Walter Janssen (actor)

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Walter Janssen and Olga Chekhova , 1953

Walter Janssen (born February 7, 1887 in Krefeld , † January 1, 1976 in Munich ; born Walter Philipp Janssen ) was a German actor and director .

Life

Janssen began his theater career in 1906 in Frankfurt am Main, then worked in Kassel from 1908 to 1910 and again in Frankfurt from 1910 to 1915. His daughter, Signe von Scanzoni, was born in Frankfurt in 1915 and emerged from Janssen's liaison with Amélie zu Fürstenberg. From 1915 to 1918 he worked in Munich and from 1919 at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. Guest performances have taken him to London, among others.

In 1917 he made his first film appearance. In 1921 he played the young husband in the classic The Weary Death , but was overshadowed by Lil Dagover , who as his wife desperately struggles for his life. In Braid and Sword (1926) he embodied Crown Prince Friedrich and in Maria Stuart (1927) Lord Darnley .

With the transition to the age of talkies, Janssen had to be content with supporting roles more and more. Several times he directed it himself. In the sixties he took part in a few television games. He concentrated more on the world of theater, was artistic director at the Wiener Kammerspiele in the 1940s and directed the Marburg Festival. He had his last theater appearance in 1971 in The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg.

In 1968 he received the gold film tape for many years of outstanding work in German film.

Walter Janssen was buried in the Unterschleißheim cemetery (grave already abandoned).

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SURNAME Janssen, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Janßen, Walter Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Krefeld
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1976
Place of death Munich