Mary Zimmermann
Mary Zimmermann , initially as Marie Zimmermann (* May 21, 1889 in Karlsruhe , German Reich ; † December 16, 1945 in Berlin ) was a German ballet dancer , ballet master, prima ballerina at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and a choreographer at the theater and film.
Life
Born in Baden, Marie Zimmermann received ballet lessons as a child and began her career as an apprentice at the court theater in her home town of Karlsruhe. Up until the outbreak of war in 1914, she was committed to Mannheim, the Stadttheater in Essen, the Berlin Apollo Ensemble and the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where she was hired as a ballet and dance master and was employed throughout the First World War. At this time, Marie Zimmermann was also active as a choreographer and eventually rose to prima ballerina.
Every now and then, the artist, who soon anglicized her first name from Marie to “Mary”, also designed the dances in one or the other film production and very rarely appeared in front of the camera. In 1917 the Harmoniefilm-Gesellschaft filmed some of the dances it had rehearsed and choreographed, as well as the ballet it designed for Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody . During the war, Zimmermann's ballet rats also performed in front of disabled people for their entertainment. For this the artist received the Red Cross Medal for the care of the wounded.
Mary Zimmermann had been married to the naval chief engineer Schmidt since April 25, 1919 and had also trained numerous dancers such as Vera Mahlke . She died shortly after the end of the Second World War in Berlin, which was hopelessly underserved at the time.
Filmography
as a choreographer, unless otherwise stated
- 1916: the skeleton
- 1917: The Harmony Films
- 1920: The dancing children (short documentary film)
- 1921: For a cool reason (actress)
- 1924: The girl from Pontecuculi
- 1939: We dance around the world
Web links
- Mary Zimmermann at filmportal.de
- Mary Zimmerman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
literature
- Hans Richter (ed.): Filmstern 1922 . Hans Hermann Richter Verlag, Berlin-Wilmersdorf 1921/22, p. 112
Individual proof
- ^ Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch 1945/48, p. 39
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carpenter, Mary |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carpenter, Marie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German dancer, ballet master and choreographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe , German Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1945 |
| Place of death | Berlin |