Valerie Steinmann

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Valerie Steinmann as Countess Eboli in Schiller's Don Carlos , Chur, February 1947. Director: Vasa Hochmann, set design: Max Röthlisberger. Right: Eva Langgraf as Elisabeth. Photo: Theophil Vonow, Chur

Valerie Steinmann (born December 12, 1921 in Zurich ; † November 28, 2011 in Küsnacht , Canton of Zurich ) was a Swiss actress .

Life

Valerie (until 1944 Valeria) Steinmann was born in Zurich. Already as a teenager she played at the Zurich Schauspielhaus, for example Louison in Molières The Conceited Ill in 1934. In 1934 she attended the drama school of the German Theater in Berlin (director: Heinz Hilpert) and during the war she had her first engagements in Eisenach, Saarbrücken and Leipzig, where she appeared in major roles. In 1944 she returned to Switzerland and worked as a guest at the Schauspielhaus Zurich and as an ensemble member or guest at the city theaters of Chur, Basel and Lucerne, later at the Theater for the Canton of Zurich, at the Biel-Solothurn City Theater and at the St. Gallen City Theater. In 1948 she played the messenger in Bertolt Brecht's Chur «Antigone» project. But she turned down an invitation by the famous playwright to his East Berlin ensemble. In addition to serious theater, Steinmann also took part in folk dialect pieces and musicals - among other things, she knocked carpets as Frau Baumann in three productions of Die kleine Niederdorfoper . The SRG radio and TV productions in which Valerie Steinmann was involved, be it as an actress in radio and television plays or as a speaker, are extremely numerous. The record recording made by A. de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince with Valerie Steinmann and Leopold Biberti in the late 1950s became famous. The film was added in 1960: She received her most important roles in the Kurt Früh films Es Dach überem Chopf (1962) and Im Parterre links (1963) as a partner of Zarli Carigiet and Paul Bühlmann, respectively. She was also seen in smaller roles in television series such as Eurocops. For almost 30 years she played at the Zurich fairy tale stage. In 1951 she married the actor, cabaret artist and later television journalist Megge Lehmann. He died in 2001. Valerie Steinmann had three sons.

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SURNAME Steinmann, Valerie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss actress
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich , Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 2011
Place of death Küsnacht , Canton of Zurich, Switzerland