Ursula Fröhlich
Ursula Fröhlich (born November 22, 1915 - † April 29, 1995 ) was a German actress , singer and artistic director .
Life
Ursula Fröhlich was born as a doctor's daughter and , although racially persecuted, earned her living during the National Socialist era , sometimes as a maid and sometimes as a lawyer’s secretary. With this low income, she also paid for private singing lessons. After 1945, when she was allowed to perform in public, she used every opportunity to make her alto voice heard at many concerts and was quickly discovered by radio, so she initially worked for the Berlin radio and sang in various choirs (including the Philharmonic Choir Berlin).
But she wanted to play theater and went to the theater in Plauen for the 1948/49 season , where she met her future husband, the actor Anton Loerding . With him she moved to the Hans Otto Theater in Potsdam in 1951 . She then completed an acting training and studied theater studies . In 1959 Ursula Fröhlich was appointed director of the Freiberg City Theater . In 1968/69 she was a representative in the district advisory board for art and cultural studies in Karl-Marx-Stadt . In 1969 she also moved to the Cottbus State Theater as artistic director , where she was employed until 1978.
Her daughter Claudia Loerding , born in May 1950, is a well-known actress.
Filmography
- 1959: Confusion of love
- 1959: Model boys
theatre
- 1950: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : Faust - Director:? ( Plauen Theater )
- 1955: Eugène Scribe : Diavolo - Director: Erhard Burckhardt ( Hans Otto Theater Potsdam )
- 1964: Leoš Janáček : Jenůfa (sexton) - Director:? ( Freiberg City Theater )
- 1965: Paul Lincke : Frau Luna (Frau Pusebach) - Director: Ursula Fröhlich (Stadttheater Freiberg)
- 1966: Bedřich Smetana : The Bartered Bride - Director: Ursula Fröhlich / Walter Eckert (Stadttheater Freiberg)
Awards and honors
- 1968: Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
- Honorary member of the Staatstheater Cottbus (accessed on March 15, 2019).
literature
- Wilhelm Kosch (Ed.): German Theater Lexicon. Supplementary volume. Part 1. A – F. Page 411. De Gruyter, Berlin [et al.]. December 2012. ISBN 978-3-11-028460-7 (accessed from De Gruyter Online).
Web links
- Ursula Fröhlich in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ursula Fröhlich at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neues Deutschland, March 8, 1964, p. 5
- ^ New Germany of October 4, 1968, p. 4
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Happy, Ursula |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress, singer and artistic director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1915 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 1995 |