Solveig Thomas

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Solveig Ihta Maria Thomas (also Solveig Eckard , Solveig Eckard-Haß , Solveig Haß ; born May 15, 1928 in Graz ; † August 12, 2017 in Munich ) was an Austrian actress and radio play speaker , who is best known for her stage work.

Life

After the Second World War , Solveig Thomas received her first stage engagement at the renowned Vienna Burgtheater , in whose ensemble she remained until 1949. This was followed by two years at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus , an interlude at the Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt am Main from 1951 to 1953 , two further seasons at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus and from 1955 a long-term engagement at the Schauspielhaus Hamburg . During this time she embodied numerous classic stage roles such as Ophelia in William Shakespeare's Hamlet 1949 in Düsseldorf, Käthchen von Heilbronn in Heinrich von Kleist 's play of the same name and Thekla in Friedrich Schiller's Wallenstein's camp in Frankfurt in 1953, the title role in Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's Emilia Galotti and Marei in Gerhart Hauptmann's Florian Geyer in 1954 in Düsseldorf as well as more modern dramatic characters such as Alma in Frank Wedekind's King Nicolo and Lizzie in N. Richard Nash's Der Regenmacher 1955 in Hamburg.

In addition, she worked extensively as a speaker for radio play productions. Here, too, she lent her voice to various classic stage and fictional characters such as Charlotte Brontës Jane Eyre , Friedrich Hebbels Julia and Alison in John Osborne's look back in anger . In addition, she took on parts in children's radio plays such as 1972 as Aquarius woman in the adaptation of Otfried Preussler's Der kleine Wassermann for Phonogram GmbH.

Solveig Thomas, on the other hand, was a rare guest in film and television productions. Here she played mainly in adaptations of stage plays and literary originals such as Marcel Proust's Madame Aurélie , Lessing's Minna von Barnhelm , Franz Peter Wirth Raskolnikov after Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky , Falk Harnack Unwiederbringlich by Theodor Fontane and Robert A. Stemmles Drama You can no longer are silent according to Kristmann Guðmundsson .

Solveig Thomas was married to his fellow actor Max Eckard , with whom she also appeared together for a long time at the Hamburger Schauspielhaus. She lived in Munich for the second time, where she died in 2017.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1955: Madame Aurélie
  • 1955: You must not be silent any longer
  • 1957: Minna von Barnhelm
  • 1959: Raskolnikoff
  • 1960: One of seven
  • 1968: irretrievable
  • 1971: Someone must be the stupid

Radio plays (selection)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Data according to the entry in the Austrian National Library: http://imagesrv.onb.ac.at/regnet/m001/z100/h006/h0990579.png
  2. ↑ Kürschner's biographical theater manual , p. 744.
  3. ↑ Solveig Haß-Eckard, Brahmsstrasse 30, 81677 Munich. In: telefonbuch-suche.com. Retrieved June 6, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Thomas, Solveig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thomas, Solveig Ihta Maria (full name); Eckard, Solveig; Eckard-Haß, Solveig; Hate, Solveig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actress and radio play speaker
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 2017
Place of death Munich