Helga Hahnemann

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A kettle of color in the Palace of the Republic with Helga Hahnemann as the presenter, broadcast on September 23, 1989

Helga Hahnemann , also called Henne and Big Helga (born September 8, 1937 in Berlin ; † November 20, 1991 there ), was a German entertainer , cabaret artist , singer and actress .

life and career

Helga Hahnemann (fifth from left) as a television favorite in 1987

From 1956 to 1959 Helga Hahnemann attended drama school in Berlin-Niederschöneweide . In 1959 she made her debut at the Leipziger Pfeffermühle , from 1961 she worked in Berlin, among other things, for the German television broadcasting company . For her appearance in over 30 episodes of the Tele-BZ series , she received the art prize of the Free German Trade Union Federation of the GDR.

From 1969 she was a permanent member of the German TV radio ensemble and worked, for example, for the Moritzburg TV theater . At the end of the 1970s, with her own " Berliner Schnauze ", she developed into one of the most popular entertainers in the GDR . In Berlin radio she hosted from the late 1970s, the mission Helga Top (p) -Musike , which also has three television shows were produced. As a singer, she celebrated success with hits like Wo ist mein Jeld just stayed , Now comes your sweetie , U-Bahn-Beat , 100 times Berlin , Clärchens Ballhaus (with Hartmut Schulze-Gerlach ) and Een kleenet Menschenkind . Most of the titles were written by Angela Gentzmer as lyricist and Arndt Bause as composer.

Hahnemann was also popular for her moderation of the program Ein Kessel Buntes and her numerous skits, for example with Alfred Müller , Herbert Köfer , Dagmar Gelbke , Ingeborg Naß . In the role of Erna Mischke, she was regularly seen in the Maxe Baumann comedy series with Rolf Herricht , Gerd E. Schäfer , Margot Ebert , Traute Sense and Heinz Behrens . With Ingeborg Naß she directed a workers' cabaret in Berlin. She also worked as a voice actress. Among other things, she lent her voice to the female main character Yvonne Jensen in three Olsen Gang films.

tomb

After the fall of the Wall, Hahnemann tried to win over new audiences in the now reunified Germany. Already at the beginning of 1991 she had health problems. Only after several months did she bring herself to see the doctor. Finally, in November 1991, about two weeks before her death, she was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer - Hahnemann was a chain smoker until the mid-1980s. A big New Year's Eve show with her as the presenter was planned for New Year's Eve 1991, which could no longer be realized. On November 20, 1991, Helga Hahnemann died in Berlin-Buch at the age of 54 of the consequences of her illness. She was buried in a family grave in the Pankow VII cemetery in Berlin-Wilhelmsruh , which has been the honor grave of the State of Berlin since November 2010 . Several series of articles and books about her appeared after her death.

Honors

Helga Hahnemann's star on the Boulevard der Stars in Berlin
Helga Hahnemann House in Schöneiche

In 1982 Hahnemann was awarded the GDR Art Prize and in 1987 the GDR National Prize for Art and Literature III. Class excellent. The Golden Henne audience award, which is awarded annually by the magazine SUPERillu , MDR and rbb, is dedicated to her. The parish hall, which was built in the 2000s in her long-term residence Schöneiche , which, among other things, houses the local music school, was named Helga Hahnemann House in her honor . A footpath in Berlin-Mitte bears her name. A street in Schönefeld (OT Großziethen) bears her name. A posthumous biography has so far been published in six editions. In September 2010, a star was dedicated to her on the Boulevard der Stars in Berlin . The painter Joachim Tilsch designed the three most prominent Schöneich entertainment artists in a picture with the title “Schöneicher Breakfast” for the central local shopping center, alongside Heinz Schröder and Otto Häuser also Helga Hahnemann.

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays

Discography

  • Helga Hahnemann - Now comes the sweet one ... (LP) Amiga 1983 (8 56 029).
  • Helga - dicke da (LP) Amiga 1986 (8 56 194).
  • Big Helga (LP) Amiga 1989 (8 56 488).

Fonts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.mdr.de/zeitreise/helga-hahnemann-henne-ddr-star100.html
  2. ↑ Lothar P. Kramer; Uwe Hassbecker in: Legenden - An evening for Helga Hahnemann, MDR 2017
  3. ↑ https://www.mz-web.de/kultur/helga-hahnemann-ddr-ulknudel-mit-dem-grossen-herzen-starb-vor-26-jahren-25117968
  4. ^ Robert Engelhardt: Opens the Helga-Hahnemann-Strasse - October 25, 2011

literature

Web links

Commons : Helga Hahnemann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Hahnemann, Helga
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hen (nickname); Big Helga (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entertainer, cabaret artist and actress
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1991
Place of death Berlin