Oskar Dimroth

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Oskar Dimroth , occasionally also known as Oscar Dimroth , (born July 18, 1906 in Starnberg , Bavaria , German Empire , † March 27, 1955 in Göttingen ) was a German actor and radio play speaker .

Live and act

The son of the district court director Gustav Dimroth received private acting lessons from Toni Wittels before studying at Munich University . Dimroth made his theater debut in the Bavarian capital as early as 1926. There he also appeared under the direction of Otto Falckenberg and alongside important colleagues such as Käthe Gold . This was followed by engagements at theaters in Stuttgart and Berlin , where Dimroth belonged to the Deutsches Theater from 1937 to 1944 under the direction of Heinz Hilpert .

After the Second World War , Oskar Dimroth was seen at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe in autumn 1945 as Jedermann and at the end of the year at the same place in Klabund's Der Kreidekreis . He then worked at venues in Heidelberg (here as Zuckmayers Des Teufels General Harras) and in Hamburg , before Dimroth in 1950 accepted Hilpert's call to the German Theater in Göttingen , which he directed . There he took on roles in numerous classical plays such as Lessing's Minna von Barnhelm and several Shakespeare productions . At this time the artist also got one or the other supporting role in Göttingen film productions.

Dimroth also took part in radio broadcasts in Munich, Berlin and Beromünster . Oskar Dimroth was married to the actress Phoebe Monnard .

Filmography (complete)

Radio plays

literature

  • Glenzdorfs Internationales Film-Lexikon, first volume, Bad Münder 1960, p. 294

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personal data
SURNAME Dimroth, Oskar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dimroth, Oscar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and radio play speaker
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Starnberg , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1955
Place of death Goettingen