Ethel Reschke

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Ethel Reschke , actually Margarete Luise Hedwig Ottilie Reschke (born April 24, 1911 in Lauenburg in Pomerania , † June 5, 1992 in Berlin ) was a German actress . It was seen in around 40 German feature films from 1931 to 1971, some with vocal recordings.

Life and work

Ethel Reschke, daughter of a school councilor and a singing teacher, spent her childhood and youth in Kolberg . After her father lost his job because of his Jewish-friendly attitude, the family moved to Berlin. Although her parents had chosen her to be a kindergarten teacher, Ethel Reschke took acting lessons from Leontine Sagan , who also gave her a small role in her film Girls in Uniform (1931). She also worked on the stage, where she had her first major success in Brecht's Threepenny Opera . She had engagements a. at the Berlin Theater am Schiffbauerdamm and at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm .

From 1937 on, Ethel Reschke stood in front of the camera more often. As a comedian in National Socialist films, she was the ideal embodiment of frivolous young women with cheeky mouths and folk influences. In supporting roles, she impressed the audience as an actress of maids, workers and demi-world ladies. She was seen in propaganda films such as In the Name of the People (1939), Stukas (1941), Sechs Tage Heimaturlaub (1941) and A beautiful day (1943), but also in two films by Helmut Käutner : in Romance in Moll (1943) She played a street girl and in Grosse Freiheit No. 7 (1944) the slut Margot, who does not remain loyal to any sailor for long.

After the end of the Second World War , Ethel Reschke was discovered for cabaret by the Silesian parodist Ludwig Manfred Lommel , went on tour with him and also worked on cabaret stages in Berlin. In 1948 she attracted attention in Günter Neumann's Berlin cabaret series Die Insulaner , especially with her “Insulaner Song”, which proved to be a popular hit. She also sang chansons and moritats . Ethel Reschke was also able to continue her film career without any problems, for example in Helmut Käutner's film Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (1956), in which she played the “Pleureusenmieze” alongside Heinz Rühmann , over which the men quarrel. Since the beginning of the 1960s, she often worked in television productions; The last time she was in front of the camera was in 1977 in an American film ( The Late Show / The Cat Knows the Killer ). Ethel Reschke spent the last years of her life secluded in Berlin.

Her grave is in the Zehlendorf Forest Cemetery in Berlin.

Filmography (selection)

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As a voice actress she lent u. a. Ruth Gordon ( Where's Papa? ), Elsa Lanchester ( The Private Life of Henry VIII. , Second dubbed version; The Sinful City ) and Claire Trevor ( Hell's Journey to Santa Fé ) her voice.

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SURNAME Reschke, Ethel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reschke, Margarete Luise Hedwig Ottilie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress and singer
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Lauenburg in Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH 5th June 1992
Place of death Berlin