Lisbeth Glaeser-Wilken

Lisbeth Wirtson (1910)

Lisbeth Glaeser-Wilken , b. Wirtson, (born April 1, 1887 in Danzig , † April 11, 1977 in Lübeck ) was a German actress and teacher .

Life

Wirtson came from a shipowner's family with family roots in Sweden ( Karlstad and Karlskrona ). In Gdansk she visited the private institution of Dr. Ferner'schen high school for daughters or girls and then learned the profession of teacher at the Gdansk teachers ' seminar ; the teaching examination was taken in 1907 in Gdansk. At the same time she was trained as an actress, took speech lessons from Barth, Clotilde and received her training in dramatic subjects from Ernst Gerlach (both in Gdansk at the time). She also received musical training in piano , organ and singing .

After brief employment as a teacher in Schlochau and Danzig, she spoke to Max Reinhardt in Berlin, who placed her with a traveling theater company in Bad Landeck. Wirtson then had various engagements with traveling theater ensembles. In 1910 she was permanently employed at the Elbinger Stadttheater and made her debut in October in the role of Helena in the play "Das Glück im Winkel" by Hermann Sudermann . Three years later she married her director Paul Albert Glaeser-Wilken in Riga . Then she followed her husband to various theaters. From 1915 to 1920 the family lived in Rostock , where three children were born. The family moved to Berlin in the early 1920s .

The years of economic depression in Germany brought massive financial difficulties for this family too, so they decided to return to the teaching profession. From the 1930s onwards, it only appeared sporadically.

At the end of the 1930s the family moved to Groß Buchholz near Perleberg , where they taught at the local school, gave piano lessons and provided the family with an additional source of income by playing the organ. Paul Albert Glaeser-Wilken died in 1942, and Lisbeth Glaeser-Wilken and her two daughters moved to Versmold in the early 1950s .

Lisbeth Glaeser-Wilken died during a spa stay in Lübeck and was transferred from there to the family grave in Versmold (Gravege C, II, 004/2 in the cemetery of the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Versmold).

repertoire

Glaeser-Wilken played in plays by Hermann Sudermann , Ernst von Wildenbruch , Karl von Holtei , Gerhart Hauptmann , Frank Wedekind , Carl Sternheim , the German classics and Henrik Ibsen .

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personal data
SURNAME	Glaeser-Wilken, Lisbeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wirtson, Lisbeth (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German actress and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	April 1, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH	Danzig
DATE OF DEATH	April 11, 1977
Place of death	Lübeck