Käthe Lindenberg
Käthe Lindenberg (born July 16, 1906 in Berlin , † December 14, 1980 in Stuttgart ) was a German stage, film and television actress .
Life
The Berliner received acting lessons from Julius Arnfeld in Breslau in 1927 . Käthe Lindenberg started her first engagement in 1929. Theater stations were until 1945 a. a. Remscheid and Essen, after the war Stuttgart (Neues Theater), Basel ( comedy ), Frankfurt am Main (under Fritz Rémond junior ), Stuttgart (state theater, comedy) and Berlin ( Renaissance theater ).
Her best-known roles include Frau Wolff in Der Biberpelz , Vera Louise Simmons in the rabbit comedy Harvey , Claudia in Lessing's drama Emilia Galotti , Queen Isabeau in The Maiden of Orléans , Marthe Rull in Kleist's comedy Der zerbrochne Krug , Mrs. Peachum in Brechts / Weill's Die Dreigroschenoper , Marthe Schwerdtlein in Goethe's Faust , Frau Schicketanz in Der Lügner und die Nun (after Curt Goetz ) and Lady Brackwell in Bunbury by Oscar Wilde. Käthe Lindenberg was seen several times in plays based on models by George Bernard Shaw : Mrs. Higgins in Pygmalion , Katharina in Helden and Mrs. Warren in Mrs. Warren's trade .
Käthe Lindenberg only appeared late in front of the camera. Apart from tiny roles in three movies (including two with Johannes Heesters ) from 1950, the plump, chubby Berliner was regularly seen in television productions from 1954 onwards. Lindenberg's specialty were maternal types but also character roles in literary adaptations. Käthe Lindenberg gave her farewell performance in 1974 at the side of seasoned acting veterans such as Lil Dagover , Ernst Fritz Fürbringer and Johanna Hofer in Ludwig Cremer's production Memento Mori . Then she retired to old age.
She was married to the actor Heinrich Diedrich .
Filmography
- 1950: wedding night in paradise
- 1950: When a woman loves
- 1950: the stairs
- 1954: Don't listen, ladies!
- 1955: Towarisch
- 1955: fireworks
- 1956: The conceited doctor
- 1957: The Threepenny Opera
- 1957: The ghost train
- 1960: Guests at Woodcastle
- 1961: In search of happiness
- 1962: Mr. Pim doesn't want to disturb
- 1963: Danton's death
- 1963: My brother Alf
- 1964: The devil's trail
- 1965: Interrogation in the afternoon
- 1965: The diplomat on hold
- 1966: The Spanish fly
- 1966: Blood Association
- 1967: The journey of Mr. Perrichon
- 1968: only one cello
- 1969: The delay
- 1970: The Minister and the Duck
- 1972: Four fish
- 1973: Not even half the living conditions
- 1974: Momento Mori
literature
- Käthe Lindenberg . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1113.
- 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. 432.
- 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. 999 f.
Web links
- Käthe Lindenberg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Käthe Lindenberg at filmportal.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lindenberg, Käthe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress on stage, film and television |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1980 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |