Lilian Westphal
Lilian Westphal (born March 18, 1926 in Zurich ; † August 4, 1997 in Aurigeno , Ticino ) was a German actress , radio play director, radio play speaker and author .
Live and act
Lilian Westphal completed her acting training at the Dresden University of Music and Theater . She had her first engagements in 1946 at the theaters of the state capital Dresden and the theaters of the city of Nordhausen , from 1947 to 1949 at the Leipzig city theaters and from 1949 to 1951 at the Bavarian State Theater in Munich . Further stations were the Theater der Stadt Baden-Baden (1951/52) and the Schauspielhaus Zurich (1952–1954), where she played the actress in Pirandello's Six People Looking for an Author . Further engagements between 1956 and 1966 took her to the Basel Theater (1956 Olga in Chekhov's Three Sisters ), the Theater am Central in Zurich (1957 Ms. Linde in Ibsens Nora ) and the German Theater in Göttingen . Lilian Westphal also had a number of roles in film and television productions.
In the radio play area, Lilian Westphal was not only active as a speaker. From 1959 she worked as a radio play director and author for the Swiss radio DRS and the Bavarian radio . For example, the radio play series Dickie Dick Dickens based on Rolf and Alexandra Becker and Doktor Doolittle based on Hugh Lofting bear their signature.
Lilian Westphal was married to Valentin Gitermann in her first marriage and to Hellmuth Kirchammer in her second marriage . She is the mother of the Swiss journalist Isabel Baumberger .
Filmography (selection)
- 1962: Chikita her small cottage
- 1967: Love Stories (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1970: Das Landhaus (short series)
- 1976: Konrad Steiner's sudden loneliness
Radio plays (direction or speaking role)
- 1947: Paul van der Hurk : Shot in the Spotlight - Director: Cay Dietrich Voss
- 1950: Pedro Calderón de la Barca : Santa Maria von Toledo - Director: Albert Hörrmann
- 1952: Wilhelm Wehmeyer : I knew the voice - Director: Gert Westphal
- 1961: Louis Verneuil : To love and let love - Director: Werner Hausmann
- 1962: Jean Giraudoux : Undine - Director: Robert Bichler
- 1968: Robert Thomas : The second shot - Director: Ulrich Studer
- 1974: Victor Canning : The Trick to Disappear - Director: Edmund Steinberger
- 1975: Collier Young : Wanted to transplant a heart (Part 1 and 2) - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
- 1977: Max Christian Feiler : The sixth woman - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
- 1977: Jack Pearl : The bomb came from Santa Claus - Director: Lilian Westphal
- 1978: Rolf and Alexandra Becker : Allow me, my name is Cox - Director: Peter M. Preissler
- 1978: HM Mons : Hasenklein can't help it - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
- 1979: Eduardo De Filippo : Saturday, Sunday, Monday - Director: Lilian Westphal
- 1979: Robert L. Fish : Handover at two o'clock in the morning - Director: Lilian Westphal
- 1980: Helmuth M. Backhaus : The Scotland Yard Story (Part 1 and 2) - Director: Alexander Malachovsky
- 1981: Jürgen Thorwald : The Century of Detectives (5th episode: A tragic accident) - Director: Alexander Malachovsky
- 1982: Sorche Nic Leodhas : The house that is not haunted - Director: Lilian Westphal
- 1982: Sorche Nic Leodhas: The Spirit with Whistle - Director: Lilian Westphal
- 1982: Irene Rodrian : ... wears institutional clothing and is armed - Director: Lilian Westphal
- 1982: Rolf and Alexandra Becker: The Experts (5th episode: The supper does not take place) - Director: Walter Netzsch
- 1983: Frederic Brown : Got Away Again - Director: Lilian Westphal
- 1985: Eduardo de Filippo: Filumena Marturano - Director: Lilian Westphal
- 1991: Saul O'Hara : Getting married is always a risk - Director: Lilian Westphal
- 1993: Oscar Wilde : The Canterville Ghost - Directed by Lilian Westphal
- 1995: Hugh Lofting : Dr. Doolittle and the circus (1st part: The circus life begins) - Director: Lilian Westphal
- 1995: Hugh Lofting: Dr. Doolittle and the Circus (Part 2: The Seal Sophie from Alaska) - Director: Lilian Westphal
- 1995: Hugh Lofting: Dr. Doolittle and the Circus (3rd part: Escape to the Sea) - Director: Lilian Westphal
- 1995: Hugh Lofting: Dr. Doolittle and the Circus (4th part: An arrest and a fox hunt) - Director: Lilian Westphal
literature
- Birgit Peter: Lilian Westphal . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 3, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 2085 f.
Web links
- Lilian Westphal in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Westphal, Lilian |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress, radio play director and speaker and author |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1926 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
DATE OF DEATH | 4th August 1997 |
Place of death | Aurigeno , Switzerland |