Erika Helmke

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Erika Helmke (born April 15, 1906 in Berlin , † November 26, 2002 in Ottawa , Canada ) was a German actress .

Life

The cousin of the actress Gefion Helmke made her feature film debut alongside Jenny Jugo in Erich Engels drama Five from the jazz band in 1932 . With the combination of Engel as director and Jugo as leading actress, she shot two more feature films in the following years: The Night with the Emperor (1936) and Dangerous Game (1937). In the few years of her short film career, she worked with numerous well-known filmmakers: under the direction of Jacques Feyder , she starred in The Wise Women , under the direction of Géza von Bolváry in I don't want to know who you are (with Liane Haid in the leading role ), directed by Heinz Hilpert in I want to teach you love and directed by Paul Verhoeven in the drama Salonwagen E 417 . She was seen next to Heinrich Georges in Hans Hinrich's Das Meer ruft and next to Heinz Rühmann in Der Gasmann nach Heinrich Spoerl . She played her last major film role in 1944 in the Clara Schumann biography Träumerei with Hilde Krahl and Mathias Wieman in the leading roles.

After the Second World War, she only appeared again in front of the camera - in 1948 for the short film Stadtmeier und Landmeier with Erik Ode in the lead role.

In addition, Erika Helmke worked as a voice actress and lent a. a. Elsa Lanchester in the German dubbing of Das Privatleben Heinrichs VIII. Her voice.

Erika Helmke married the poster artist Herbert Dassel 1931 ( 1903 - 2001 ) and spent the last decades of her life in Canada. She died in November 2002.

Filmography

  • 1932: Five from the jazz band
  • 1932: The Spanish fly
  • 1932: I don't want to know who you are——
  • 1933: I want to teach you love
  • 1933: The sea calls
  • 1935: The clever women
  • 1936: The night with the Kaiser
  • 1936: Paul and Pauline
  • 1937: Dangerous game
  • 1937: Rest is the first civic duty
  • 1938: Life can be so beautiful

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Phyllis Harrison: Art is first lore for former film star ( Ottawa Citizen , December 12, 1964, page 26, English, accessed July 1, 2012)

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personal data
SURNAME Helmke, Erika
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dassel, Erika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 2002
Place of death Ottawa , Canada