Helene Riechers
Helene Riechers (born June 6, 1869 in Hamburg , † July 15, 1957 in Berlin ; married Helene Fallscheer ) was a German actress .
Life
Helene Riechers made her debut as an actress in Wroclaw in 1891 . This was followed by guest performances in Memel (1892), Göttingen (1894) and from 1895 to 1898 at the Theater der Literatur in Leipzig . From 1900 to 1906 she went on several tours , including pieces by August Strindberg and Henrik Ibsen . In the 1906/1907 season she performed at the New Theater in Berlin . In addition to acting, from 1910 onwards she mainly devoted herself to the work of the first chairwoman of the newly founded women's committee of the German Theater Members' Cooperative . During the Nazi dictatorship in 1935 she was banned from performing.
After the end of the Second World War , she was engaged at the Hebbel Theater from 1948 to 1952 and from 1952 at the Deutsches Theater Berlin and the associated Kammerspiele. There she again played leading roles in works by August Strindberg and Henrik Ibsen.
In 1954, Helene Riechers was awarded the Goethe Prize by the city of Berlin . She also worked as an acting teacher and taught the actor and cabaret artist Hans Krause .
From 1950 Helene Riechers also worked in various film productions . These included the DEFA films Das Beil von Wandsbek by Falk Harnack with Erwin Geschonneck , Käthe Braun and Claus Holm and Die Unbesiegbaren by Arthur Pohl with Willy A. Kleinau , Werner Peters and Karl Paryla . She had her last appearance in a feature film in 1956 as a musfrau in the fairytale film Das brave Schneiderlein by Helmut Spieß with Kurt Schmidtchen , Fred Kronström and Gisela Kretzschmar .
Helene Riechers died on July 15, 1957 in the eastern part of Berlin.
Filmography
- 1950: The Council of Gods
- 1950: The boys from the Kranichsee
- 1951: The Wandsbek ax
- 1951: Corinna Schmidt
- 1952: Shadows over the islands
- 1953: The invincible
- 1953: The story of little Muck
- 1954: Witches
- 1956: The brave little tailor
Radio plays
- 1955: Lieselotte Gilles / Gerhard Düngel : The Doctor of the Poor (Greisin) - Director: Willi Porath (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR )
literature
- Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 3: Peit – Zz. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560752 , p. 1398.
- Herbert A. Frenzel , Hans Joachim Moser (ed.): Kürschner's biographical theater manual. Drama, opera, film, radio. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. De Gruyter, Berlin 1956, DNB 010075518 , p. 600.
- Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . 2nd Edition. Volume 8 (Poethen – Schlüter). KG Saur, Munich 2007, pp. 388–389.
Web links
- Helene Riechers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Helene Riechers at filmportal.de
- Portraits from 1953 on Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek online
- Short portrait with pictures on defa-sternstunden.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ My Ibsen Theater. Memories from Carl Heine on ibsen.net; accessed on August 14, 2016
- ↑ Brief portrait of Hans Krause on Bundesstiftung Aufverarbeitung online; Retrieved February 8, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Riechers, Helene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1957 |
| Place of death | Berlin |