Marga Berndt
Marga Berndt , née Margarete Gertrud Samletzky (born June 23, 1911 in Berlin ; † April 12, 2008 there ) was a German dancer .
Life
Family and childhood
The father Walter Brennscheidt was a painter and had a studio in Berlin-Steglitz. Her mother Marta Brennscheidt geb. Samletzky was born in Marienburg in 1885 and was a hat maker. Her parents ran an inn, a pastry shop, a ladies hat factory and a hat shop in Hauptstrasse 109 in Schöneberg . Marga Berndt had her early appearances in 1921 at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory , in the Berlin Philharmonic and in 1925 at the Theater des Westens in Peterchens Mondfahrt .
Career
She began her training at the age of 8 with Paul Mürich and his colleague Schräller as well as in the Tatjana Gsovskys ballet school and later with Genia Nikolajewa . She got her first paid engagements at the age of 15 in small cabarets such as the Bonboniere in Friedrichstrasse or the Charlott Casino. A little later, the artist Sylvester Schäffer junior discovered Marga Berndt, whereupon she accompanied him and his wife Lilli Krüger on tours. A long-lasting friendship developed from this. In the autumn of 1929, Marga met the dancer Katta Sterna in the Blauer Vogel cabaret. It is through her that she meets the dancer and choreographer Ernst Matray . Marga is taught by Ernst Matray and he accepts her in his ballet group.
Guest tours in other European countries
This was followed by guest tours with the Erna Carise Ballet to Italy and France , to the Teatro-Lirico in Milan , and to Maxim's in Nice . She also appeared on March 7, 1935 with the young Anna Magnani and Tino Bianchi in the comedy Casanova non sei più tardi at the Teatro Eliseo in Rome . A short time later, Marga Berndt went on a Scandinavian tour a. a. to Gothenburg , with the Dayelma Ballet. Further positions followed in 1941 in the Alhambra in Prague , in 1944 in the Royal Scala and the Aarhus Halls in Aarhus , in 1944 in the Kit Cat and in the National Scala in Copenhagen .
Soloist in the Berlin Admiralspalast
From 1938 she settled in Berlin again, where she appeared in large theaters and variety theaters, such as the Wintergarten, Femina, Scala and Barbarina. The great orchestral conductors, including Otto Stenzel , Bernard Etté , Juan Llossas , Kurt Widmann , Teddy Stauffer and Marek Weber, gave music to Marga's solo performances.
In 1938 she was a permanent solo dancer in the Admiralspalast and showed her skills in Die Dubarry , Today I am in love and Mrs. Luna .
post war period
After the war she was a solo dancer at the Friedrichstadtpalast, the former large theater, and from then on bore the stage name Valivia. In the 50s Marga Berndt occasionally worked as a dancer and photo model. 1956 saw Marga for the last time in the Krone Circus .
literature
- Dancers of our time, with 76 photos by S. Enkelmann. Preface by Rolf Cunz. Introduction by Harald Kreutzberg
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch 1938 , published by the Genossenschaft Deutscher Bühnenangehöriger, Berlin W 62, p. 287.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berndt, Marga |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Samletzky, Margarete Gertrud (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German dancer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 2008 |
| Place of death | Berlin |