Margrit Winter
Margrit Winter (born November 13, 1917 in Lucerne ; † June 18, 2001 in Stäfa ) was a Swiss actress .
Career
She began her acting career as a member of the amateur group The Lucerne Minstrels . She had her first stage appearances during the Second World War in Biel and Solothurn , later in Basel , Bern and in her hometown of Lucerne.
Winter embodied Lady Macbeth in Macbeth and the title characters in Mother Courage and Rose Bernd . In 1941 she made her film debut as the main actress Vreneli Marti in a film adaptation of the novel Romeo and Juliet in the village by Gottfried Keller, which was true to the work, but was not very successful with the audience . Her film partner at the time, Erwin Kohlund (1915–1992), became her husband.
She later worked in the crime film It happened in broad daylight alongside Heinz Rühmann and Gert Fröbe . She took on the title role in the two-part film adaptation of Anne Bäbi Jowäger, based on Jeremias Gotthelf . Since then she has largely limited herself to her work at the theater.
In 1957 she was the first woman to be awarded the Hans Reinhart Ring . In 1961 she received the art and culture prize of the city of Lucerne . In 1984 she appeared at the Gandersheim Cathedral Festival in Bad Gandersheim , where she received the " Roswitha Ring ".
Her son is the actor Christian Kohlund , her daughter was the actress and director Franziska Kohlund .
Filmography
cinemamovies
- 1941: Romeo and Juliet in the village
- 1943: Matura trip
- 1944: Marie-Louise
- 1957: Zürrer bakery
- 1958: It happened in broad daylight
- 1958: The dairy in vehicle joy
- 1959: Café Odeon
- 1960: Anne Bäbi Jowäger - Part I: How Jakobli comes to a woman
- 1961: Anne Bäbi Jowäger - Part II: Jakobli and Meyeli
- 1962: The Moral Criminal
- 1964: Money and Spirit
- 1970: Dällebach Kari
- 1976: Riedland
- 1978: still life
watch TV
- 1962: Carter Henschel
- 1970: The funeral of Oskar Lieberherr
- 1972: Good Abig, Signor Steiger
- 1973: In matters of fishermen
- 1973: A case for Männdli : a million in small notes
- 1974: Engadine picture sheet
- 1974: Self-portrait of Béatrice S.
literature
- Thomas Blubacher : Margrit Winter . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 3, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 2109 f.
Web links
- Margrit Winter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Felix Aeppli: Margrit Winter. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Margrit Winter on cyranos.ch
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Winter, Margrit |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lucerne |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 18, 2001 |
| Place of death | Stäfa |