Kate Jaenicke

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Käthe Jaenicke , sometimes listed in the film credits as Käthe Jaenicke , (born March 22, 1923 in Danzig ; † November 1, 2002 in Munich ) was a German theater and film actress .

job

Born in Gdańsk, she received acting lessons at the age of 18 and a little later (in 1941) she made her first small appearances at the theater in Gießen . At the beginning of the 1950s, Fritz Rémond became the most important sponsor of Käte Jaenicke, at whose Frankfurt Kleines Theater am Zoo (now Fritz Rémond Theater ) she appeared. Later Käte Jaenicke also played in Berlin (including at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm , the Hebbel Theater and from 1964 together with Joachim Kemmer and Dieter Kursawe in the cabaret ensemble Die Wühlmäuse ) and worked with theater greats such as Erwin Piscator and Rudolf Noelte . You could also see them at the Renaissance Theater and the Nationaltheater Mannheim .

The blonde, often acting as a kitchen helper or servant and sometimes speaking with the East Prussian dialect, became known to a larger audience as the factotum Lenchen in the television series All my animals . In the 1960s television series The Hesselbach Company , she was seen in several episodes as the secretary of Miss Sauerberg. She received the nickname “The Soup Chicken” from the series Kleinstadtbahnhof / Neues vom Kleinstadtbahnhof , and this should continue to accompany her.

In the cinema, Käte Jaenicke first played in the 1959 film The Last Pedestrian (with Heinz Erhardt ) and later also in Willy, the private detective . Käte Jaenicke was mainly employed on the screen as a supporting actress . But as mother Truczinski in the film adaptation of the Tin Drum (1979 by Volker Schlöndorff ) she was also successful. In 1984 she played in the film Abschied in Berlin , made by Antonio Skármeta, together with her daughter Anja Jaenicke, and played a Chilean grandmother.

She was also a popular radio play speaker (143 roles in the years 1950–1996).

Synchronous activity

As a voice actress she lent u. a. Carol Burnett ( Who slept in my bed? ), Glynis Johns ( Mary Poppins ), Elsa Lanchester ( sailor, ahoy! ), Angela Lansbury ( The World of Jean Harlow ) and Giulietta Masina her voice.

Children's book author

In addition to her acting career, Käte Jaenicke also wrote a children's book ( Little girl to lend , Dressler 1971). The novel humorously depicts the social and cultural differences between the tenants of an apartment building. Conflicts typical of the time in West German society, such as dealing with guest workers or long-haired students, are examined.

Private

The daughter Anja Jaenicke (born October 9, 1963 in Berlin), who also took up the acting profession, emerged from a relationship with the writer Aras Ören . Käte Jaenicke spent her old age in a retirement home in Munich and died there on November 1st, 2002 at the age of 79. Their final resting place is in Munich's Ostfriedhof .

Films and TV appearances (selection)

Radio plays (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ARD audio game database. ARD, accessed on July 7, 2020 .
  2. ↑ drombuschs.de - Anja Jaenicke ( Memento from December 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Käte Jaenicke
personal data
SURNAME Jaenicke, Kate
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jaenicke, Kathe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 2002
Place of death Munich