Lotte Berger
Lotte Berger married. Ellgaard (born April 3, 1907 in Plauen , † May 14, 1990 in Kiel ) was a German actress of the 1930s. She was mainly active in northern Germany.
Life
Lotte Berger grew up in a simple family. When she was 18 years old, she secretly took evening acting classes. She began her theater career at the city theater in Plauen in the subject “young naive”. She worked at various theaters in northern Germany, in 1931 she came to Rostock and in 1933 to Memel am Kurischen Haff (today Lithuania ). In 1934 she came to the Stadttheater in Kiel (today Theater Kiel ), where she developed into a character actress .
Over the years she played many leading roles in Kiel under Hanns Schulz-Dornburg, who was newly appointed general manager for the 1935/1936 season . She was especially known for the title role in the play The Primanerin . Her colleagues included actors Dieter Borsche , Willi Fritsch , Hans Christian Blech and Inge Meysel, who later became known through film and television . On January 23, 1939, she gave her farewell performance in Kiel. In the same year she married the draftsman Helmuth Ellgaard , whom she had met at the theater, where he worked as a set designer ; the marriage had two sons, Peter (1940) and Holger (1943).
After 1939 she did not manage to get a theater engagement again. She was now a housewife at the side of her husband Helmuth Ellgaard. Lotte Berger died at the age of 83 in a nursing home in Kiel. She and her husband are buried in the cemetery in Heikendorf .
In a short obituary, the Kieler Nachrichten wrote on May 23, 1990, among other things: “In Kiel she impressed her theater audience. [...] Her colleagues included Inge Meysel, Willi Fritsch and Dieter Borsche. "
Theater roles (selection)
Some of Lotte Berger's roles at the Kiel City Theater, the role figure in brackets:
- 1936: The rats , drama by Gerhart Hauptmann . ( Selma Knobbe )
- 1936: Puss in Boots , fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm . (The Hangover)
- 1936: The four journeymen (yes, yes, love) stage play by Jochen Huth . (One of the four friends)
- 1937: Noise in the Secret Annex, comedy by Maximilian Böttcher . ( Edeltraut Panse )
- 1937: As You Like It , William Shakespeare drama . ( Katchen )
- 1937: The accomplices , comedy by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe . ( Sophie )
- 1938: What You Will , William Shakespeare drama . ( Maria )
- 1938: Peterchens Mondfahrt , fairy tale by Gerdt von Bassewitz . ( Peter )
- 1938: The suitors, drama by Joseph von Eichendorff . ( Flora )
- 1939: The Primanerin, a play by Sigmund Graff , based on a novella by Alexander Turmayer . (The female lead)
Picture gallery
As Selma Knobbe in
" Die Ratten "
With D. Borsche in
" The Accomplices "
With Hans Christian Blech
With Romano Merk in
" Die Primanerin "
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- Newspaper clippings u. a. the Kieler Latest News (January 23, 1939) and Kieler Nachrichten (May 23, 1990).
Individual evidence
- ^ About the work of the artistic director Hanns Schulz-Dornburg during the Nazi era at the Stadttheater Kiel
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berger, Lotte |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ellgaard, Lotte |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Plauen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 1990 |
| Place of death | Kiel |