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Friedgard Kurz (born May 26, 1928 - May 19, 2019 in Berlin ) was a German puppeteer and speaker . She achieved great fame through the popularity of the Schnatterinchen doll she developed, guided and spoken with for GDR children's television .

Life and accomplishments

Friedgard Kurz worked as a puppeteer and speaker for the DEFA studio in Babelsberg , where production was also carried out on behalf of the GDR 's German TV broadcaster (DFF) . In 1959, she and her long-time colleague Heinz Schröder came up with the Schnatterinchen doll for the series Meister Nadelöhr told on children's television , which made its first appearance in the same year and developed into an extremely popular figure on GDR television. Briefly led the character and also spoke it, which resulted in a number of idioms that made it into the general vocabulary of people who grew up in the GDR, including nak, nak, nak , which often introduces the character's speech . In 1962, the Kobold Pittiplatsch , led and spoken by Schröder, was added. The characters quickly became a “congenial” duo, which remained an integral part of children's television in the GDR until the DFF was closed in 1991, with unchanged popularity. At first they were related to minor characters in Meister Nadelöhr, but they quickly got an independent format as part of the evening greeting on GDR children's television. Every Saturday evening the two figures appeared together with the dog doll Moppi to see the children off at bedtime into the night. In addition, both characters initially stayed with the bear, Bummi , and later with Mischka, imported from the Soviet Union , at the side of Klaus-Peter Pleßow as Fabian "host" of the monthly weekend show Visiting in Fairy Tale Land , which after the death of Eckart Friedrichson from his show Master Nadelöhr tells the story . These fairyland figures belonged to a larger cosmos of figures, including Mr. Fox and Mrs. Elster from the fairy tale forest. As part of this part of the fairy tale world, Kurz spoke and guided the young hedgehog Borstel, a mostly anxious mothers son.

Kurz was also involved in other puppet shows on GDR children's television, including Rolf and Reni , where she played the doll Reni , the little, curious sister of the human big brother Rolf , embodied by Wolfgang Hübner , or at Das Spielhaus , where she played a doll played but did not speak. In 1969, together with her colleagues Gerhard Behrendt , Wolfgang Richter , Heinz Schröder, Harald Serowski and Heinz Fülfe, she was awarded the National Prize of the GDR III as a collective evening greeting of children's television . Excellent class for art and literature . After the GDR television was shut down, Kurz retired; in the GDR she could have done that in 1988 at the age of 60 anyway. For health reasons, she no longer took part in a revitalization of the fairyland characters of the old team for the children's theater. Schnatterinchen was now played by Barbara Augustin , who had previously represented a few shorts in the role, and later by Bärbel Möllendorf, who was also experienced in this environment . From time to time, Kurz also appeared as a spokesperson for children's stories and radio plays . Even during the GDR era, a number of stories were published on sound carriers with her participation, which were reissued several times even after the fall of the Wall . In 1995, among other things, the sound recordings of Kurz were sampled by the dance floor crew Sandmann's Dummies for their recordings, and the content was in some cases heavily alienated.

Friedgard Kurz died on May 19, 2019, a week before her 91st birthday, in Berlin.

Discography

  • Mr. Fuchs and Mrs. Elster. Litera 1971, (alternative title: Der Riesenpilz ).
  • A thief sneaks through the fairytale forest. Talent wanted! - Stories with Mr. Fuchs and Mrs. Elster. Litera 1978.
  • The flying ghost in the gazebo and other stories with Pittiplatsch, Schnatterinchen and Moppi. Litera
  • The Koboldsturm and other stories with Pittiplatsch, Schnatterinchen and Moppi. Litera 1980, (alternative title: Stories with Pittiplatsch ).
  • Meister Nadelöhr, Pittiplatsch, Schnatterinchen and the sandman. Fairyland - wonderland. Litera, (alternative title: The fairy tale of the jumping, singing fountain ).
  • Our sandman is coming soon. Litera.
  • The birthday round. (as a supplement to the book “Birthday Party in the Schneider Garden” by Rosemarie Hottenrott).

Filmography

  • 1959–1975: Master Nadelöhr tells the story
  • 196? –1991: evening greeting
  • 1961–1974: Rolf and Reni
  • 1971: The circus car (animation short film)
  • 1972: Die Sommerlaube (short animation film)
  • 1976–1990: Visiting fairy tale land
  • 1980–1990: The playhouse

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Sandman star Friedgard Short: Schnatterinchen's voice is dead. In: Gala . May 28, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2019 .
  2. ^ GDR legend Friedgard kurz has died. In: t-online.de . May 27, 2019, accessed May 28, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Known from "Our Sandman": Schnatterinchen spokeswoman Friedgard Kurz died. In: mdr.de . May 27, 2019, accessed May 28, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Schnatterinchens voice: Puppeteer Friedgard Kurz is dead. In: Spiegel Online . May 27, 2019, accessed May 28, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Our sandman. In: Fernsehlexikon.de . 2009, accessed May 28, 2019 . Voice since the 1950s - Schnatterinchen spokeswoman Friedgard Kurz is dead. In: rbb24 . May 27, 2019, accessed May 28, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Series by and with Friedgard kurz. In: fernsehserien.de . Retrieved May 28, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Playhouse. In: fernsehserien.de.de. Retrieved May 28, 2019 .
  8. ↑ 1969. In: defa-stiftung.de. Retrieved May 28, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Re: Voice of Pitti Platsch und Schatterienchen. In: tvforen.de . April 28, 2003. Retrieved May 28, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Matthias Anke: Pittiplatsch is probably also a Kyritzer. In: maz-online.de . April 3, 2016, accessed May 28, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Friedgard kurz is dead - she accompanied millions for many years. In: tz.de . May 28, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Kathrin Konjareck-Döring: Friedgard short. In: ddr-hoerspiele.de. Retrieved May 28, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Friedgard Brief at Discogs (English). Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  14. ↑ Visiting Wonderland. In: The television dictionary . Retrieved May 28, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Short one, Friedgard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German puppeteer and speaker
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1928
DATE OF DEATH 19th May 2019
Place of death Berlin