Erna Haffner

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Erna Haffner (born September 24, 1912 in Berlin ; † July 1989 ) was a German actress , comedian , singer and voice actress .

Life

Erna Haffner trained as an actress and singer. However, the first permanent commitments can only be made after the Second World War. From then on she was engaged as a performer at various Berlin theaters, including the Metropol Theater and, under the direction of Boleslaw Barlogs, the Schiller Theater and the Schlossparktheater in Berlin-Steglitz . She also appeared as a comedian and singer, for example in the operetta Drei alten Schachteln by Walter Kollo .

Starting with the short film Blauer Dunst (1950) by Herbert Lander , she was seen in numerous supporting roles in cinema and television until her death. First she appeared in homeland films such as When village music plays on Sunday evening , When the white lilac is blooming again (1953) or Die Christel von der Post (1956). In Wolfgang Staudte's version of Die Dreigroschenoper (1962) she played a prostitute . In Peter Schamoni's debut film Schonzeit für Füchse (1966) she was seen as an editor . Her film career reached its low point in the 1970s with the Hunt for Virgins (1973) and Whether Dirndl or Lederhose - yodelling goes wild (1974). Her last feature film was Didi and the Revenge of the Disinherited (1985) by and with Dieter Hallervorden .

In contrast, television offered Erna Haffner better films and roles. She worked in the television films Bei Pfeiffers ist Ball (1966, director: Thomas Engel ) and the films directed by Frank Beyer , The King and His Fool (1981) and The Second Skin (1981). As a sketch partner of Grit Boettcher and Harald Juhnke , she was able to apply her comic talent from 1977 in the comedy series Ein verrücktes Paar . Her last television appearances include the popular Inge Meysel vehicles Mrs. Harris - Boyfriend with Rolls Royce (1984) and Mrs. Harris goes to Moscow (1987).

In addition, she also worked as a speaker in various radio play productions, for example in the ten-part series Die Kneipe im Kiez (1987).

Since the early 1950s, Erna Haffner has also been active in film dubbing , where she consistently lent her voice to secondary characters. She spoke for Reta Shaw in Picnic (1955), Always Trouble with Women (1957) and Mary Poppins (1964). She also dubbed Nadezda Bradic in the two Karl May films The Treasure of the Aztecs (1965) and The Pyramid of the Sun God (1965) and Elsa Lanchester in A Corpse for Dessert (1975). In the German versions of the cartoon Alice in Wonderland (1951) she is the voice of the "Queen of Hearts", in Peter Pan (1953) that of the "Squaw" and in The Last Unicorn (1982) that of the "Willow".

In most of her roles - and interestingly also in her dubbing parts - she was set on the role of the weird or gruff fat because of her corpulence.

Erna Haffner died of heart failure at the age of 76.

Filmography (selection)

Unless otherwise stated, it is a movie

Radio plays (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biographical data from Erna Haffner. In: Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch , Volume 98. Druck und Kommissionsverlag FA Günther & Sohn, 1990, p. 659
personal data
SURNAME Haffner, Erna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress, comedian, singer and voice actress
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH July 1989