Helga Bender
Helga Bender , also Helga König (* 1942 in Kamenz , Saxony ; † 2018 in Mainz-Drais ) was a German actress .
biography
Born Helga Hansen, she was initially a kindergarten teacher and came to the Federal Republic from the GDR in 1966 . She trained as a graphic designer at the Mainz Art School and graduated from the Wiesbaden Drama School . In 1969 she got a permanent engagement at the Stadttheater Mainz under the name Helga Bender .
As Helga König, she appeared in several Lederhosen films by director Franz Marischka from 1972 onwards . Marischka herself gave her this name in order not to endanger her theater career. If she was recognized anyway, she insisted on the existence of a doppelganger. She was later seen as Helga Bender in film and television roles. But she remained primarily a stage actress in Mainz, where they among other things as Minna in Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's Minna von Barnhelm and as Terese in strange house by Dea Loher was seen. Her most important role in a film was undoubtedly that of Martina in Edgar Reitz 's homeland .
Helga Bender gave her farewell performance at the Mainz State Theater in 2004, but was still active in her job afterwards, especially with poetry readings. Most recently she was seen in the musical theater at the Wiesbaden State Theater in the new production of Carmen as a mother and played the leading role in the short film Awakening by Martin Urschel .
She was married to the historian, author and local politician Anton Maria Keim and most recently lived with him at the Caritas Altenzentrum in Mainz-Drais.
Filmography
as Helga König :
- 1973: The Shock Castle - When the chastity belt rattles at night
- 1973: Greetings from the Lederhose
- 1973: Don't itch, buddy Part 2 - The Bull Monastery
- 1973: Love hunt through 7 beds
- 1973: Leberkäs beckons when yodelling
- 1974: Don't itch, buddy 3rd part - Maloche, beer and bed
- 1974: Greetings from the Lederhose 2nd part: Two buddies on the mountain pasture
- 1977: Greetings from the Lederhose 3 - Sexexpress from Upper Bavaria
as Helga Bender :
- 1975: Champagne from the Knobelbecher
- 1976: I just want you to love me (TV)
- 1980: Nowhere is Poenichen (TV)
- 1984: Heimat - A German Chronicle (TV)
- 2007: Awakening (short film)
literature
- Franz Zwetschi Marischka: Just smile , Amalthea; Vienna, Munich (2001) ISBN 3-85002-442-3 , pp. 246-248.
Web links
- Helga Bender in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Helga Bender at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mainz actress Helga Bender dies at the age of 71 - an obituary. In: echo-online.de. June 22, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bender, Helga |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | King, Helga; Hansen, Helga |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kamenz , Saxony |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2018 |
| Place of death | Mainz Drais |