Julia Janssen

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Julia Janssen (Photo: Max Fenichel , 1927)
The grave of Julia Janssen in the family grave in the main cemetery in Dortmund .

Julia Janssen (born December 19, 1900 in Dortmund , † December 24, 1982 in Herdecke , North Rhine-Westphalia ) was a German - Austrian actress .

Life

Julia Janssen was born as the daughter of music director Julius Janssen and his wife Friederike. After graduating from high school , she received an acting training from Emil Binder in Dortmund. This was followed by a traineeship at the Oberhausen and Dortmund city ​​theaters . She made her stage debut in Oberhausen in 1924.

After an audition with Franz Herterich (1877–1966), director of the Vienna Burgtheater , arranged in Berlin , Janssen, up to then the first sentimental lover on the city theaters in Dortmund , began her engagement in the ensemble of the Vienna Burgtheater on September 1, 1927 . She made her debut as Juliet on November 20, 1927 in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (directed by John Brahm ). In 1935 the Burgtheater was hard to imagine without her .

After the war, the Burgtheater reopened on April 30, 1945 in the Ronacher building with Grillparzer's tragedy Sappho , in which Janssen played the servant Melitta . In 1949 she participated in the Palais Coburg at the poetry reading Mahner des Friedens, organized by Rudolf Felmayer and Kurt Dichtl and accompanied by anti-war images .

The artist was a member of the Burgtheater ensemble for decades. Numerous guest performances have also taken her to various stages in Munich , Prague , Brno and Salzburg . She also worked as an acting teacher and taught Waltraut Haas , among others .

Julia Janssen worked in several film and television productions . In 1928 she starred in the silent film Die Frau von Yesterday und Morgen by Heinz Paul with Arlette Marchal , Vivian Gibson and Fritz Alberti and in 1935 in the feature film Himmel auf Erden by EW Emo with Heinz Rühmann , Hans Moser , Hermann Thimig and Lizzi Holzschuh . At the side of Helene Thimig she was seen on television in 1967 in the recording of a performance by the Theater in der Josefstadt with the play Katzenzungen by the Spanish writer Miguel Mihura (German version: Hans Weigel ).

Filmography

literature

  • Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 2: Hed – Peis. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560744 , p. 754.
  • Herbert A. Frenzel , Hans Joachim Moser (ed.): Kürschner's biographical theater manual. Drama, opera, film, radio. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. De Gruyter, Berlin 1956, DNB 010075518 , p. 324.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association history of the Dortmund Music Association p. 2. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 12, 2016 ; accessed on July 31, 2016 .
  2. ^ C. M .:  Conversation with Julia Janssen. In:  Neues Wiener Journal , No. 12.221 / 1927 (XXXV. Volume), December 2, 1927, p. 8, column 1 f. (Online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nwj
  3. ^ New members of the Burgtheater. In:  The morning. Wiener Montagblatt , No. 1/1927 (18th volume), January 3, 1927, p. 7, column 3. (Online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / dmo
  4. ^ R. A .:  Theater and Art News. Burgtheater. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 22695, November 22, 1927, p. 10, column 1. (Online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp
  5. ↑ Julia Janssen. In:  Die Moderne Welt , year 1935, no. 3/1935 (XVII. Year), p. 9 (unpaginated). (Online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / dmw
  6. ↑ Helmut Kretschmer :  The restart of cultural life in 1945. In:  Wiener Geschichtsblätter , Heft 3/1975, XXX. Volume, p. 252. (Online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / maintenance / maw
  7. ↑ Culture and Criticism. (...) a reminder of peace. In:  Austrian Volksstimme. Central organ of the Communist Party of Austria , No. 299/1949, December 23, 1949, p. 6 (unpaginated). (Online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / ovs
  8. ^ Entry Waltraut Haas in austria-lexikon.at; Retrieved January 7, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Janssen, Julia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Austrian actress
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Dortmund , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 1982
Place of death Herdecke , North Rhine-Westphalia , Federal Republic of Germany