Josef Sieber (actor)

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Josef Sieber (born April 28, 1900 in Witten ; † December 3, 1962 in Hamburg ) was a German actor .

Life

Josef Sieber's grave

The son of the shaft master Ludwig Sieber and his wife Anna Maria, née Rath, completed an apprenticeship as a locksmith and then worked for seven years in the merchant marine. In 1924 he became an actor, first at the Städtisches Schauspielhaus Hagen , in 1926 at the Stadttheater Würzburg and in 1927 at the Stadttheater Aachen . From 1931 to 1933 he was part of the ensemble at the Hessisches Landestheater Darmstadt , and from 1933 to 1945 at the Volksbühne Berlin . Sieber was awarded the title “ State Actor ” in 1938. After the war he played at various Berlin theaters and was active at the Hamburger Kammerspiele from 1949 to 1954 .

From 1934 he appeared in more than 60 German feature films , occasionally with vocal interludes, the best known of which is probably the song That Can't Shake a Sailor with Hans Brausewetter and Heinz Rühmann . The somewhat stocky actor, who mostly appeared in supporting roles, was able to continue his career successfully after the end of the war. In the role of down-to-earth characters, he fit into the home films of the fifties, such as the head forester in Grün die Heide or the good servant Hein Daddel in The Girls from Immenhof . Sieber also worked in television productions from 1952, including two episodes of the television series Steel Network . At that time he was one of the few actors from the FRG (such as Henny Porten) who also played the very touching film Tinko in the GDR, at DEFA in Potsdam-Babelsberg , in which he portrayed his impressive character study of an old farmer could show.

Josef Sieber was married to Karola Johanna Hildebrandt since 1935. He died of a heart attack. His grave is in the Grünwald cemetery near Munich. The grave has since been abandoned.

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personal data
SURNAME Sieber, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Witten
DATE OF DEATH 3rd December 1962
Place of death Hamburg