Ursula Geyer-Hopfe
Ursula Geyer-Hopfe (born February 29, 1924 in Freiberg ) is a German actress.
Life
Geyer-Hoppe's parents were members of the Freiberg Theater Association . Geyer-Hopfe had her first stage appearance in a Christmas play at the age of four at her mother's side.
At the end of the 1930s, Geyer-Hopfe played in a newly founded amateur play group in Freiberg , including in peasant tragedies. She belonged to this theater group until the end of the war.
Geyer-Hopfe did not complete any regular actor training. In 1944 she was honored as the best young actor in Saxony at Dresden Castle . For this she received a scholarship to train actors in Weimar . She destroyed the document when the Russian army marched in, fearing that the swastika on it could bring her disadvantages.
On January 1, 1946, she began her first engagement at the Freiberg City Theater in the play Der Biberpelz by Gerhart Hauptmann . Geyer-Hopfes played alongside Inge Keller as Leontine. After she had represented them once, Geyer-Hopfe was used more often as a disease representative.
In 1952 Helene Weigel wanted to bring Ursula Geyer-Hopfe to the Berliner Ensemble . After a conversation in Berlin, however, she decided to stay in Dresden for private reasons.
From 1953 she played at the theater in Zwickau and from 1959 to 1995 for 36 years at the theater Junge Generation in Dresden , where she is an honorary member today.
In addition, Geyer-Hopfe was engaged a few times as a guest under Klaus Dieter Kirst at the Dresden State Theater. In 1995 Dieter Görne brought her to the Staatsschauspiel ensemble, where she was a member of the ensemble until 2007. Since then she has been connected to the house through guest engagements.
In 2013 Geyer-Hopfe was awarded the art prize of the state capital Dresden .
Ursula Geyer-Hopfe lives in Radebeul .
Next to the theater
Geyer-Hopfe has made guest appearances as a director in Berlin, at the Dresden State Operetta and at the Saxony State Theaters . She was on stage in Dresden with Friedrich-Wilhelm Junge in the Theaterkahn , in the Dresden comedy and in the Dresdner cabaret Herkuleskeule . She also worked for radio, film and television.
Stage plays (selection)
- Romeo and Juliet : Countess Capulet
- The way in life ( Anton Semjonowitsch Makarenko ): teacher
- West Side Story : Dance Master
- Joseph and Maria ( Peter Turrini ): Maria
- Mother Courage and Her Children : Mother Courage
Solo evenings
- Cleaning up
- Richard III : Queen Margret
- Mephisto : General
- The pacemaker : Grandma
- Rose ( Martin Sherman ): Rose
literature
Ursula Geyer-Hopfe: I always had boards under my feet . In: Wilfried Schulz, Harald Müller, Felicitas Zürcher (eds.): Staatsschauspiel Dresden - 100 Years of the Schauspielhaus . The anniversary book. 1st edition. Theater der Zeit, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-943881-01-1 , p. 233 ff .
Web links
- Literature by and about Ursula Geyer-Hopfe in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ursula Geyer-Hopfe in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The stage and leap year trick keep the great Mimi young , article at sz-online.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Dresden Art Prize for actress Ursula Geyer-Hopfe . In: Saxon newspaper . March 16, 2013 ( online [accessed March 17, 2013]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geyer-Hopfe, Ursula |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 29, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiberg |