Lilly Towska

Lilly Towska (born January 31, 1901 ; † April 27, 1995 in Cologne ; occasionally also known as Lilly Towsko ) was a German actress .

Life

Grave of Lilly Towska in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne

After stints at theaters in Berlin (residence theater and comedy ), she played at the municipal theaters of Oberhausen , the theater of the city of Bonn and the city ​​theater of Aachen from 1950 . This was followed by an engagement at the stages of the city of Cologne from 1956 .

Lilly Towska also worked in various film , television and radio play productions . Among them were some radio plays from the popular Paul Temple series of the NWDR and WDR by Francis Durbridge in the 1950s . She also worked as a voice actress.

Lilly Towska was buried in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (Lit.K No. 268).

Filmography (selection)

• 1938: Women for Golden Hill
• 1940: imperfect love
• 1960: The First Mrs. Selby (TV Movie)
• 1960–1961: Above and Below (TV series) - 11 episodes as Dora Bertram
• 1961: Spanish Legend (TV movie)
• 1963: The Sacco and Vanzetti Case (TV movie)
• 1964: Side by Side (TV movie)
• 1964: Thomas More (TV movie)
• 1965: The Keys (TV series)
• 1968: A man named Harry Brent (TV series)
• 1970: Thomas Chatterton (TV movie)
• 1978: Lady Audley's Secret (TV series)
• 1979: Paths in the Night (TV movie)
• 1990: Janosch's dream hour (TV series) - 2 episodes as speaking role

Radio plays (selection)

• 1951: About year and day - Director: Otto Kurth
• 1952: Jack is trump - Director: Eduard Hermann
• 1953: Paul Temple and the Vandyke case - Director: Eduard Hermann
• 1954: Paul Temple and the Jonathan Case - Director: Eduard Hermann
• 1955: Sunday becomes Sunday - Director: Guy Walter
• 1955: It doesn't work without love - Director: Ludwig Cremer
• 1956: Paul Temple and the Madison Case - Director: Eduard Hermann
• 1956: News from Schilda; Result: The expatriated mayor - Director: Ludwig Cremer
• 1956: News from Schilda; Episode: Milking a Cloud - Director: Friedhelm Ortmann
• 1956: The double murder on Rue Morgue - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell
• 1956: Unterm Pirnbaum - Director: Wolfgang Spier
• 1957: Paul Temple and the Gilbert case - Director: Eduard Hermann
• 1957: From the life of David Copperfield - Director: Kurt Meister
• 1957: Mrs. Maigret as a detective - director: Otto Kurth
• 1957: It happened in ... Holland ; Result: It was just love - Director: Otto Kurth
• 1957: It happened in ... Italy; Episode: Adonius returns home - Director: Friedhelm Ortmann
• 1957: It happened in ... Bavaria; Result: Dreaming is Cheaper - Director: Friedhelm Ortmann
• 1958: It happened in ... USA; Episode: A bird comes flying - Director: Friedhelm Ortmann
• 1958: The Little Lord - Director: Fritz Peter Vary
• 1958: Paul Temple and the Lawrence Case - Directed by Eduard Hermann
• 1959: It happened in ... Italy; Episode: Nicola - Director: Heinz Dieter Köhler
• 1959: It happened in ... France; Episode: Boullett's Last Will - Director: Friedhelm Ortmann
• 1959: It happened in… Sweden; Result: As long as the little flame is still glowing - Director: Otto Kurth
• 1959: It happened in ... England; Episode: The Man with the Briefcase - Director: Otto Kurth
• 1960: And the light shines in the darkness - Director: Ludwig Cremer
• 1961: Jewel Robbery - Director: Erik Ode
• 1962: a very unusual story that happened in Petersburg - directed by Edward Rothe
• 1962: Paul Temple and the Margo case - Director: Eduard Hermann
• 1964: Bells of Death - Director: Rolf von Goth
• 1965: The Wasserminna (3 parts) - Director: Otto Düben
• 1965: Of Mice and Machines - Director: Fritz Peter Vary
• 1967: Landpartie - Director: Günther Sauer
• 1968: Report on the plague in London, submitted by citizens of the city who perished from it in 1665, between May and November - Director: Heinz von Cramer
• 1970: The Black Candle - Director: Gustav Burmester
• 1973: A room becomes empty - Director: Friedhelm Ortmann
• 1985: A Dog's Life - Director: Joachim Sonderhoff
• 1988: The man can be helped - Director: Klaus Wirbitzky
• 1989: Quail terrine - Director: Bernd Lau
• 1992: The Rooster - Director: Eran Baniel

literature

• Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 3: Peit – Zz. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560752 , p. 1748.
• 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. 750.

Web links

• Lilly Towska in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Lilly Towska at filmportal.de
• Literature by and about Lilly Towska in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lilly Towska in the Internet Movie Database (English)
2. ↑ Data from the Paul Temple radio plays on HÖRDAT Online; Retrieved January 18, 2011
3. ↑ Lilly Towska ( Memento from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) in the synchronous database; Retrieved October 5, 2011
4. ↑ Above and below on fernsehserien.de; Retrieved January 18, 2011