Katja Paryla

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Wolfgang Heinz , Katja Paryla, Simone von Zglinicki (1980)

Catherine "Katja" Paryla (* 25. January 1940 in Zurich , Switzerland ; † 25. August 2013 in Wölsickendorf , district Oderland ) was, in known mainly by its theater works Germany acting actress and director .

Life

Katja Paryla was the daughter of the actor and director Emil Paryla, who - to differentiate himself from his brother Karl - called himself Emil Stöhr , and his wife Selly Paryla. She was the cousin of the actors Nikolaus Paryla and Stephan Paryla-Raky .

She was born in Zurich in 1940, where her parents emigrated in 1938 after the " Anschluss of Austria ". In 1946 the Parylas moved to Vienna . After the New Theater in der Scala had to be closed in 1956 as part of the Brecht boycott and Paryla received no more engagements in Austria, the family moved to East Berlin in 1956 .

She first attended the University of Fine and Applied Arts in Berlin-Weißensee , specializing in fashion design, from which she graduated with an excellent diploma (diploma in fashion designer). In 1960 she applied to the State Drama School in Berlin, which later became the "Ernst Busch" Berlin School of Dramatic Arts , in Berlin-Schöneweide , which she attended from 1961 to 1963. She made her acting debut at the side of her father at the Deutsches Theater Berlin in Oldrich Danek's play "The Wedding of the Heiratsschwindlers" as Milena Andertschowa (1962). Wolfgang Heinz engaged her in 1963 at the Volksbühne Berlin , Kurt Veth in 1967 at the Maxim-Gorki-Theater .

Since the late 1960s, Paryla also played numerous roles in film and television. Her greatest successes were two popular children's series. In Spuk unterm Riesenrad (1978) she embodied a ghost train figure who was brought to life after a cleanup in the Spree and made Berlin and the Harz region unsafe as a quirky witch. In Spuk im Hochhaus (1981/1982) she played the role of the undead robber Jette Deibelschmidt, who 200 years after her death in fire as a ghost in a high-rise building in Berlin had to do seven good deeds in order to finally find eternal peace in the grave.

From 1978 to 1990 she was a member of the ensemble of the Deutsches Theater Berlin. This was followed by engagements at the Schillertheater Berlin and the National Theater Weimar . From 2004/2005 until the end of the 2007/2008 season she was acting director of the Chemnitz City Theater ; since the beginning of the 2008/2009 season she worked at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus .

She was a member of the Academy of Arts and lived in Wölsickendorf near Bad Freienwalde (Oder) .

Katja Paryla was married to the actor Kaspar Eichel in her first marriage . The son Alexej Paryla (* 1969), who works as a graphic artist and set designer, comes from her relationship with the actor and director Alexander Lang . Most recently she lived with the actor Iván Gallardo in Wölsickendorf , municipality of Höhenland, Brandenburg.

In 1973 she received the GDR Art Prize .

Theater (selection)

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Volksbühne Berlin

Maxim Gorky Theater

German Theater Berlin

Productions

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays and features

literature

Web links

Commons : Katja Paryla  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Actress Katja Paryla died at the age of 73. In: Berliner Zeitung. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  2. ↑ See conversation with Katja Paryla, 1985; see literature .
  3. ↑ GDR art prizes awarded. In: Neues Deutschland , May 18, 1973, p. 4.
personal data
SURNAME Paryla, Katja
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paryla, Katharina (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress and director
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH August 25, 2013
Place of death Wölsickendorf , municipality of Höhenland , Germany