Else Reuss

Else Reuss , also known as Else Reuss , (born April 20, 1916 in Danzig , German Reich , † 1996 in the Federal Republic of Germany ) was a German stage and film actress .

Live and act

Else Reuss received her artistic training in her hometown of Gdansk in 1936 and made her stage debut there with Annchen in Max Halbe's drama Jugend that same year . She stayed in the role of sentimental at the local theater until 1937 and then followed a call to the Königsberger Schauspielhaus for two seasons (until 1939), where she also took on the subject of youthful heroine. From 1939 to 1941 Else Reuss worked at the Dortmund City Theater. Then she arrived in the Reich capital and played at the Kleiner Theater Berlin. During the remaining world war years she belonged to several guest performance departments and went on tours with them on Wehrmacht support tours. At a young age, Else Reuss could be seen as Brunhilde in Hebbel's Nibelungen (1938) and as Luise in Schiller's Kabale und Liebe (1940).

The artist started her post-war career at the Deutsches Theater in 1946 and stayed at this important venue until 1951. After that, she was seen in the stands for one season, before accepting an offer from theater director Boleslav Barlog to the Schiller Theater in Berlin, which he directed. Else Reuss remained connected to this venue in the west of the city for decades for the rest of her active time. Her most important early roles there were Olga in Franz Kafka's Das Schloss and Marja Bolkonskaja in Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace . Around the same time, Else Reuss appeared sporadically in front of film cameras, but the roles she played there hardly exceeded the batch size. In addition, she also found time for a lively dubbing activity and also appeared in radio broadcasts (for Radio Bremen , RIAS and SFB ).

Else Reuss was married to her professional colleague Albert Bessler , with whom she had two children.

Filmography

• 1949: The colored checkers
• 1956: The bath on the threshing floor
• 1958: The iron Gustav
• 1959: Penal Battalion 999
• 1963: Hangover Lamp (TV movie)

Radio plays

• 1955: Marie Luise Kaschnitz : The children of Elisa Rocca - Director: Hanns Korngiebel
• 1955: Fred von Hoerschelmann : Timbuktu - Director: Hanns Korngiebel
• 1961: Gertrud Schild : Man without a name. An experience report (documentary radio play) - Director: Hanns Korngiebel
• 1961: Max Frisch : Graf Oederland - Director: Hans Lietzau

literature

• Herbert A. Frenzel , Hans Joachim Moser (ed.): Kürschner's biographical theater manual. Drama, opera, film, radio. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. De Gruyter, Berlin 1956, DNB 010075518 , p. 593.
• Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 2: Hed – Peis. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560744 , p. 1387.

Web links

• Else Reuss in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Else Reuß at filmportal.de