Emmy Castle

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Emmy Burg , born in Emma Biez , (born February 22, 1908 in Wiesbaden , † November 7, 1982 in West Berlin ) was a German film and theater actress .

life and work

She received acting lessons in Wiesbaden, where she was born, as well as engagements in Magdeburg , Mainz , Wiesbaden and Berlin . She made her debut as Schiller's Turandot, Princess of China . In Berlin she was active at the Renaissance theater as well as at the Schillertheater and the comedy on Kurfürstendamm .

Through her husband, Herbert Uhlich , she came to film early . At first she worked on Nazi propaganda films such as German Siege in three continents in the background, mostly as an editor . After the war , she switched to the camera, where she also appeared in anti-fascist films. She played one of her most prominent roles in 1951 as Magda alongside Werner Peters in the Heinrich Mann adaptation Der Untertan . In total, she was involved in around 30 productions, including in 1959 in Bewitching Arabella . Even in middle age, Emmy Burg had developed a preference for depicting old women. She was also active as a voice actress.

When her husband started at Hessischer Rundfunk , she was still acting in Berlin. In 1965 she followed him into the new profession and from then on worked exclusively for television , primarily for Hessischer Rundfunk ( drama productions and a crime scene episode would be mentioned ) and the broadcaster Free Berlin , but also for ZDF .

Most recently, she expanded her media presence by contributing to numerous broadcasts in Berlin. She had made her home in the Berlin artists' colony .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Frank-Burkhard Habel , Volker Wachter : The great lexicon of the GDR stars. The actors from film and television. Extended new edition. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89602-391-8 .
  2. ↑ Marita Gutkelch: Charming Hermit. Emmy Burg's role specialty: old women . In: Berliner Morgenpost , June 11, 1961.
personal data
SURNAME Castle, Emmy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Biez, Emma
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film and theater actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiesbaden , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 1982
Place of death West Berlin , Hessen , Federal Republic of Germany