Henry-Ernst Simmon
Henry-Ernst Simmon , often also Henry E. Simmon or Henry-E. Simmon , (born August 25, 1925 in Hamburg , † June 26, 2003 in Ahrensburg ) was a German theater director and actor .
Life
Henry-Ernst Simmon was born into a merchant family that had lived in Hamburg for generations. He gave up his career aspiration to become a tropical medicine specialist in favor of acting. Due to his acquaintance with the then director of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Karl Wüstenhagen , Simmon began a corresponding training in the house on Kirchenallee. In 1960 he came to the Junge Theater, later the Ernst-Deutsch-Theater , where he worked for 21 years as a director and chief dramaturge. His best-known production in 1967 was Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing with Ernst Deutsch in the title role. Numerous Christmas fairy tales were also created under Simmons' direction. After working in Hamburg, he worked freelance and staged on many stages in Germany.
In 1973 Simmon made contact with the Deutsche Bühne in Sibiu, Romania . With a guest director contract he staged a total of four plays there between 1974 and 1976, 1974 Brecht's The Good Man from Sezuan , which was received consistently positively by local critics, and Fuhrmann Henschel by Gerhart Hauptmann . Another production by Simmons by Nathan the Wise followed in 1975, and in 1976 he ended his guest performance in Sibiu with Hebbels Gyges und seine Ring . In 1975 Simmon became a member of the Transylvanian Landsmannschaft, which awarded him the golden coat of arms of honor for his work.
After 1960, Henry-Ernst Simmon was rarely active as an actor, and working in front of the camera was an exception. So you could see him between 1970 and 1991 in two episodes of the series Special Department K1 and Großstadtrevier and Tatort .
In 1977 Henry-Ernst Simmon published a book for the 25th anniversary of the Ernst-Deutsch-Theater. In later years he was on cruise ships giving lectures on art and cultural history. Simmon last lived in Ahrensburg in Schleswig-Holstein. He was married, but his wife had already passed away.
Filmography
- 1970: Tatort - taxi to Leipzig
- 1973: Chief Detective ER
- 1973: Special Department K1 - Trip to the Hereafter
- 1973: Tatort - expulsion for Trimmel
- 1982: Special Department K1 - Deadly shop closing time
- 1989: Metropolitan area - the new colleague
- 1991: Metropolitan Area - The Reporter
Awards
- around 1975: Golden coat of arms of honor of the Transylvanian country team
- 1987: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon for the preservation of German language and culture
Publications
- 25 years. The Young Theater - Ernst Deutsch Theater Hamburg. 1951-1976 . Conrad Kayser, Letterpress and Offset Printing, Hamburg (1977), 156 pages
Web links
- Henry Ernst Simmon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The article in the Siebenbürgische Zeitung initially mentions June 6th, and later June 26th. He was buried in his wife's family grave in Lohfelden near Kassel on July 23, 2003.
- ↑ a b On the death of Henry E. Simmon , Hamburger Abendblatt of July 9, 2003 , accessed on September 26, 2015
- ↑ a b c On the death of Henry E. Simmon , Siebenbürgische Zeitung of August 17, 2003 , accessed on September 26, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Simmon, Henry-Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Simmon, Henry E .; Simmon, Henry-E. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater director and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 2003 |
| Place of death | Ahrensburg |