Marie Weißhappel

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Marie Kierschner, steel engraving by Auguste Hüssener

Marie Weißhappel , also Weishappel and Weisshappel , married. Kierschner , married. Liedtcke (born February 2, 1834 in Vienna , † May 23, 1898 in Berlin ) was an Austrian actress.

Marie Weißhappel came from a wealthy family. Since her mother died when she was a young child, she and an older sister were raised by a grandmother. At the age of almost sixteen, Marie Weißhappel, who enjoyed writing poetry in her free time, met the actor Eduard Kierschner , with whom she married for the first time despite the protests of her family. At first she didn't think about a stage career, but acquaintances like the poet Otto Prechtler got her to study her first roles. During a stay in Brno , she met Theodor Döring , who suggested that she step in as Gretchen . Döring himself played Mephisto when the young woman made her debut in Goethe's drama on July 14, 1853 . Marie Kierschner then played on private stages in Vienna. In 1854 she had engagements in Pest and Hermannstadt as a young lover and in September 1854 Heinrich Laube brought her to the Burgtheater for a rehearsal audition . This led to a longer term commitment; her first role as a permanent member of the Burgtheater was Hippolyta in a Midsummer Night's Dream . In the summer of 1857 she stayed in Paris . Amalie Haizinger finally advised her to change the stage in order to advance her career. While Eduard Kierschner stayed in Vienna, his wife moved to the Berlin court theater in autumn 1859. There she played several roles on trial and, after a guest performance in Brno, began her work as a permanent member of the stage in November 1859.

In Berlin she played mainly comedy roles and salon ladies until she retired from the stage in 1869. She has made guest appearances in St. Petersburg , Riga , Hamburg , Breslau and Königsberg, among others . Her second husband was the actor Theodor Liedtcke .

"Conversing in the salon, chatting in the bourgeois apartment, Mrs. K. knows how to do it with mastery; the tragic pathos lies further away from her; She can live and love like few, ” read about Marie Kierschner in the Kaleidoscope in 1868 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In the Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch 1895, ISBN 978-5-875-11131-0 , p. 234 ( limited preview in the Google book search) Marie Liedtcke is described as divorced.
  2. ^ Johannes Günther: German women. Biographies ... of the most important living German writers (etc.). Mauke, 1862, p. 20 ff. ( Ff. # V = onepage restricted preview in the Google book search)
  3. ↑ Liedke, Marie in the ÖBL at www.biographien.ac.at
  4. ↑ A Münchenberg: Kaleidoscope. Beyer, 1868, p. 124 ( limited preview in Google book search)
personal data
SURNAME Weißhappel, Marie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weishappel, Marie; Weisshappel, Marie; Liedke, Marie; Liedtcke, Marie; Kierschner, Marie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 1898
Place of death Berlin