Erna Sellmer

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Erna Sellmer (left) with Elly Burgmer during the performance of the play Our Little City , Deutsches Theater , Berlin, August 1945

Erna Elisabeth Dorothea Sellmer (born June 19, 1905 in Hamburg ; † May 13, 1983 in Munich ) was a German actress .

Life

Erna Sellmer completed her acting training at the University of Music and with Ilka Grüning in Berlin . She made her debut at the Green Stage in Thale at the age of 24 . From 1930 she worked at the Osnabrück City Theater and then at the Augsburg City Theater . From 1937 to 1940 she was part of the ensemble of the Münchner Kammerspiele , after which she worked at the Deutsches Theater and other theaters in Berlin until the end of the war . Her roles included mother Henschel in Gerhart Hauptmanns Fuhrmann Henschel , mother Wolffen in Der Biberpelz , the matchmaker in Measure for Measure and the maid Rosa in The Robbery of the Sabine Women .

In addition to her stage work, she took part in over 50 German-language feature films (e.g. Große Freiheit No. 7 ), mostly in supporting roles, such as B. in the television series Country Doctor Dr. Brock (1967) as a doctor's assistant Helene and Adrian the Tulip Thief (1966) in the first German color television series . Her film successes include The murderers are among us , our daily bread and vacation from the ego .

She also lent a voice actress her voice, among others Hattie McDaniel in her Oscar -prämierten role in Gone with the Wind .

Sellmer was seen from 1945 as a theater actress at the Hebbel Theater and the Schlossparktheater .

Erna Sellmer died on May 13, 1983 in Munich. She was buried in the Munich forest cemetery , anonymously, Neuer Teil, grave field 421.

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Everything about George in Michael Reufsteck , Stefan Niggemeier Das Fernsehlexikon . All over 7000 programs from Ally McBeal to the ZDF hit parade. Goldmann, Munich 2005, p. 61 ISBN 3-442-30124-6
personal data
SURNAME Sellmer, Erna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sellmer, Erna Elisabeth Dorothea (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1983
Place of death Munich