Paula Denk

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Paula Denk (born January 18, 1908 , † January 9, 1978 in Munich ) was a German actress .

Live and act

Paula Denk began her career in 1930 at Berlin's Barnowsky Theaters. This was followed by commitments at other venues in the capital until the 1938/39 season, most recently the Volksbühne . From then until 1943 she was seen at Munich's Kammerspiele in the Schauspielhaus. On April 20, 1942, Paula Denk was appointed state actress by Adolf Hitler . Her last engagement in the Third Reich was in the 1943/44 season at Berlin's artist stages.

Paula Denk's first post-war engagement was at the Deutsches Theater, and from 1946 she had been a member of the Städtische Bühnen Düsseldorf (Schauspielhaus) for many years . Under the directorship of Gustaf Gründgens she was seen a. a. in Anton Chekhov's Die Möwe , as Rosalinde in William Shakespeare's As You Like It , as Nora in the Henrik Ibsen play of the same name , as Eliza in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and as Pieperkarcka in Gerhart Hauptmann's Die Ratten .

She had appeared in many movies since the early 1930s. After the war she also worked in television productions. Paula Denk was married to her colleague Max Eckard .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1933: The hotel in love
  • 1934: roses from the south
  • 1935: Peter, Paul and Nanette
  • 1936: escapade
  • 1937: What makes the cat purr
  • 1956: The concert
  • 1958: visit from the zone
  • 1959: The Lord Ornifle
  • 1963: Loved in Rome
  • 1965: The crime museum : the picture postcard
  • 1966: Conan Doyle and the Edalji case
  • 1968: a little party
  • 1970: Murder in the rectory
  • 1972: Comrade Barkassow's affair
  • 1972: Alarm (series)
  • 1974: The Cases of Mr. Constantine (series)
  • 1974: The Little Doctor : Murder in the Moor
  • 1975: Derrick : Madeira

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paula Denk - Biography. Internet Movie Database , accessed September 2, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Think Paula
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1908
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1978
Place of death Munich , Bavaria , Federal Republic of Germany