Jo Wegener

Jo Wegener (born December 1, 1915 in Hamburg ; † April 1995 there ) was a German actress , radio play and voice actor .

Life

After studying acting in Hamburg, Jo Wegener made her debut at the Staatstheater Oldenburg , later she played on stages in Braunschweig, Magdeburg and Stettin. After the end of the Second World War she came back to her native city, where she appeared on various stages. In 1952 she stood next to Hilde Krahl in the play Johnny Belinda on the stage of the Hamburger Kammerspiele , in 1955 she appeared at the Theater im Zimmer , and in 1969 in the play Madame de Sade by Mishima Yukio , directed by Christoph Roethel .

Only in the 1950s and 1970s did Jo Wegener occasionally work in front of the camera. Among other things, she was seen in an episode of the Hamburg Transit series and in two Tatort episodes. As a voice actress, for example, she lent Irene Tedrow in the Columbo episode Snapshot for Eternity, her voice, in the series Catweazle she was the German voice of Gwen Nelson as Mrs. Gowdie .

Jo Wegener has also worked extensively for radio. Since 1948 she has been involved in almost 200 productions, mainly for North West German and later North German Radio , several times in the series The Court Withdraws for Advice and The Hunt for the Perpetrator .

In 1991, Jo Wegener published a book with stories and poems under the title Mein Sammelsurium .

Filmography

• 1953: Queens of France
• 1954: A man from a big city
• 1954: The devil rides in 3rd class
• 1956: The marriage of Dr. med. Danwitz
• 1971: From everyday life in the GDR: Third attempt at a reconstruction based on reports and dialogues
• 1971: Crime scene - sheet metal damage
• 1972: Hamburg Transit - The last appearance
• 1973: Tatort - expulsion for Trimmel

Radio plays (selection)

• 1948: Deadly Bill - Director: Kurt Reiss
• 1948: Human lives not noted - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1948: The Ithaca Purge - Directed by Hans Quest
• 1949: The Dream Enemy - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1949: Life goes on - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1949: Flight over Siberia - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1949: Ship without a harbor - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1950: a day like tomorrow. February 1, 1950. The sum of 80,000 diaries - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1950: The Immortals - Director: Kurt Reiss
• 1951: Stroll through February - Director: Curt Becker
• 1951: Stroll through May - Director: Curt Becker
• 1951: The loner - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1951: Dreams - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1952: Everyone lives in Kirchborn - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1952: Years of traveling without an apprenticeship - Director: Gustav Burmester
• 1952: The court withdraws to deliberate (episode: Der Orgeldieb) - Director: Gerd Fricke
• 1953: An angel named Schmitt - Director: Otto Kurth
• 1953: The court withdraws to deliberate (episode: The fine cavalier) - Director: Gerd Fricke
• 1954: My wife lives next door - Director: Erik Ode
• 1954: Sabeth - Director: Gustav Burmester
• 1954: Under the Milk Forest - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1954: The East-West Divan - Director: Gert Westphal
• 1955: Mary Celeste - Director: Otto Kurth
• 1955: Happy Awakening - Director: Gert Westphal
• before 1956: Radio plays of the time (1): The Egg of Columba - author and director: Kurt Reiss
• 1956: Olga 17 - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1956: The canvas knife - directed by Otto Kurth
• 1956: Strike in Ferrara - Director: Ludwig Cremer
• 1956: The interrogation of Lukullus - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1957: The Locked Door - Director: Ludwig Cremer
• 1957: The Ring of the Caliph - Director: Hans Rosenhauer
• 1958: Lerse lives or Laurel with brass music - Director: Gustav Burmester
• 1959: Everything included - Director: Wolfgang Schwade
• 1960: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: The girl from the Seine) - Director: SO Wagner
• 1961: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: Fire off the coast) - Director: SO Wagner
• 1963: Das Obdach - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1963: File M Stroke 1 - Director: Günter Siebert
• 1964: Beach of Strangers - Director: Gert Westphal
• 1964: Sunday Afternoon - Director: Gert Westphal
• 1965: The ghost ship in Dagger Bay - Director: Otto Kurth
• 1966: You - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1967: Companions - Director: Hans Bernd Müller
• 1967: Pastorale 67 - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1968: De Narr - Director: Curt Timm
• 1968: A matter of taste - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1969: The Little Greens - Director: Hans Bernd Müller
• 1971: Stranger Dead - Director: Hans Rosenhauer
• 1977: Landmarks - Director: Hans Rosenhauer
• 1979: The simplest thing in the world or an expert comes - Director: Hans Gerd Krogmann

Web links

• Jo Wegener in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Jo Wegener in the German dubbing file
• Jo Wegener directory of radio plays at hoerspielland.de

Publications

• My hodgepodge , Verlag Friedling & Partner GmbH, Berlin, 1991, ISBN 3-89009-219-5 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Jo Wegener died , Hamburg Abendblatt dated April 18, 1995 , accessed on October 26, 2015.
2. ↑ Jürgen Petersen: Hilde Krahl as the deaf and dumb , Hamburger Abendblatt from January 16, 1952 , accessed on October 26, 2015.
3. ^ Backstage chat , Hamburger Abendblatt of November 5, 1955 , accessed on October 26, 2015.
4. ↑ Wiili Paetsch and Hermann migrates check: The latest from the world of the stage , Hamburger Abendblatt from May 31, 1969 , accessed October 26, 2015.