Maria Nicklisch

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Maria Nicklisch (born January 26, 1904 in Luckenwalde ; † November 20, 1995 in Munich ) was a German actress .

She received acting lessons from Maria Moissi and Leontine Sagan and began her career in 1934 at the Staatsschauspiel in Munich. In 1935 she came to the Münchner Kammerspiele , to which she remained loyal for six decades, apart from a few guest appearances.

During this long time the artist was seen at the Kammerspiele in all conceivable roles, from the youthful heroine to the old lady. She embodied Cressida in Troilus and Cressida (1936), Susanne in The Great Day or Figaro's Wedding (1937), Ophelia in Hamlet (1939), Polly in The Threepenny Opera (1949), Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew (1952), Abigail in witch hunt (1954), Amanda in George Bernhard Shaw's Der Kaiser von Amerika (1957), Ranewskaja in Der Kirschgarten (1962), Arkadina in Die Möwe (1966), Alice in Friedrich Dürrenmatt's Play Strindberg (1969) and the witch in Faust ( 1987). She celebrated one of her greatest successes in 1978 as Fonsia in Donald L. Coburn's Gin-Rummy with Peter Lühr .

Maria Nicklisch was married to Hans Schweikart from 1930 to 1940 . She only made a few appearances in films. She was awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit in 1961. In 1985 she received the Cultural Prize of Honor from the City of Munich , and in December 1992 the Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany. She was a member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts .

Her urn was buried in the Bogenhausen cemetery in Munich (grave Urnenmauer-1-1), without a name, just a cross on the cover plate.

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SURNAME Nicklisch, Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Luckenwalde , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1995
Place of death Munich , Bavaria , Federal Republic of Germany