Marie-Luise Marjan

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Marie-Luise Marjan, 2015

Marie-Luise Marjan (* 9. August 1940 as Marlies Wienkötter   in Essen ) is a German actress . She was best known for the role of Helga Beimer in the television series Lindenstrasse .

Life

Marie-Luise Marjan (2012)

Marie-Luise Marjan was given to an orphanage by her birth mother, Hildegard Wienkötter from Gladbeck (* October 30, 1920, † May 14, 2004) after her birth in the Elisabeth Hospital in Essen . At the age of one, she came to live with foster parents , the married couple Hanni and Emil Lause , in Hattingen . On August 4, 1947, she was adopted by her foster parents. The birth mother emigrated to Canada in 1956 .

She grew up in Hattingen and attended the girls' grammar school there, where she demonstrated her acting talent early on in school performances. After high school, she graduated from the Hamburg University of Music and Theater from 1958 to 1960 with Eduard Marks . From 1960 to 1982 she was continuously engaged in major theaters: Komödie Basel , 1961 to 1965 Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe , 1965 to 1967 stages of the city of Bonn , 1967 to 1979 Schauspielhaus Bochum , 1979 Freie Volksbühne Berlin and 1982 to 1983 Thalia Theater Hamburg . She also completed Lee Strasberg seminars in Hollywood , Paris and Hamburg. In the animated films Shrek 2 and Shrek 3 , Marie-Luise Marjan speaks Queen Lillian (originally Julie Andrews ).

Marjan lives in Cologne . She has a half-brother who is five years her junior and who lives in the Allgäu . She only found out about its existence at the age of 67 while doing research for the ARD documentary series The Secret of My Family . The name Marie-Luise Marjan is a stage name that is also entered on her passport. In 1995 she recorded the LP What is close to my heart .

Marie-Luise Marjan sniffs a copy of the hybrid tea rose named after her in 2010 (2014)

Your role as Helga Beimer

From the start of the television series Lindenstrasse in December 1985 until it was discontinued in March 2020, Marjan played the role of Helga Beimer. In 2015 she said: “What I find interesting about Helga Beimer is her motherliness, her humor, her assertiveness. I always enjoy playing this role. Your development in 30 years of the TV series Lindenstrasse offers many facets of acting. From the housemaid, to self-employment after the TV divorce, to the travel agent with her own travel agency, to the tough pensioner and grandma. It is a privilege of this series that we are allowed to grow older with our viewers ”.

engagement

Marjan has been involved with UNICEF and the children's aid organization PLAN International since 1990 . With PLAN International she supports five sponsored children in India , Sri Lanka , Vietnam , Paraguay and Haiti . She is a member of the board of trustees of Plan International Germany . In 2010 she founded the Marie Luise Marjan Foundation under the umbrella of PLAN, the purpose of which is to support projects around the world to support children in need, especially disadvantaged girls.

Among other things, she is a member of the Citizens' Committee Alternative Honorary Citizenship, which awards alternative Cologne honorary citizenship in Cologne . Since 2018 she has also been the fairy tale ambassador for the city of Hanau and the Brothers Grimm Festival there.

Filmography (selection)

Book publications

Awards and honors

Rose of the breeder W. Kordes' sons , named after Marie-Luise Marjan
  • 1989: Bambi for her role as Helga Beimer in the series Lindenstrasse
  • 1994: Telestar , for her roles as Helga Beimer and Lisa Kern ( No recipe for love )
  • 1998: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
  • 2004: Palatinate Saumagenorden of the carnival and dance sport society Schlotte e. V. Schifferstadt
  • 2010: Great Federal Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • 2010: The hybrid tea rose, which was bred by a Holstein nursery in 1999, was named after Marie-Luise Marjan on the occasion of her 70th birthday, her 50th anniversary on stage and the 25th anniversary of the television series Lindenstrasse .
  • 2014: Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

Web links

Commons : Marie-Luise Marjan  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b [1]
  2. ↑ a b The secret of my family, episode 1: Marie-Luise Marjan , TV film by Heiko Schäfer by WDR, broadcast: Das Erste on March 31, 2008
  3. ↑ Woman in the mirror - Marie-Luise Marjan: "It's a somewhat unusual relationship"
  4. ↑ What is close to my heart about discogs
  5. ↑ Hedwig Neven DuMont becomes alternative honorary citizen ; express.de, July 19, 2011
  6. ↑ Kerstin Biehl: "Mother Beimer" Marie-Luise Marjan new fairy tale ambassador. In: Hanauer Anzeiger. Retrieved March 28, 2018 .
  7. ↑ de.news.yahoo.com ( Memento of the original from April 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / de.news.yahoo.com
  8. ↑ "Mutter Beimer" receives the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. zeit.de, June 20, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Marjan, Marie-Luise
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lause, Marlis (adopted name); Wienkötter, Marlies (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH eat