Fritz Odemar senior
Fritz odemar senior , actually Karl Friedrich Julius Odemar (* 11. October 1858 in Magdeburg , † 9. December 1926 in Frankfurt am Main , German Empire ) was a German theater actor and playwright .
Live and act
The merchant's son was initially supposed to take up his father's profession, but after a few inter-family struggles he prevailed and began working as an actor when he joined a small touring and touring stage in 1880. Odemar's early theater positions were in Rudolstadt, Mainz, Hamburg, Breslau and Bremen before he finally came to the Hoftheater Hannover. There his gradual rise to a sought-after character comedian began, which he continued and consolidated at venues in Cologne and finally Frankfurt am Main, where he succeeded at the theater there and was nicknamed "Papa Ode". The versatile artist, who in later years was able to easily grow into the field of cozy fathers, also succeeded several times in bringing his own pieces to the stage, including the works Adam and Eve, In Pyrmont and Outwitted . Odemar's most important role interpretations were Weigelt in Mein Leopold , Just und der Wirt in Minna von Barnhelm , the village judge Adam in Der zerbrochne Krug and Falstaff in the Shakespeare play of the same name.
When Fritz Odemar died at the end of 1926, the 1928 edition of the Deutsche Bühnen-Jahrbuch recalled him as follows: “A man with a hearty, juicy sense of humor, who had a mischievous philosophy of life, was able to Odemar all the hardships of life, many a heavy-blooded man succumbs to always find the happiest side. A life artist. This sunny humor, paired with a straightforward, healthy and honest manner of representation, made him one of the best in the realm of our fine art and created a large and grateful following for him. ” Odemar also worked on a cooperative basis for the interests of the actors. In the last years of his life, when he had to struggle with health problems, Fritz Odemar senior shifted his professional focus to teaching and teaching drama students.
family
His son of the same name, Fritz Odemar junior , slipped into his father's shoes and also became an actor. The grandson Erik Odemar, called Erik Ode , was a well-known actor and also worked as a film, television and radio play director.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg's Large Biographical Lexicon of the Stage, Leipzig 1903. p. 736
- Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch, born in 1928, obituary on p. 100
- Wilhelm Kosch : Deutsches Theater-Lexikon, Biographisches und Bibliographisches Handbuch, second volume, Klagenfurt a. Vienna 1960, p. 1682
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Odemar, Fritz senior |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Odemar, Karl Julius Friedrich (birth name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German stage actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 1926 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main , German Empire |