Mechthild Grossmann
Mechthild Großmann (born December 23, 1948 in Münster ) is a German actress , voice actress , audio book and radio play speaker and dancer .
Life
Mechthild Großmann was born after three brothers as the fourth child of a translator and a businessman . She grew up in Münster in the Kreuzviertel near the Coerdehof. As a child she took ballet lessons . Later she started dancing professionally. Then she completed an acting training in Hamburg.
In 1969 she was hired by Kurt Huebner , the artistic director of the Bremen Theater on Goetheplatz , the leading theater in the Federal Republic of Germany at the time. After Hübner's departure in 1973 she went to the Stuttgart State Theater under the direction of Claus Peymann and from 1977 to the Schauspielhaus Bochum under the direction of Peter Zadek . Großmann was a member of the Pina Bausch dance theater from 1976 to 2017 and was one of the pillars of this dance ensemble. Pina Bausch chose her in 1975 as a singer for her production of the Brecht - Weill play The Seven Deadly Sins (1976). Großmann made her dance debut in the piece He takes her by the hand and leads her into his castle, the others follow.
She made her debut as a film and television actress in 1980 in the role of the whore Paula in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's fourteen-part miniseries Berlin Alexanderplatz , where she was seen in the opening episode The Punishment Begins . Many other film and television productions followed. She became known nationwide through her role as chain-smoking public prosecutor Wilhelmine Klemm in the Münster crime scene , which she has played since 2002. In the Wilhelm Hauff fairy tale adaptation, Dwarf Nose (2008), she took on the role of the fairy herb white under the direction of Felicitas Darschin . She had another role in 2016 in the fairy tale film Prinz Himmelblau and Fee Lupine based on a fairy tale from Christoph Martin Wieland's Dschinnistan , where she played the queen and mother of Prince Himmelblau at the side of her colleague Friederike Kempter from Münster .
For her portrayal of Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Staatstheater Kassel she was awarded the Actor Prize of the Hessian Theater Days in 2007. In the 2008/09 season she was a guest at the Schauspiel Frankfurt as bailiff Frosch in a production of Johann Strauss ' operetta Die Fledermaus , and as Queen Margaret, Duchess of York, Bürger and Geist, she took on four different roles in the Shakespeare drama Richard III. and played Death in Everyone (dies) in the 2020/21 season . At the Schauspielhaus Bochum in 2015 she was the multimillionaire Claire Zachanassian in Friedrich Dürrenmatt's tragic comedy The Visit of the Old Lady , directed by Anselm Weber.
Her trademark became her deep and smoky voice with a high recognition value . By her own admission, her voice was so deep when she was a child. She also stated that she had almost no frontal and maxillary sinuses. Since the 2000s she has recorded numerous audio book and radio play productions. In 2015 and 2016 she was awarded the German Children's Audio Book Prize BEO for her interpretation of the children's audio books Der Yark and From the diary of a killer cat .
Mechthild Großmann lived with the director Stephan Meyer , who u. a. In 2000 she produced the crime film The Eighth Deadly Sin: Ghost Hunt and in 2004 the crime scene episode Killer Games with her, and has a daughter born in 1992 with him. She lives in Hamburg .
Filmography (selection)
As an actress
- 1979: Berlin Alexanderplatz (Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder )
- 1984: Seduction: The Cruel Woman (Director: Monika Treut Elfi Mikesch )
- 1987: Primrose (multi-part) (Director: Stephan Meyer)
- 1989: The Empress' Lament (Director: Pina Bausch )
- 1989: All of me (Director: Bettina Wegener)
- 1990: Der Fahnder - Comeback (Director: Werner Masten )
- 1992: A case for two : "Notes play black"
- 1995: Evelyn Hamann's Stories from Life ( Off to Rio )
- 1996: Dangerous Girlfriend (Directed by Hermine Huntgeburth )
- 1997: Doctors : Dr. Vogt "Late Damage" (Director: Stephan Meyer)
- 2000: The eighth deadly sin: Ghost hunt (Director: Stephan Meyer)
- 2001: A Summer Dream (Director: Rolf Silber )
- 2001: Nowhere in Africa (Direction: Caroline Link )
- 2002: Rosa Roth " Die Abrechnung " (Direction: Carlo Rola )
- since 2002: crime scene
- 2002: Girl, Bad Girl (Director: Dennis Satin)
- 2003: My Life & Me (TV series)
- 2003: Adelheid and her murderers - two murders and a half
- 2004: The News (Director: Matti Geschonneck )
- 2006: Mutterglück (Director: Christian Görlitz )
- 2007: Teddytester (short film) (Director: Felicitas Darschin )
- 2007: Dwarf Nose (Director: Felicitas Darschin)
- 2008: Pera Kassiros (Director: Sofia Papachristou)
- 2009: The Popess (voice of the narrator)
- 2016: Emma after midnight - The Wolf and the Seven Hostages (Director: Torsten C. Fischer )
- 2016: Prince Himmelblau and Fee Lupine (Director: Markus Dietrich)
As a voice actress
- 2004: The Incredibles (Dubbing voice of Edna "E" Mode for Brad Bird )
- 2018: The Incredibles 2 (dubbing voice of Edna "E" Mode for Brad Bird )
Theatrography (selection)
- 1969–1973: Theater of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (director Kurt Hübner )
- 1973–1975: Württembergisches Staatstheater Stuttgart (direction Claus Peymann )
- 1977–1979: Schauspielhaus Bochum (direction Peter Zadek )
- since 1978: Tanztheater Pina Bausch Wuppertal (as guest)
- 1984: Schauspielhaus Köln (Direction Jürgen Flimm ): Where my sun shines (one-person play by Mechthild Großmann and Helmut Schäfer )
- 2001: Theater Münster : Medea , director: Karin Neuhäuser
- 2006: Staatstheater Kassel : Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ( Edward Albee ), role: Martha, director: Thomas Bockelmann
- 2008: Schauspiel Frankfurt : Die Fledermaus ( Johann Strauss ), role: Bailiff Frosch, director: Karin Neuhäuser
- 2009: Schauspielhaus Bochum : Eine Familie (Tracy Letts), role: Violet Weston, director: Markus Dietz
- 2015: Schauspielhaus Bochum: The visit of the old lady ( Friedrich Dürrenmatt ), role: Claire Zachanassian, director: Anselm Weber
- 2017: Schauspiel Frankfurt: Richard III. ( William Shakespeare ), various roles: Queen Margaret, Duchess of York, citizen, spirit, director: Jan Bosse
- 2017: Augsburger Puppenkiste : Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten, speaking role: robber chief, director: Florian Moch
- 2020: Schauspiel Frankfurt: Jedermann ( Hugo von Hofmannsthal ), role: Death, director: Jan Bosse
Audio books / radio plays (selection)
- 2004: Otherland by Tad Williams . The Hörverlag
- 2004: The swarm of Frank Schätzing . The Hörverlag, ISBN 3-89940-396-7
- 2005: Track end happiness of AL Kennedy . The Audio Verlag, ISBN 3-8031-4078-1
- 2005: Sucher's passions: Gertrude Stein or words do what they want by C. Bernd Sucher. Argon Verlag, ISBN 3-87024-038-5
- 2006: The Devil by Fay Weldon . Patmos audio, ISBN 3-491-91192-3
- 2007: Culinary treatise for sad women by Héctor Abad. Verlag Klaus Wagenbach, ISBN 3-8031-4093-5
- 2007: The Devil's Disciple by Glenn Meade . Lübbe Audio Verlag, ISBN 3-7857-3292-9
- 2008: Loveless Legends by Wolfgang Hildesheimer . Patmos audio, ISBN 3-491-91262-8
- 2008: Saga by Conor Kostick . Oetinger Verlag, ISBN 3-8373-0362-4
- 2008: Kafka: hear! by Franz Kafka . Random House Audio, ISBN 3-86604-853-X
- 2008: Blood times by Tess Gerritsen . Random House Audio, ISBN 3-86604-704-5
- 2008: Tess Gerritsen's corpse robbery. Random House Audio, ISBN 3-86604-880-7
- 2008: Drei Engel und Herr Prahl: Poems about, about and for angels by Mechthild Großmann and Axel Prahl . Patmos audio, ISBN 3-491-91277-6
- 2008: Secret by Chris Mooney . Audiobook Hamburg, 3-89903-620-4
- 2009: Tess Gerritsen's burial chamber . Random House Audio, ISBN 3-8371-0033-2
- 2009: Irresistible angry ... Women of Minette Walters . Random House Audio, ISBN 3-8371-0031-6
- 2010: Rita the predatory sheep by Martin Klein . Sauerländer audio, ISBN 978-3-7941-8505-4
- 2010: Totengrund by Tess Gerritsen, Random House Audio, ISBN 978-3-8371-0557-5
- 2011: Rita the Predatory Sheep and the Call of the Caribbean Wolves by Martin Klein. Sauerländer audio, ISBN 978-3-7941-8582-5
- 2011: Grimm's fairy tales by Brothers Grimm . Sauerländer audio, ISBN 978-3-411-80830-4 (the stories The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs , From the Fisherman and His Wife , The Hare and the Hedgehog )
- 2011: Elderly lady seeks Christmas peace from Helene Tursten . Random House Audio, ISBN 978-3-8371-1258-0 ( Miraculous Christmas Murders )
- 2012: Mile 81 & Dune by Stephen King . Random House Audio, ISBN 978-3-8371-1859-9
- 2012: Erwin, King of the Desert by Ian Whybrow . Sauerländer audio, ISBN 978-3-411-81148-9
- 2012: that's all. C'est tout. by Marguerite Duras , radio play with Mechthild Großmann, Alexander Fehling and Jeanne Moreau . Director: Kai Grehn . Audiobook Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-89903-892-7
- 2013: Erwin and the Wild Three by Ian Whybrow . Sauerländer audio, ISBN 978-3-411-81261-5
- 2013: The Ugly Duckling and The Story of a Mother by Hans Christian Andersen , in Edition Andersen's Fairy Tales . Sauerländer audio, ISBN 978-3-7373-6585-7
- 2014: Pontormos Deluge by Michael Glasmeier - Realization and music: Frieder Butzmann - (radio play - DKultur)
- 2014: Kalt ist der Abendhauch by Ingrid Noll , Random House Audio , ISBN 978-3837127324 (Series: Brigitte Starke Voices)
- 2015: Max and Moritz and five poems by Wilhelm Busch with Stefan Kaminski . Sauerländer audio 2015, ISBN 978-3-8398-4701-5
- 2015: The Yark by Bertrand Santini . Sauerländer audio 2015, ISBN 978-3-8398-4694-0
- 2015: Jonas the mechanical shark by Bertrand Santini . Sauerländer audio 2015, ISBN 978-3-8398-4710-7
- 2015: Sure it's love from Sandy Hall . Role: park bench. Sauerländer audio 2015, ISBN 978-3-8398-4709-1
- 2016: Mosquito, Mouse and Mole by Bibi Dumon Tak . Oetinger Verlag 2016, ISBN 978-3-8373-0916-4
- 2016: Terror-Aunty by David Walliams, Argon Sauerländer audio 2016, ISBN 978-3-8398-4120-4
- 2016: Totenlied by Tess Gerritsen, Argon Random House 2016, ISBN 978-3-8371-3989-1
- 2018: Greetings from the Cape of Whales from Megumi Iwasa . Radio play. Role: Waltraud. Sauerländer audio 2018, ISBN 978-3-8398-4921-7
- 2018: The cockroach gang - applause for the louse by Christian Tielmann . Argon Sauerländer audio 2018, ISBN 978-3-8398-4182-2
- 2019: The Cockroach Gang - In the Wall on the Laue r by Christian Tielmann. Argon Sauerländer audio 2019, ISBN 978-3-8398-4188-4
- 2019: The cockroach gang - Ratzfatz to the treasure of Christian Tielmann. Argon Sauerländer audio 2019, ISBN 978-3-8398-4202-7
- 2019: Greetings from the seal island from Megumi Iwasa. Radio play. Role: Waltraud. Sauerländer audio 2019, ISBN 978-3-8398-4955-2
documentary
- Mechthild Grossmann. An actress. TV portrait, Germany, 1991, director: Claus Strobel, production: WDR
- Rasputin-Mord am Zarenhof Documentary, Germany, 2016, Director: Eva Gerberding, Production: arte
Awards
- 2007: Actor Award of the Hessische Theatertage for the portrayal of Martha in Who is Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Staatstheater Kassel
- 2015: German Children 's Audio Book Prize BEO for their interpretation of the children's audio book Der Yark by Bertrand Santini
- 2016: German Children's Audio Book Prize BEO for their interpretation of the children's audio book From the diary of a killer cat by Anne Fine
Web links
- Mechthild Grossmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Mechthild Großmann in the German dubbing index
- Agency profile at the Regine Schmitz agency, accessed on August 4, 2020
- Gisela Keuerleber: The conversation: Mechthild Großmann, actress. (mp3 audio, 11.4 MB, 25 minutes) In: ARD radio festival . August 12, 2013, archived from the original on October 6, 2013 .
- Bettina Trouwborst: Mechthild Großmann: She likes the daring. In: Westdeutsche Zeitung . March 28, 2008, archived from the original on March 26, 2013 .
- A piece for Pina Bausch. In: EMMA . Winter 2010, archived from the original on March 16, 2010 (with three audio files).
- Mechthild Grossmann. In: Agency Norbert Schnell. Archived from the original on March 7, 2018 .
- Peter Lind: 1986 Wuppertal, Pina Bausch Tanztheater: Two Cigarettes in the Dark, center Mechthild Großmann. (Photo) In: peterlind.org. May 26, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Bettina Trouwborst: Mechthild Großmann: The daring suits her. In: Westdeutsche Zeitung . March 28, 2008, archived from the original on February 12, 2013 ; accessed on January 26, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d Karin Völker: Mechthild Großmann comes from Münster: Childhood in the Kreuzviertel. In: Westfälische Nachrichten . April 12, 2014, accessed January 26, 2019 .
- ↑ Katharina Rüth: Actress Mechthild Großmann: Last appearance on the dance stage. In: Westdeutsche Zeitung . August 16, 2017, accessed May 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Mechthild Großmann: I had never heard the name Pina Bausch before. (mp3 audio, 3.4 MB, 1:29 minutes) In: EMMA . Winter 2010, archived from the original on March 16, 2010 ; accessed on January 26, 2019 .
- ↑ Jochen Schmidt: Pina Bausch. "Dancing Against Fear". Ullstein, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-548-60259-2 , p. 63f.
- ↑ Richard III by William Shakespeare. Schauspiel Frankfurt, October 7, 2017, accessed on October 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Judith v. Sternburg: "Everyone (dies)" in Frankfurt: In the middle of life ... Frankfurter Rundschau, February 3, 2020, accessed on February 4, 2020 .
- ↑ Joachim Schmitz: "My voice is a mistake of nature". Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , accessed on June 9, 2012 .
- ↑ Biographies: Mechthild Großmann. Bavarian State Opera , accessed on November 9, 2019 .
- ↑ For our new production “Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten” ... message on the Facebook account of the Augsburger Puppenkiste, October 1, 2017, accessed on October 3, 2017 .
- ↑ The BEO-Kids of the Free Montessori School Berlin: Winner 2016: Prize of the Children's Jury: Free Montessori School Berlin. BEO - German Children's Audio Book Prize, accessed on January 26, 2019 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Großmann, Mechthild |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress, radio play speaker and dancer |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1948 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Muenster |