Philine Leudesdorff-Tormin
Philine Leudesdorff-Tormin , born Philine Tormin (born December 1, 1892 in Düsseldorf , † April 19, 1924 in Hamburg ) was a German actress .
Life
childhood and education
Philine Tormin was born in Düsseldorf in 1892, later her family moved to Saxony. First she went to school in Radebeul , then in Dresden . Even then, she had artistic interests, performed at school performances and expressed her desire to become an actress at an early age. She left school prematurely and switched to the Senff Georgi Theater Institute in Dresden, which she attended for six months. She got her first engagement at the summer theater in Merseburg , where she appeared as Lorle in Dorf und Stadt ( Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer ). This was followed by a winter engagement in Liegnitz , where Carl Clewing from the Königliches Schauspielhaus Berlin saw her and recommended her. Shortly afterwards, the director of Neue Wiener Bühne asked her to audition and then gave her a three-year contract.
Engagements abroad
Tormin undertook extensive guest tours with the Neue Wiener Bühne, mainly within Austria, but also to Germany and Italy. Tormin, then twenty years old, absorbed the new impressions and gained experience as an actor. Due to her youthful age and her carefree charisma, she mostly played the role of the naive , with which she quickly achieved first successes. A four-week guest performance at the Residenztheater in Dresden, in which she played the leading role in the play When I Still In the Wing Dress (Albert Kehm), earned her positive reviews.
After two years Tormin moved to the German State Theater in Prague, where she caused a sensation, especially as Eleonore in Easter ( August Strindberg ).
Career and starting a family in Hamburg
In 1915 Tormin went to the Thalia Theater in Hamburg. In the nine years of her engagement there, she appeared in countless pieces and was popular with audiences and critics. Her greatest successes included the title role in Lost Daughter ( Ludwig Fulda ) and leading roles in Will und Wiebke ( Fedor von Zobeltitz ), Scampolo (Dario Niccodemi) and Der Kreis ( William Somerset Maugham ).
On May 1, 1918, she married the actor and colleague Ernst Leudesdorff . They had two children, Hans and Ingeborg.
In 1920 she appeared in the silent film artist whims of Vera film works on.
Death and obituary
Tormin died in 1924 at the age of 31 as a result of tonsil surgery. She was buried in the Ohlsdorf cemetery with broad public sympathy. Today her tombstone is in the women's garden .
Obituaries appeared in various newspapers, for example Philipp Berges wrote in the Hamburg Foreign Journal : “Philine Tormin, young as she was, was one of the greats in the drama guild; one can easily attribute her to the most important contemporary German actresses. She had long since ceased to be the cheerful naive she was first met in Hamburg; she had grown into a character player who was no stranger to any role. Born artist, she grasped the essence of each character intuitively, almost naively finding the right thing, and played it purposefully and humanely without artifice. The naturalness and informality with which she found herself in serious and cheerful, eccentric roles that had been copied from life and without any attempts at touch were often astonishing. You never noticed the work behind her achievements, she put her characters on stage so naturally and easily. She was helped by the winning appearance, the wonderful, speaking eye that was characteristic of the whole face, a very excellent speaking talent and a sparkling temperament. "
literature
- Julie Tormin, Emily Albert: Philine Tormin. A memorial book. Hermann's Erben printing works, Hamburg 1924.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leudesdorff-Tormin, Philine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tormin, Philine (maiden name); Tormin-Leudesdorff, Philine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 1924 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |