Karin Lesch
Karin Lesch (born May 18, 1935 in Zurich , Switzerland ) is a German actress .
Life
Karin Lesch is the daughter of the actress Mathilde Danegger . Her mother emigrated to Switzerland in 1933 , where she worked in cabaret and at the Zurich theater . Her father is the Swiss director, dramaturge and author Walter Lesch . In 1947 she moved with her mother to West Germany, then in 1951 to the GDR as a committed communist .
Karin Lesch studied at what was then the State Drama School in Berlin . An engagement at the Potsdamer Theater followed later . In addition to theater engagements in Berlin, Lesch received a few film assignments from the DFF and DEFA . She played in various fairy tale films, for example as the miller's daughter in the fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin , which was filmed under the title The Magic Man. She had previously played this role at the Potsdam Theater.
Her best-known role is her finely ironic and tactful queen in Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella . Rolf Hoppe , who played the king in this film, wanted her as a film partner. After this film she stayed with the theater.
She was married to the director and later DEFA general director Hans Dieter Mäde (1930–2009). She lives secluded in a small town near Berlin.
Filmography
- 1953: Mathias Löffelchen, the Easter Bunny (TV movie)
- 1959: an old love
- 1960: The magician
- 1960: Tomorrow evening at seven (TV movie)
- 1961: Death has a face
- 1968: The dead stay young
- 1970: The Nights of Wrath (TV movie)
- 1971: KLK to PTX - Die Rote Kapelle
- 1973: Three hazelnuts for Cinderella
- 1974: The Ghost Trap (TV movie)
theatre
- 1968: Horst Kleineidam : From Giants and People (painter) - Director: Hans Dieter Mäde ( Staatstheater Dresden )
- 1970: Seán O'Casey : A bonfire for the bishop (City Councilor Foorawn) - Director: Hans Dieter Mäde (Staatstheater Dresden)
- 1971: Lillian Hellman : Herbstgarten - Director: Hans Dieter Mäde (Staatstheater Dresden)
- 1971: William Shakespeare : Othello (Desdemona) - Director: Hans Dieter Mäde (Staatstheater Dresden)
- 1971: Maxim Gorki : Die Kleinbürger (Tatjana) - Director: Hans Dieter Mäde (Staatstheater Dresden)
literature
- Frank-Burkhard Habel , Volker Wachter : Lexicon of the GDR stars. Actors from film and television. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-89602-304-7 , pp. 201, 57 (from Danegger).
- Frank-Burkhard Habel : Lexicon. Actor in the GDR. Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-355-01760-2 , pp. 253, 70 (from Danegger).
Web links
- Karin Lesch in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Karin Lesch at filmportal.de
- Karin Lesch biography at Drei Hazelnuts für Cschenbrödel
Individual evidence
- ↑ Documentary film Three hazelnuts for Cinderella - The secrets. A documentation for the anniversary. MDR 2014. Minute 7: 40-8: 15.
- ^ "Three hazelnuts for Cinderella": the film team MDR December 29, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lesch, Karin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich , Switzerland |