Helga Hahnemann
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
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.
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
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)
- 1962: Our Sandman (as Nickeneck)
- 1962: It's no wonder
- 1963: Humphrey George
- 1963: love in poste restante
- 1963: The band of robbers
- 1963: Safe crackers
- 1963: The Lord von Finkenwerder
- 1964: Berlin remains Berlin (TV revue)
- 1965: Unrecognized room for rent
- 1967: The Drummer (DEFA puppet film; as speaker)
- 1968: Felicitas fire brigade (puppet cartoon series; as captain Felix)
- 1968: The kidnapped bride
- 1968: Tele-BZ
- 1969: Children, children ... (TV theater Moritzburg)
- 1972: Bettina von Arnim
- 1972: children, children ...
- 1972: Police Call 110: A Little Alibi (TV series)
- 1972: Police call 110: The end of a moonlight journey (TV series)
- 1973: The public prosecutor has the floor: unexpected reunion (TV series)
- 1973: The man
- 1974: Gallows Mountain Story
- 1974: Maria and the paragraph
- 1974: The Lieutenant vom Schwanenkietz (TV three-part)
- 1974: Why can't I be good?
- 1975: The sea fair
- 1975: One hour stop
- 1976: crash in the skyscraper
- 1976: The prosecutor has the floor : I have nothing to wear
- 1976: Cinderella
- 1976: Maxe Baumann : Endless holidays
- 1977: Maxe Baumann : No vacation for Max
- 1978: On station 23
- 1978: No cock in the basket
- 1978: Maxe Baumann : Max on the move
- 1979: Maxe Baumann : surprise for Max
- 1980: Anna and the family ghost
- 1980: Maxe Baumann : Max in Moritzhagen
- 1981: String Quartet (TV Theater Moritzburg)
- 1982: hopeless cases
- 1987: Maxe Baumann from Berlin (revue film)
- 1988: Animals make people (TV series)
Radio plays
- 1967: Hans Georg Herde : Kuddelmuddel in Pilzhausen (daughter) - Director: Detlef Kurzweg (children's radio play / short radio play / riddle broadcast - GDR radio )
- 1968: Giles Cooper : The Indigestible Auster - Director: Wolfgang Brunecker (Radio play comedy - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1974: Hans-Jürgen Bloch : Not only millennial oaks (manager) - Director: Joachim Staritz (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1974: Wolf D. Brennecke : Demolition of a House (Ursel Hennebo) - Director: Fritz-Ernst Fechner (Radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1974: Hans Siebe : The red shoes (woman) - Director: Barbara Plensat (crime radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
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
- Man, where have we got to? Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main 1993, ISBN 3-548-23299-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.mdr.de/zeitreise/helga-hahnemann-henne-ddr-star100.html
- ↑ Lothar P. Kramer; Uwe Hassbecker in: Legenden - An evening for Helga Hahnemann, MDR 2017
- ↑ https://www.mz-web.de/kultur/helga-hahnemann-ddr-ulknudel-mit-dem-grossen-herzen-starb-vor-26-jahren-25117968
- ^ Robert Engelhardt: Opens the Helga-Hahnemann-Strasse - October 25, 2011
literature
- Angela Gentzmer: Een kleenet human child. Memories of Helga Hahnemann. With many photos from Helga Hahnemann's life and stage appearances , Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-359-00727-1 .
- Angela Gentzmer: Helga Hahnemann. The sharpest sayings , Eulenspiegel, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-359-00991-6 .
- Angela Gentzmer: The thick Helga Hahnemann book: was nice with you ... With songs, sketches, sayings, memories , Eulenspiegel, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-359-01650-2 .
- Bernhard Hönig: Hahnemann, Helga . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
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Claudia Kusebauch (ed.): TV theater Moritzburg II. Program history . Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2005. ISBN 3-86583-015-3 .
- Claudia Kusebauch (with the assistance of Michael Grisko ): The Moritzburg TV Theater - Program Chronology . Ibid., Pp. 15-208.
Web links
- Helga Hahnemann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Helga Hahnemann in the German dubbing file
- Literature by and about Helga Hahnemann in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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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 |