Fred Kronström

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Fred Kurt Alfons Kronström (born February 6, 1899 in Berlin or Christiansand , † December 31, 1993 in Berlin) was a Norwegian-German actor and singer .

Life

Fred Kronström, of Norwegian- German origin, trained as an actor from 1920 to 1923 at the German Theater School . He had his first stage engagements as a young comedian and operetta buffo at the Olympia-Theater in Dortmund and as an operetta buffo at the Duisburg theater . Since the late 1920s he worked as a theater actor, mainly on various Berlin theaters. He also acted in over 100 silent films . Some silent films, he has also served as assistant director and manager operates. He also emerged as a singer and made recordings . In the 1930s he appeared in operettas in Berlin , a genre to which he later remained faithful.

Since 1945 he was a member of the Metropoltheater in Berlin. After the Second World War , he appeared at the Metropoltheater in the operetta Die Zirkusprinzessin in 1946 . His partner was Sonja Ziemann in the role of circus rider Mabel Gibson . In 1948 he took over Kalchas in the operetta Die Schöne Helena . In 1949 he played on the side of Rolf Ludwig and Gerhard Frickhöffer at the Metropoltheater in the operetta Die Dubarry . 1951 followed, again at the side of Rolf Ludwig and with the operetta buffo Adi Appelt in the role of Calicot , the role of King Louis XV. in the operetta Madame Pompadour . At the beginning of the 1950s he could be seen there under the direction of Gustav von Wangenheim in the revue On both banks of the Spree (music: Paul Dessau ). He also appeared in the operettas The Opera Ball (1953, as Theophil Beaubuisson) and Ms. Luna (1957). In 1954 he took on the role of the greedy Podestà Nasoni in the operetta Gasparone . In 1955 he was seen at the Metropoltheater in the world premiere of the operetta Masquerade der Liebe by Ernst-Peter Hoyer / Arnold Bormann in the role of Nimrod. From 1955 to 1974, after the theater moved to the Admiralspalast , he continued to work as an actor and singer at the Berlin Metropoltheater . He was there again in various operettas and musical revues . As a comedian he appeared there in the operetta Die Fledermaus , sang with Erna Haffner and played in the Walter Kollo operetta Drei alten Schachteln . In 1957, Fred Kronström performed the world premiere of the GDR operetta Who Needs Money? by Guido Masanetz with. In 1962 he was the god father Jupiter in the Jacques Offenbach operetta Orpheus in der Unterwelt . He was made an honorary member of the Metropolitan Theater.

At RIAS Berlin emerged radio recordings of operetta in which Kronström participated, including The Merry Widow , The Teresina by Oscar Straus and The Land of Smiles .

Kronström, a "very comedic actor", took on a few supporting roles at DEFA and DFF . King curmudgeon in the fairy tale film The Brave Little Tailor (1956) is considered to be his most beautiful role .

Filmography

theatre

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Piet Hein Honig, Hanns-Georg Rodek : 100001. The show business encyclopedia of the 20th century. Showbiz-Data-Verlag, Villingen-Schwenningen 1992, ISBN 3-929009-01-5 , p. 532. There Fred Kurt Alfons Kronström is also given as the birth name.
  2. ↑ Sonja Ziemann : There is always a morning. Memories. Langen Müller Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-7844-2647-6 , p. 401.
  3. ↑ Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin (ed.): “Search nails, offer good theater!” Theater in Berlin after 1945 - post-war period (= Theater in Berlin after 1945. Vol. 1). Henschel, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89487-406-6 , pp. 49, 56.
  4. ^ Theater of Time. Vol. 6, 1951, ISSN  0040-5418 , pp. 16-17 .
  5. ↑ 25 years of theater in Berlin. Theater premieres 1945–1970 (= series of publications on contemporary history in Berlin. Vol. 7, ISSN  0582-1142 ). Spitzing, Berlin 1972, p. 104 ff.
  6. ↑ Today and tomorrow. 1954, ZDB -ID 221901-3 , p. 110 .
  7. ↑ Berlin insight: You get through life better if you are cheerful ... In: Berliner Kurier , October 25, 1995.
  8. ↑ Kollo-Clan: From Walter to René Even after the renovation of the Revue Theater in the Admiralspalast it was all over the place. In: Berliner Kurier , August 30, 1998.
  9. ↑ Otto Schneidereit: Berlin, how it cries and laughs. Walks through Berlin's operetta history. 2nd Edition. Lied der Zeit Musikverlag, Berlin 1976, pp. 313, 339, 384.
  10. ↑ Music and Society. Vol. 7, 1957, ISSN  0027-4755 , p. 46 .
  11. ↑ Music and Society. Vol. 12, 1962.
  12. ↑ Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch , Volume 102, 1993/1994 season
personal data
SURNAME Kronström, Fred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kronström, Fred Kurt Alfons (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian-German actor and singer
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin or Christiansand
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1993
Place of death Berlin or Christiansand