Georg Prussia

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Georg Preuße (born August 24, 1950 in Ankum , real name Georg Wilhelm Johannes Preuße ) is a German actor who was best known as a travesty artist under the name Mary .

Georg Preuße in his star role Mary ; Charity gala Gabi Decker and friends in Berlin (Sept. 2009)

Life

He first learned the craft of radio and television technician, and performed as a travesty artist in clubs at a young age. He created the stage character Mary Morgan .

He became known to a wide audience in the early 1980s with his stage partner Reiner Kohler as the duo Mary & Gordy . A total of six shows of the two were broadcast on television. In addition, they appeared in numerous tours. In 1990 Mary & Gordy received the Golden Camera from the television magazine Hörzu . Kohler had to end his career in 1987 for health reasons. Prussia then began a solo career as Mary with tours and her own TV shows. A highlight of every show was the last song So leb your Leben , an interpretation of the Frank Sinatra classic My Way in the version by Mary Roos , in which Prussia takes off his make-up, clothes and wig while singing and turns from Mary to Georg Preuße. One of the Mary & Gordy shows and later one of the Mary shows were the German contribution to the competition for the Golden Rose of Montreux .

In addition to his life role as Mary , Preuße was also seen in other roles and as a presenter in theater, film and television. In 1999 he received the Berlin Bear (BZ Culture Prize) , the 2001 Beauty Face Award from the Federal Association of Cosmeticians and the Golden Curtain three times as the most popular actor in Berlin in the 1999/2000, 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 theater seasons . In the 1990s he had an advertising contract with the Zentis company . In 2004 he received the Peter Frankenfeld Prize .

In 2002 Preuße entered into a civil partnership with his long-term partner and manager Jack Amsler. They live together in Switzerland.

Creation (selection)

Stage roles

theatre
musical
  • 1993–1994: Cabaret , role: Conferencier

Filmography

Television shows
  • 1981: Mary & Gordy: Enjoying the Transformation, 1–3
  • 1991–1992 / 1996: Mary Show, 25 episodes (skits, singing, dance, talk shows)
  • 1989–1991: The cheeky-frivolous illusion
  • 1992: shooting stars
  • 1992/2001: Mary New Year's Eve Show
  • 2005: dazzling times
  • 2007: Mary Christmas
Television films and series
  • 1983: Mary & Gordy in the country
  • 1986: women, women, women
  • 1995: Mary's Mad Hospital (TV series)
  • 1997: Derrick (TV series, episode 24x09)
  • 2018: SOKO Munich (TV series, episode 44x06)
Moderations
  • 1989: Baden-Baden Roulette
  • 1993: Mary's Quiz
  • 2001: Long Saturday

Discography

LPs with Gordy
  • 1981: ... but we will never become real women
  • 1983: Usually there is nothing behind it
  • 1985: women, women, women
  • 1987: Live! Enjoy the transformation
  • 1987: Live
  • 1988: Star portrait
Solo LPs
  • 1991: My body is my capital
  • 1995: I am a lady, you ...
  • 1995: Mary
  • 1996: Mary Live
  • 1999: Mary in Berlin
  • 2003: I'm just getting started
  • 2007: Mary Christmas
Singles with Gordy
  • 1981: So live your life ( My Way ) / But we will never be real ladies ( The Lady Is a Tramp )
  • 1983: It is not easy to be a clown / From the firm principle to the easygoing girl
  • 1985: Frau'n, Frau'n, Frau'n / Canasta
  • 1985: 1000 eyes / women, women, women (part II)
Solo singles
  • 2014: Take care of your soul / My love for you is real

literature

  • Georg Preuße: Mary - My life in her shadow. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 2005, ISBN 3-89602-660-7 .
  • Silvia Schubert: Profession Mary - Georg Preusse's second skin . Verlag Das Neue Berlin, 2002, ISBN 978-3360009470

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Living with Mary's Shadow. on: tagesspiegel.de . September 18, 2005. (Interview)
personal data
SURNAME Prussia, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morgan, Mary (as a travesty artist); Mary (as a travesty artist)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Ankum