Thea Grodtczinsky

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Theodora Grodtczinsky (born September 17, 1893 in Düren , Rhineland , † April 19, 1978 ) was a German actress . As a Jew, she was banned from practicing her profession during the Nazi era for racial reasons .

family

Thea Grodtczinsky was the daughter of the grain dealer Nathan Grodtczinsky (born January 4, 1862 in Sochaczew ) and Amalie nee Strauss (born June 16, 1857 in Erkelenz , † July 28, 1920 Cologne-Ehrenfeld). The family lived in Düren, later in Cologne-Ehrenfeld. Before she was born, her parents lived in Erkelenz, where her father worked in his father-in-law Salomon Strauss's country produce and grain trade.

Thea Grodtczinsky met fellow actor Paul Henckels at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus . The two married in 1921 after Paul Henckels divorced Cecilia Brie. The marriage remained childless.

In the 1930s the couple lived in Kleinmachnow near Berlin. Most recently, the two of them lived in the Schlosshotel Hugenpoet near Kettwig. Their common grave is on the Südfriedhof in Düsseldorf .

Theater play Schneider Wibbel

The busts at the Schneider-Wibbel-Haus in Düsseldorf, from left: Thea Grodtczinsky, Hans Müller-Schlösser, Paul Henckels

The couple met at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus . Thea Grodtczinsky was then a young student at the Düsseldorf stage school, but already appeared as Miranda in William Shakespeare's Sturm , Paul Henckels played the Caliban. In 1913 he got the role of Anton Wibbel in the play Schneider Wibbel by Hans Müller-Schlösser . When his then stage partner Fin Wibbel left the stage around 1916 , Thea Grodtczinsky was used for this character by Louise Dumont , although she confessed at her performance: “I can't speak a Rhenish dialect.” Since then, the two actors have appeared in over fifteen hundred theater performances as a couple Wobble on; in Düsseldorf and other cities, in 1931 in a film in which Paul Henckels also directed, and in several radio plays.

Filmography

  • 1931: Schneider Wibbel (under her stage name Thea Grodyn)
  • 1931: He and his servant (as Thea Grodyn)
  • 1957: The great Bomberg
  • 1967: In the bush of Mexico. The puzzle B. Traven , 5 parts. In the second part she appeared with Paul Henckels. Her husband had met B. Traven under the name Ret Marut in 1913 in Düsseldorf, both of whom were playing at the Schauspielhaus.

Discography

  • 1958: Quite delightful, so to speak. Paul Henckels and Thea Grodtczinsky read from “ Max und Moritz ”, “ Tobias Knopp ” and the poems by Wilhelm Busch .
  • 1959: Little treasures: Paul Henckels and Thea Grodtczinsky talk about cheerful and contemplative things about Lessing, Goethe, Heine, Claudius and others, Ariola GmbH
  • 1961: As long as you live, it is day. A cheerful and serious breviary for married couples and those who want to become one. Performed by Thea Grodtczinsky and Paul Henckels. Ariola GmbH

Radio plays

  • 1951: someone pays his debt. A radio play by Axel Eggebrecht with Paul Henckels, Thea Grodtczinsky, Gerd Beermann, Wolfgang Regentrop and Benno Schurr . Directed by Karl Peter Biltz, Production GmbH.
  • 1952: The legendary story of the stallion Godolphin Arabian . Directed by Eduard Hermann , together with Paul Henckels, produced by NWDR Cologne.
  • 1947: Schneider Wibbel - Director: Hanns Korngiebel
  • 1950: Schneider Wibbel (as a Regiolekt radio play) - Director: Karlheinz Schilling

Honors

  • Two busts on the Schneider-Wibbel-Haus in Düsseldorf's old town , located on the corner of Bolkerstraße and Schneider-Wibbel-Gasse, have been a reminder of the actor couple in their prime role since 1956.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0342848/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
  2. ^ Hubert Rütten: Traces of life - search for traces, Jewish life in the former district of Erkelenz. Writings of the Heimatverein der Erkelenzer Lande Volume 22, Erkelenz 2008, pages 206 ff. OCLC 300467800 .
  3. ↑ https://vilmoskoerte.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/wohnhaus-paul-henckels-in-kleinmachnow/


personal data
SURNAME Grodtczinsky, Thea
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grodtczinsky, Theodora
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Düren , Rhineland
DATE OF DEATH April 19, 1978