Nora Minor

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Nora Minor , b. Hahn, married Lallinger, (born December 7, 1910 in Vienna , † May 21, 1995 in Munich ) was an Austrian actress .

Life

Nora Minors parents (married in 1909 in Vienna) were the mathematician Hans Hahn (1879-1934) and his wife Eleonore ( Lilly , née Minor) (1885-19 ??). After graduating from high school , Nora Minor attended the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna .

Her first stage engagement took her to the Städtische Bühnen Graz . Engagements in Brno and Vienna followed. From 1937 she was engaged at the Bavarian State Theater in Munich , where she was a permanent member of the ensemble until 1956 and participated in a total of 67 premieres. Minor came out there mainly as an actress of small and medium character roles, taking on a range of roles from the adolescent lover to the salon lady . Her stage roles included u. a. Mrs. Henschel in Fuhrmann Henschel , the Jungfer Zipfersaat in The Soldiers (season 1953/54) and Miss Grove in Kolportage by Georg Kaiser (season 1952/53).

During the Second World War , Minor was conscripted in a munitions factory.

After the Second World War, she continued her theater career at the Bavarian State Theater. Her first post-war premiere was in May 1946 in the alternative quarters of the Theater am Brunnenhof in the German premiere of Robert Ardrey's play Leuchtfeuer , in which she played the role of Anne Marie. Her other post-war roles included a. Marion in a syringe by Johannes von Spallart (premiere: August 1946, director: Paul Verhoeven ), Sophie Guilbert in Clavigo (premiere: January 1947), the farmer's wife in Der Soldat Tanaka by Georg Kaiser (premiere: June 1947, director: Heinz Leo Fischer ), the postmaster in Stella (premiere: July 1947), Madame Desmermortes in invitation to the castle of Jean Anouilh (German premiere, premiere: January 1948), Marquise von Mondecar in Don Karlos (premiere: April 1948), Mrs. Lund in Moral by Ludwig Thoma (premiere: September 1949), Sister Félicité in Die gnadete Angst by Georges Bernanos (premiere: November 1951), Miss Garden in Das Konzert (premiere: July 1953), Miss Lusignan in Cyprienne by Victorien Sardou (premiere: December 1953), Signora Palpiti in Lumpazivagabundus (premiere: December 1955) and the cook in The matchmaker by Thornton Wilder (premiere: April 1956).

Nora Minor has also worked in numerous roles in film and television productions. Minor made her first film appearance in the 1930s, directed by Kurt Gerron, in the Austrian comedy Bretter die Welt (1935). In the 1950s she played in several then very successful fairy tale films such as Die goldene Gans (1953; as "The Drought") or Die Heinzelmännchen (1956; as a tailor, at the side of Bobby Todd ). She also appeared in supporting roles in comedies such as Widower with Five Daughters (1957; with Heinz Erhardt ) and Ms. Cheneys Ende (1961; with Lilli Palmer ), music films such as Liebe, Jazz und Übermut (1957; with Peter Alexander ) and in the crime comedy MitGift (1975; as the wife of Senator Mellinski with Hans Elwenspoek as a partner) with.

On TV she was u. a. in Fritz Umgelter's television plays Die Panne (1957; based on Friedrich Dürrenmatt ) and The Scapegoat (1965; based on Luise Rinser ), in television productions of plays such as Christopher Fry's Die Dame ist nicht fürs Feuer (1960) and Walter Hasenclever's Münchhausen (1966; as majoress of Brno) and in family series such as Barbara Noack's Der Bastian (1973). In the award-winning US multi-part series Holocaust - The Story of the White Family (1978) she played Mrs. Palitz, the maternal grandmother of the male main character Karl Weiss ( James Woods ). In addition, she made guest appearances in television series such as Derrick (1977-1979) and Der Alte (1978; as a partner and housekeeper Mrs. Zobel).

In April 1964 she took part in a radio recording of the operetta Sissy at Bayerischer Rundfunk in a speaking role as Archduchess Sophie.

Nora Minor was married to the Munich actor Adolf Lallinger , who was also engaged at the Bavarian State Theater. She died on May 21, 1995 at the age of 84. She was buried in the forest cemetery in Munich .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Otto zu Stolberg-Wernigerode: Hahn, Hans . In: New German Biography . Volume 7, Grassauer - Hartmann. Page 506. Berlin, 1966. Retrieved September 28, 2016
  2. ↑ a b ... then they played again. The Bavarian State Theater 1946–1986 . Page 131/132. Munich 1986. ISBN 3-765-42059-X
  3. ↑ a b ... then they played again. The Bavarian State Theater 1946–1986 . Documentation. Directory of premieres. Page 159–197. Munich 1986. ISBN 3-765-42059-X
  4. ^ Münchhausen classic of the German television game. Cast, production details and reviews. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ Nora Minor . Derrick - The cast. With photos of the scene. Retrieved July 2, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Minor, Nora
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hahn, Nora (maiden name); Lallinger, Nora (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actress
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1995
Place of death Munich