Ilse Voigt

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Ilse Voigt (born February 3, 1905 in Chemnitz ; † June 3, 1990 in Magdeburg ) was a German actress and voice actress .

Life

Voigt enjoyed private acting training in Dresden . In the 1920s she appeared for the first time at the Schauspielhaus Chemnitz . Engagements followed in Dresden, Quedlinburg, Weimar, Leipzig and Erfurt, among others. Her first marriage was to the actor Hans Wahlberg . In the mid-thirties she returned to the Chemnitz theater and took on a leading role in Ernst von Wildenbruch's Die Rabensteinerin . In 1937 she married the Chemnitz pharmacist, medical and city councilor Fritz Meindl.

After the Second World War , Voigt first took to the stage again in Dresden, before moving to Magdeburg in 1959 . Here she stayed for many years even beyond retirement age and played a decisive role in shaping the style of Theater Magdeburg . She also worked as a private acting teacher in Magdeburg.

In addition to her work as a stage actress and dubbing actress, she also played in several productions on television in the GDR and DEFA from the 1960s onwards . In 1965 she starred in the film I am the rabbit , which was banned in the GDR and only had its premiere in 1990. Despite a serious illness, she was still able to attend the premiere. She became widely known in 1971 through the role of grandma Piesold in the film The Man Who Came After Grandma . Voigt died on June 3, 1990 at the age of 85 in Magdeburg.

Her daughter Gisela Wahlberg and other female descendants also became known as actresses.

In 2006 the city of Magdeburg named a street in her honor as Ilse-Voigt-Straße .

Filmography

Radio plays

literature

  • Elke Schneider: Voigt, Ilse. In: Guido Heinrich, Gunter Schandera (ed.): Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon 19th and 20th centuries. Biographical lexicon for the state capital Magdeburg and the districts of Bördekreis, Jerichower Land, Ohrekreis and Schönebeck. Scriptum, Magdeburg 2002, ISBN 3-933046-49-1 , p. 760.
  • Martin Wiehle : Magdeburg personalities. Published by the Magistrate of the City of Magdeburg, Department of Culture. imPuls Verlag, Magdeburg 1993, ISBN 3-910146-06-6 , p. 155.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. DEFA-Sternstunden , accessed on November 19, 2015
  2. Chemnitzgeschichte.de , accessed on November 19, 2015