Rose Oehmichen

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Rose Oehmichen (born April 19, 1901 in Berlin as Rose Mönnig , † July 28, 1985 in Augsburg ) was a German actress and co-founder of the Augsburger Puppenkiste .

Life

Rose Oehmichen was born on April 19, 1901 in Berlin. There she grew up and studied acting at the Max Reinhardt School . At the theater in Neuss she met her future husband. In 1925 she married Walter Oehmichen and went to Augsburg with him.

In 1943 Walter Oehmichen founded his first puppet theater, the Puppet Shrine, together with his wife Rose and their daughters Ulla and Hannelore . There were The Three Wishes and Hansel and Gretel played. During the bombing raid on Augsburg in 1944, the puppet shrine with the Augsburg city theater was destroyed. After that, Rose Oehmichen stayed alone for a while, because her husband was drafted and the two daughters were evacuated. The letters to Rose Oehmichen from this time still exist today.

The Augsburger Puppenkiste and last years

In 1948 the family founded the Augsburger Puppenkiste . From day one, Rose Oehmichen made the costumes and dressed the dolls. She also carved puppets with great skill. She also spoke many characters herself and breathed their soul into them. In Germany she is inseparably known from the figure of Frau Holle .

Rose Oehmichen worked the rest of her life as a costume designer in the Puppenkiste and has managed it since the death of her husband in 1977. She died on July 28, 1985 at the age of 84. Before her death she spoke again for a new production by Frau Holle. This form is still played in Augsburg today and went on tour for the 50th anniversary of the theater in 1998. The final resting place of Rose and her husband Walter (B 12-20) is in the Stadtbergen cemetery in the Augsburg district .

Honors

A primary school was named after her in the Berlin district of Neukölln ( Rudow district ). In Augsburg's Reesepark ( Kriegshaber district ), which is being built on the conversion areas of the former Reese barracks , a path was named after her.

Spoken roles on television (selection)

  • 1959: dwarf nose (herb fairy)
  • 1959: Family Spoon-Ear (Hedgehog Mrs. Stachelpelz)
  • 1959: Frau Holle (Frau Holle)
  • 1961: The Moomin family (Moominmother)
  • 1961–1962: Jim Knopf (Mrs. Waas)
  • 1964: Mikesch the cat (Schuster's grandmother)
  • 1967: How the donkey was looking for the Christ Child (Maria)
  • 1969: Urmel from the ice (Urmel Mutter)
  • 1981: Five on the apple star (Grusinchen)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rose Oehmichen. In: Augsburger Allgemeine. December 14, 2006, p. 40.
  2. ↑ The puppet show was just there. In: augsburger-allgemeine.de. Augsburger Allgemeine , August 7, 2010, accessed on May 11, 2019 .
  3. ↑ The grave of Rose and Walter Oehmichen. In: knerger.de. Klaus Nerger, accessed on May 11, 2019 .
  4. ^ Rose Oehmichen School. In: rose-oehmichen-schule-berlin.de. Retrieved May 11, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Oehmichen, rose
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mönnig, Rose (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress and co-founder of the Augsburger Puppenkiste
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin , Germany
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 1985
Place of death Augsburg , Germany