Richard Aßmann (actor)
Richard Heinrich Theodor Louis Assmann , also Assmann (born November 25, 1877 in Schwerin , † December 3, 1955 in Cologne ) was a German actor .
Career
Assmann was born in Schwerin as the son of a grand ducal ministerial official. He began his stage career in Rostock in 1897 and then came to Düsseldorf . In 1900 he received an engagement at the Royal Court Theater in Wiesbaden, where he played the youthful hero and lover on stage. His passion in declamation roles qualified him particularly as an actor in the works of Schiller . From 1903 to 1953 he was engaged at the Cologne theater . He was made an honorary member of the municipal theaters .
Aßmann died at the age of 78 as a result of a stroke in a Cologne hospital. He was widowed by Emma Auguste Maria Goetz, whom he married in Wiesbaden in 1902.
Honors
- 1953: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
literature
- Elmar Buck, Daniela Franke: Cologne, the city and its theater: places and people: opera, drama, dance: documents from the theater studies collection Schloss Wahn, University of Cologne , Faste Michael Verlag, 2007
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the 19th century . List, Leipzig 1903, p. 36
- Robert Steimel: Cologne heads. - Cologne: Steimel, 1958
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Death certificate no. 4145 of December 5, 1955, registry office Cologne I. In: LAV NRW R civil status register. Retrieved June 17, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Assmann, Richard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aßmann, Richard Heinrich Theodor Louis (full name); Assmann, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwerin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd December 1955 |
| Place of death | Cologne |