Helga Feddersen

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Helga Feddersen 1976 in the Ostseehalle Kiel

Helga Feddersen (born March 14, 1930 in Hamburg ; † November 24, 1990 there ) was a German actress , author and singer . The Hamburg folk actress was subscribed to the role of the naive, lovable "Ulknudel", especially since 1955, when she suffered facial paralysis as a result of an operation .

Career

Helga Feddersen grew up in Hamburg. Her father was a seaman's equipment merchant. After attending the secondary school in Lerchenfeld and the women's college in Harburg, she graduated from the drama school with Eduard Marks from 1948 to 1950 . She made her debut in 1949 in the drama Easter by August Strindberg with Helmuth Gmelin at the Theater im Zimmer . In 1951 she played a small supporting role in the comedy Professor Nachtfalter , in which Johannes Heesters played the leading male role. This was followed by engagements at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus (1966) and in Peter Ahrweiler's "Kleiner Komödie" (1981).

Street sign in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt

Feddersen worked primarily in films and series around the Alster , for example in the 1963 crime film Das Haus an der Stör from the Stahlnetz series , but also internationally recognized as Klothilde in the film Buddenbrooks and in Lola by Rainer Werner Fassbinder . In 1971 she played at the Ohnsorg Theater in the play The Furnished Lord at the side of Hanno Thurau , Heidi Kabel , Werner Riepel and Henry Vahl .

In 1975 she became known for her role as Else Tetzlaff in Wolfgang Menge's television series A Heart and a Soul with Heinz Schubert . Feddersen replaced Elisabeth Wiedemann , who had left the series with Diether Krebs . However, she could not build on the success of her predecessor.

Her first husband, former NDR - dramaturge idol Kozuszek († 1985), with whom she was married from 1962, Feddersens talent discovered as a writer. So she initially wrote scripts with popular Hanseatic themes, including the television play Vier Stunden von Elbe 1 (1967), the series Kümo Henriette (1979-1982), Captain Harmsen (1969) and Helga and the Northern Lights (1984), in the she also embodied the main role. In 1979 she published her book Hallo, hier ist Helga with short stories from her life, initially only distributed regionally by a small Hamburg publisher.

From the beginning of the 1970s to the beginning of the 1980s she took part in several humorous television series, such as Ach, du Dickes Ei (1975–1977) and the bizarre Abramakabra (1972 with Uwe Dallmeier ). In 1975 Feddersen made her record debut with a long-playing record produced, arranged and composed by Christian Bruhn , on which she told impromptu stories and sang her own texts. With Frank Zander , she presented the gags-based music show Plattenküche from 1976 to 1980 .

Grave in the Steigfriedhof in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
Gravestone in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt

Dieter Hallervorden was also a frequent comedy partner , with whom she recorded the single Du, die Wanne ist voll - the German parody of You're the One That I Want from the hit musical Grease - in 1978 , which became a box-office hit . She was also active as a voice actress, for example for the socially critical Danish film Ditte - ein Menschenkind (1950) based on the novel by Martin Andersen Nexø .

In 1983, Helga Feddersen and her partner, the actor Olli Maier , founded the 250-seat Theater am Holstenwall in Hamburg and transformed the old ballroom into a venue that was well known beyond the region.

Sickness, death and burial

In 1955, Feddersen was diagnosed with a malignant tumor on the parotid gland . Although this was successfully removed, her face remained visually and motorically badly affected. The latter improved five years later.

In the 1980s, she had to undergo two more tumor operations. There was also an ulceration of the jaw, so that all teeth had to be removed. The renewed blows of fate led to a drug addiction at Feddersen and she lost a lot of weight down to 32 kilos.

In 1989 her theater went bankrupt ; Feddersen retired then temporarily to the island of Foehr , where they in Nieblum district Goting owned a house. On November 24, 1990, she succumbed to liver cancer in a Hamburg hospital after she had married her partner Olli Maier shortly before. Until her death she lived in the historic Deichstrasse in Hamburg. Through Maier († 2011) the journalist Jürgen Worlitz later inherited a large part of Feddersen's estate.

Her urn was buried in the Steigfriedhof in Stuttgart- Bad Cannstatt , her husband's hometown. (Department No. 29, Row No. 5, Grave No. 3)

Appreciation

In 1991, the German band Element of Crime dedicated the song Four Hours Before Elbe 1, named after their TV film Vier Hours von Elbe 1 , to Feddersen on their first German-language album Damals hinterm Mond .

In 2014, in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, the Helga-Feddersen-Weg was named after her.

In November 2016, the Helga-Feddersen- Twiete was named after her in Hamburg-Altona .

Filmography (selection)

In addition, other appearances, such as B. in: Stories from the homeland , On the trail of the perpetrator , The Pyramid , Dalli Dalli , A case for TKKG , Wetten, dass ..? u. a.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
You, the tub is full (with Dieter Hallervorden )
  DE 4th 11/20/1978 (21 weeks)
  AT 12 December 15, 1978 (3 weeks)
Give me a kiss please
  DE 16 October 19, 1981 (8 weeks)

Albums

  • 1975: News from Ellerdorf (radio play)
  • 1975: Helga Feddersen sings and speaks
  • 1978: An de Eck ... (with Mike Krüger , album Mein Gott ... Mike )

Singles

  • 1975: Oh, turn off the lamp / 5 minutes of laughter replaces an egg (Theoderich)
  • 1977: Goldschatz (with Mike Krüger )
  • 1978: You, the tub is full (You're the One That I Want) / Disco Dussl (with Dieter Hallervorden )
  • 1979: In Bauermann's beer cellar / Tango-Bertl
  • 1979: Auszieh'n / Tüddelband (with the Old Merry Tale Jazzband )
  • 1981: Give me a kiss, please (Dance little Bird) / I like fat guys so much
  • 1982: I've never been a beauty, Chéri (Halé, Hey Louise) / Hans, have a laugh with me
  • 1982: Katzen-Polka (Dance Little Cat) / pork tango
  • 1983: I count every hour without you / The doorbell rings again (with Olli Maier )
  • 1984: Herr Schulze / Schulzes Breakdance (instrumental)
  • 1989: The Lambada institute / noise bath (with Olli Maier)

Web links

Commons : Helga Feddersen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helga Feddersen - "Die Ulknudel der Nation" ( Memento from December 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), filmmuseum-hamburg.de, accessed on December 2, 2016
  2. ^ Favorites of German-language film - Helga Feddersen. In: steffi-line.de. Retrieved July 10, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Four hours from Elbe 1 ( Memento from December 31, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), eberhardfechner.de
  4. ↑ Helga Feddersen-Twiete . hamburg.de, accessed on May 23, 2020 (PDF file)
  5. ↑ The quiet celebrity paradises. In: www.shz.de. April 29, 2015, accessed May 2, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Due date: November 24th 2010 - 20 years ago: Helga Feddersen dies in Hamburg. In: wdr.de. Westdeutscher Rundfunk Cologne , November 24, 2010, accessed on July 10, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Jürgen Worlitz : Helga Feddersen: Always funny. In: shz.de. Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag , March 9, 2008, accessed on July 10, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Jürgen Worlitz : A Ulknudel looks different. In: welt.de . Die Welt , November 13, 2011, accessed July 10, 2018 .
  9. ^ Corinna Below: Time travel: Helga Feddersen. In: ndr.de . Norddeutscher Rundfunk , March 8, 2015, accessed on July 10, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Klaus Nerger: The grave of Helga Feddersen on the Steigfriedhof. In: knerger.de. Retrieved July 10, 2018 .
  11. ↑ One way for Helga Feddersen. In: stuttgarter-zeitung.de. Stuttgarter Zeitung , February 21, 2014, accessed on July 10, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Neue Mitte: This is the name of Altona's new streets and squares. In: Abendblatt.de. Hamburger Abendblatt , November 18, 2016, accessed on July 10, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Charts DE. In: officialcharts.de. Retrieved July 10, 2018 . Charts AT. In: austriancharts.at. Retrieved July 10, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Feddersen, Helga
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1990
Place of death Hamburg