Trust Carlsen

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Traute Carlsen (born February 16, 1887 in Dresden , † November 22, 1968 in Küsnacht , Zurich , Switzerland ; born Gertrud Rosalie Kempner ) was a German actress .

Life

Carlsen attended the drama school of the Deutsches Theater in Berlin and made her debut in 1907 at the Hof- und Nationaltheater Mannheim . In 1910 she came to the Komödienhaus in Frankfurt am Main , and in 1912 to the Small Theater in Berlin.

In productions of the Duskes-Film and the Imperator-Film, she stood in front of the camera in melodramas as the leading actress from 1913 . After the end of the war, however, she turned to the theater again and came to the Vienna Burgtheater via Frankfurt . In 1927 Carlsen, who had been married to Viktor Gerber since 1924 , moved to the Zurich Theater .

Occasionally she made guest appearances in Berlin and took on smaller film roles again. It was last seen at the Komische Oper in 1932/33 . In 1933/34 she also worked at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna . After the National Socialists came to power in 1933, Carlsen, of Jewish origin, stayed in Switzerland for good and performed primarily at the Zurich Theater. There she was seen as a priestess in Penthesilea in 1954 and as Betty in My Friend Harvey in 1955 . Her subject was that of the elegant lady of the world.

When Swiss film she took on some minor roles, they also worked for Radio Bern and the Swiss television . She was temporarily married to director Karlheinz Martin (1886–1948) and actor Karl Forest (born Obertimpfler, 1874–1944). In 1956 she wrote herself Traute Carlsen-Obertimpfler . In 1959 she was awarded the Hans Reinhart Ring .

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Individual evidence

  1. Kürschner's biographical theater manual , p. 97.
  2. Kürschner's biographical theater manual , p. 97.
  3. ^ Information on the film: De Wyberfind. Schweizer Film = Film Suisse: official organ of Switzerland, accessed on June 20, 2020 .