Inge Keller
Ingeborg "Inge" Keller (born December 15, 1923 in Berlin ; † February 6, 2017 there ) was a German actress .
Life
Inge Keller was born in Berlin-Friedenau . Her father, Arthur Keller (1882–1941), who had learned to build roads, married the daughter of a manufacturer, Auguste Dorothea Engler, at the age of 36 in Niedercunnersdorf. Ingeborg had an older sister Jutta and a younger brother Jürgen. The parental quarry in Lausitz had to serve for the construction of the AVUS .
She made her debut in 1942 at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm . Then she went to Saxony, where she played in Freiberg and Chemnitz and also saw the end of the war. After the Second World War she returned to Berlin, initially at the Hebbel Theater . Boleslaw Barlog finally engaged Inge Keller at the Schlossparktheater . This cast her as the puetz in Des Teufels General , which she played in the title role in 250 performances with OE Hasse . In 1950 she moved to the German Theater in the eastern part of the city . There she played as a member of the ensemble until 2001 and continued to be a guest there from then on.
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Her cooperation with directors such as Wolfgang Langhoff and Wolfgang Heinz , later with Thomas Langhoff , Peter Stein , Edith Clever , Harry Kupfer , Einar Schleef and Michael Thalheimer made her one of the most important theater actresses in East and West Germany. Keller made guest appearances in West Berlin in the 1970s and 1980s at the Schaubühne and the Renaissance Theater , a. a. in productions by Rudolf Noelte .
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Keller also impressed with style and language in films such as Doctors based on the play by Rolf Hochhuth (1984 actor award at the 3rd National Film Festival of the GDR ) and in Aimée and Jaguar and Lola and Bilidikid in 2000. In addition, she played in television films for ARD and ZDF, such as Alles Samba , Wilsberg and Commissario Brunetti .
On her 75th birthday in 1998, the publishing house Das Neue Berlin published the book by Hans-Dieter Schütt Inge Keller, which has been out of print several times since then - Everything is at risk . An extended new edition was published for the Leipzig Book Fair 2007. Günter Gaus portrayed Keller in 2000 in his interview series Zur Person in the RBB .
In 1989 she made a guest appearance at the Wiener Festwochen as Mrs. Alving in Ibsen's Ghosts with Ulrich Mühe as Osvald - a production that was on the repertoire of the Deutsches Theater for twelve years. She had one of her acclaimed appearances at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and at the Komische Oper Berlin as Maria Josefa in Aribert Reimann's opera Bernarda Albas Haus after Federico García Lorca , directed by Harry Kupfer , the only speaking role in the modern music theater piece. Keller's linguistic expressiveness and sustainability as an actress are also attested by her readings of the works of Heinrich von Kleist , Theodor Fontane , Thomas Mann , Stefan Zweig , Eva Strittmatter , Christa Wolf and Franz Fühmann . Thomas Mann's Die Betrogene was published by the audio book publisher PATMOS .
Inge Keller did not belong to any party. She described herself ironically as the Countess on duty in the GDR . On the occasion of her 75th birthday, Thomas Langhoff called her the only vamp in the GDR . The media named her the grande dame of German theater.
On November 18, 2007, she celebrated her 65th stage anniversary with a reading of Kleist's Die Marquise von O .... at the Deutsches Theater Berlin. At a memorial event on the occasion of Erwin Geschonneck's death on April 2, 2008, she performed at the Akademie der Künste together with Regine Lutz , Hermann Beyer and Thomas Langhoff. Keller played with Geschonneck in 1961, among other things, in the DEFA film Conscience in Turmoil .
On April 13, 2008 she read the novella Leporella by Stefan Zweig in the Deutsches Theater . On the occasion of her 85th birthday on December 15, 2008, Gregor Gysi interviewed her in the series of talks at the German Theater Gregor Gysi meets contemporaries . In 2009 Inge Keller appeared in the Berliner Ensemble as Shakespeare in the production of Shakespeare's Sonnets by Robert Wilson and Rufus Wainwright .
On July 16, 2009 Inge Keller read in the cinema Tilsiter Lichtspiele from Arnold Zweig's novel Young Woman from 1914 . Also present was the film director and author Egon Günther , in whose film adaptation of the novel of the same name she played a major role.
The daughter Barbara Schnitzler emerged from the marriage in 1952 with the chief commentator of GDR television Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler , who divorced in 1956 . They and their daughter Pauline Knof also work as actresses.
Inge Keller was buried on February 20, 2017 in Berlin-Mitte in the Dorotheenstadt cemetery .
Filmography (selection)
- 1949: Quartet of five
- 1950: The Council of Gods
- 1951: The last wages
- 1951: irregular train traffic
- 1959: Maria Stuart (studio recording)
- 1960: life begins
- 1961: Conscience in Turmoil (TV miniseries)
- 1963: Now and at the hour of my death
- 1964: Wolf among wolves
- 1965: Karla
- 1966/1972: The Little Prince (TV movie)
- 1967: Little man, what now? (TV movie)
- 1967: Mrs. Venus and her devil
- 1967: Tales of That Night (Episode 2)
- 1967: Hangover lamp
- 1969: foggy night
- 1970: Effi Briest (TV movie)
- 1970: Young Woman from 1914 (TV movie)
- 1970: On the way to Lenin
- 1970: Everyone dies for himself alone (TV film, 3 parts)
- 1970: Fish for four (TV movie)
- 1973: The Lautensack brothers
- 1976: life and death of Richard III. (Theater recording)
- 1980: The fiancée
- 1983: The sad story of Frederick the Great (theater recording)
- 1984: female doctors
- 1986: Christmas stories
- 1986: An Ideal Husband (studio recording)
- 1990: Marie Grubbe
- 1999: Aimée and Jaguar
- 1999: Lola and Bilidikid
- 2003: Everything Samba
- 2004: Wilsberg - death of a hostess
- 2008: Donna Leon (TV series) : The dark hour of the Serenissima
- 2012: The nanny
theatre
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- 1948: J. Deval - We poor earth citizens , Schlosspark Theater Berlin
- 1948: C. Zuckmayer - Des Teufels General , Schlosspark Theater Berlin (Pützchen)
- 1948: H. Bahr - The Concert , Hebbel Theater Berlin (Eva Gerndl)
- 1949: G. Weisenborn - The ballad from Eulenspiegel, from Federle and ... , Hebbel-Theater Berlin (Schellenbarbell)
- 1950: A. Miller - Death of a Salesman , Hebbel Theater Berlin
- 1950: C. Odets - Golden Boy , Deutsches Theater Berlin (Lorna)
- 1950: C. Sternheim - 1913 , (Director: Günther Haenel ), Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele (Countess Sophie)
- 1951: A. Kornjetschuk - surgeon , Deutsches Theater Berlin (Lida)
- 1952: F. v. Schiller - Don Carlos , (Director: Wolfgang Langhoff ), Deutsches Theater Berlin (Eboli)
- 1952: GBShaw - Pygmalion , (Director: Rudolf Noelte ), Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele (Eliza)
- 1952: J. Burjakowski - Julius Fucik , Deutsches Theater Berlin (Gustina)
- 1953: W. Shakespeare - Othello , Deutsches Theater Berlin (Emilia)
- 1954: GB Shaw - Androclus and the Lion , Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele (Lavinia)
- 1954: M. Gorki - Ssomow and others , (director: Wolfgang Heinz ), Deutsches Theater Berlin (Lydia, Ssomow's wife)
- 1954: W. Shakespeare - Much Ado About Nothing , Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele (Beatrice)
- 1955: G. Hauptmann - Before Sunset , (Director: Wolfgang Heinz), Deutsches Theater Berlin (Paula Clothilde Clausen)
- 1956: N. Hikmet - Legend of Love , Deutsches Theater Berlin (Mechmeneh Banu)
- 1956: L. Hellman - The Little Foxes , (Director: Wolfgang Heinz), Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele (Regina Giddens)
- 1957: W. Shakespeare - König Lear , (Director: Wolfgang Langhoff), Deutsches Theater Berlin (Goneril)
- 1958: L. de Vega - The village of Fuente Ovejuna , Deutsches Theater Berlin (Queen)
- 1958: A. Chekhov - Three Sisters , (Director: Heinz Hilpert ), Deutsches Theater Berlin (Mascha)
- 1958: EM Remarque - The Last Station , (Director: Emil Stöhr ), Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele (Anna)
- 1959: M. Gorki - Summer Guests , (Director: Wolfgang Heinz), Deutsches Theater Berlin (Warwara)
- 1962: GB Shaw - Haus Herzenstod , (Director: Wolfgang Langhoff), Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele (Lady Ariadne)
- 1962: F. v. Schiller - Wilhelm Tell , Deutsches Theater Berlin (Stauffacherin)
- 1963: JW v. Goethe - Iphigenie auf Tauris , (Director: Wolfgang Langhoff), Deutsches Theater Berlin (Iphigenie) - TV recording 1969
- 1964: Molière - Tartuffe , (Director: Emil Stöhr ), Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele (Elmire)
- 1964: GB Shaw - Die Millionärin , Deutsches Theater Berlin (Millionaire)
- 1965: Vercors - Zoo or the philanthropic killer , (Director: Bojan Danowski ), Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele
- 1967: Maxim Gorki - Feinde , (Director: Wolfgang Heinz), Deutsches Theater Berlin (Tatjana)
- 1967: Horst Salomon - Ein Lorbaß , (Director: Benno Besson), Deutsches Theater Berlin
- 1968: C. Sternheim - The Cassette , Deutsches Theater Berlin (Elsbeth Treu)
- 1969: M. Braun - Die Troerinnen , (Director: Wolfgang Heinz), Deutsches Theater Berlin (Kassandra)
- 1972: W. Shakespeare - Life and Death King Richard III , Deutsches Theater Berlin (Queen Elisabeth)
- 1975: H. Ibsen - Ein Volksfeind , (Direction: Klaus Erforth / Alexander Stillmark ), Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele (Mrs. Stockmann)
- 1977: G. Hauptmann - Die Ratten , Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele (Sidonie Knoppe)
- 1980: FG Lorca - Bernarda Albas Haus , (Director: Piet Drescher ), Deutsches Theater Berlin (Bernarda Alba)
- 1981: G. Büchner - Dantons Tod , (Director: Alexander Lang ), Deutsches Theater Berlin (Julie)
- 1982: H. Mann - The sad story of Frederick the Great , Deutsches Theater Berlin (Princess Galitzin)
- 1982: MA Bulgakow - The Conspiracy of the Hypocrites , (Director: Thomas Langhoff ), Theater im Palast (Madeleine Bejart)
- 1983: H. Ibsen - Ghosts , Deutsches Theater Berlin (Mrs. Alving)
- 1984: B. Jonson - Volpone , Theater im Palast (Lady Would-Be)
- 1985: F. v. Schiller - Wallenstein , Deutsches Theater Berlin
- 1986: T. Bernhard - Before retirement , Deutsches Theater Berlin (Vera)
- 1987: I. Turgenew - A month in the country , Deutsches Theater Berlin (Anna Islajewa)
- 1992: P. Shaffer - Laura and Lotte , Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele
- 2005: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust. The second part of the tragedy , (director: Michael Thalheimer ), Deutsches Theater Berlin
- 2009: William Shakespeare - Shakespeare's Sonnets , (Director: Robert Wilson ), Berliner Ensemble (Shakespeare)
Radio plays
- 1951: Karl-Georg Egel : One of our days - Director: Gottfried Herrmann ( Berliner Rundfunk )
- 1951: Maximilian Scheer : "Death trafficking" or "Courage to Freedom" - Director: Werner Stewe (Berliner Rundfunk)
- 1951: Albert Maltz : The Nights End - Director: Werner Stewe (Berliner Rundfunk)
- 1951: Oleksandr Kornijtschuk : The surgeon (builder Lida) - director. Werner Stewe (Berliner Rundfunk)
- 1952: Howard Fast : 30 Silberlinge - Direction: Günther Rücker (Berliner Rundfunk)
- 1953: Günther Rücker: Dragons over the tents - Director: Günther Rücker (Berliner Rundfunk)
- 1953: Maximilian Scheer: Die Rosenbergs (Ruth Greenglass) - Director: Maximilian Scheer (Berliner Rundfunk)
- 1958: Henrik Ibsen : Supporting Society (Lona Hessel) - Director: Herwart Grosse (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1959: Rolf Schneider : Room 112 - Director: Theodor Popp (Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1959: Karlernst Ziem / René Ziem : The case of Dinah Furner (Dinah Furner) - Director: Werner Grunow (detective radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1960: Rolf Schneider: Affären (Nelli Walser) - Director: Werner Stewe (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1960: Axel Kielland : One says no (Eena Mikropolus) - Director: Wolfgang Brunecker (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1961: Stefan Scherpner : Surveys in the Engelfried case - Director: Edgar Kaufmann (radio play documentation - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1970: Günther Rücker: The Model (The Woman) - Director: Günther Rücker (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1971: Heinrich Mann : The Youth of King Henri Quatre - Director: Fritz Göhler (Radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1971: Hans-Jörg Dost : Passio Camilo (Camillo's mother) - director: Barbara Plensat / Detlef Kurzweg (radio play - radio of the GDR)
- 1976: Günter Kunert : Another K. - Director: Horst Liepach (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1977: Samuil Marschak : Das Katzenhaus (Princess Koschka, a noble cat) - Director: Jürgen Schmidt (children's radio play - Litera )
- 1979: Alberto Molina : burial under guard (Matilde) - director: Fritz Göhler (radio play - radio of the GDR)
- 1981: Peter Hacks : A conversation in the Stein house about the absent Herr von Goethe (Frau von Stein) - Director: Werner Grunow (monologue radio play - Rundfunk der DDR)
- 1982: Valentin Rasputin : Matjora (Darja) - Director: Fritz Göhler (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 2002: Marianne Weil / Stefan Dutt : Legionaries, Guerrillas, Saboteurs - Director: Marianne Weil / Stefan Dutt (A Socialist Complete Radio Play - DLR )
Honors
Inge Keller was an honorary member of the Deutsches Theater Berlin and a member of the Academy of Arts .
- 1960: Art Prize of the GDR
- 1961: National Prize, 1st class for art and literature
- 1965: Silver laurel of the GDR television station
- 1977: National Prize of the GDR, 2nd class for art and literature
- 1981: Johannes R. Becher Medal
- 1984: Actor Award at the 3rd GDR National Feature Film Festival
- 1984: Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold
- 1985: Critics' Prize of the film and television makers of the GDR
- 2006: Order of Merit of the State of Berlin
- 2013: German Theater Prize Der Faust for her life's work
literature
- Bernd-Rainer Barth : Keller, Inge . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Inge Keller , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 47/2006 from November 25, 2006, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
- Hans-Dieter Schütt : Inge Keller - everything is at stake. The New Berlin , ISBN 978-3-360-01299-9 .
- Inge Keller - portrait of an actress. Audio book, Eulenspiegel Verlag , Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-359-01100-2 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Inge Keller in the catalog of the German National Library
- Inge Keller in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- DEFA great moments
- Inge Keller archive in the archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
Individual evidence
- ↑ Undivided Heaven: Actors from the GDR tell stories; P. 14
- ↑ knerger.de: Inge Keller's grave
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Keller, Inge |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Keller, Ingeborg (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1923 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin , German Empire |
DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 2017 |
Place of death | Berlin , Germany |