966 she received the gold film ribbon for many years of outstanding work in German film and in 1971 the Ernst Reuter plaque .

Her grave in the Dahlem cemetery is an honorary grave of the State of Berlin.

Films (selection)

Radio plays

literature

  • Erna Donat: Elsa Wagner (= Theater heute series. Vol. 1). Friedrich, Velber near Hanover 1962 (with speech record supplement: Elsa Wagner pronounces: "The women of Trachis" after Sophocles by Ezra Pound and "The Ameyss in the flesh" by Jacques Audiberti).
  • Else Eckersberg : This full time ... two from the theater. Heinrich Scheffler, Frankfurt am Main 1958.

Web links

Commons : Elsa Wagner  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elsa Wagner's biography at Kulturportal-west-ost.eu
personal data
SURNAME Wagner, Elsa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wagner, Elisabeth Karoline Auguste (full name); Rühl, Elsa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film and theater actress
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Reval
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 1975
Place of death Berlin