Waltraut Kramm

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Waltraud Kramm (* 14. December 1931 in Berlin ) is a German actress .

Life

Waltraut Kramm began as a five-year-old as a radio speaker for the children's program Kunterbunt . Between 1948 and 1950 she completed an acting training at the DEFA Acting School.

She then worked as a theater actress at the Hans Otto Theater in Potsdam ; there she was a permanent member of the ensemble until 1958. From 1958 Kramm worked as a freelance actress for theater, film , television and radio .

She made her film debut at DEFA in 1949 (while she was still studying) as the Jewish girl Ruth Levin in the family epic Die Buntkarierte . In the film drama Leuchtfeuer (1954), a GDR co-production with Sweden , she embodied, under the direction of Wolfgang Staudte , the “bitter and closed” wife of the mast fisherman. In 1958 she took on the role of Sophie in the literary film adaptation of The Trial is Postponed , an adaptation of the novel by Leonhard Frank . At DEFA, she played supporting roles in several fairy tale films , such as The Cold Heart (1950) and as a young farmer in the fairy tale film adaptation of The Brave Little Tailor (1956). Later in her career, Kramm was rarely used in leading roles at DEFA; she mostly took on prominent supporting roles. She often played in children's films , in which she often played the mother role.

She also became known through appearances in numerous television series , including the crime series Blaulicht , Polizeiruf 110 (so in 1988 as Mrs. Schröder in the episode The Crossword Puzzle ) and The Public Prosecutor has the floor .

After the Second World War , Kramm resumed her work as a radio spokesperson; for almost 30 years she played the role of the "Little Penny" in the children's radio series From the Butzemannhaus .

Kramm often worked as a speaker for radio plays . Alongside Genia Lapuhs as Queen, she spoke the title role in the radio play Snow White for the record label Litera in 1964 ; In 1965 she took on the role of Rosenrot in the fairy tale radio play Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot . In the 1976 literary radio play Huckleberry Finn , she played the role of Mary Jane Wilks, one of the attractive daughters of the wealthy Peter Wilks.

Kramm has also worked as a voice actress several times . In the classic fairy tale film Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella , she played the role of housekeeper and cook Rosi in the GDR dubbed version; she lent her voice to the Czechoslovak actress Míla Myslíková .

Waltraut Kramm is married to Dieter Schindelhauer, who has been in chief of the Hans-Otto-Theater for many years.

Filmography (selection)

theatre

Radio plays

  • 1958: Jakob Grimm / Wilhelm Grimm : Frau Holle (Marie) - Director: Günter Bormann (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR )
  • 1959: Kasper Germann : Holidays with Ebbo (Monika) - Director: Theodor Popp (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1960: Georg W. Pijet : Love marriage (daughter) - Director: Fritz-Ernst Fechner (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1963: Hasso Laudon : How Anette was looking for her school folder (Glow Worms Leuchtehell) - Director: Flora Hoffmann (Children's radio play - Radio of the GDR)
  • 1964: Rolf Schneider : Arrival in Weilstedt - Director: Uwe Haacke (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1964: Elin Pelin : Jan Bibijan und das Teufelchen Füt (Black Crow) - Director: Ingeborg Milster (children's radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1965: Egon Mathiesen : Bad with the blue eyes (little bad) - Director: Joachim Herting (children's radio play / short radio play - radio of the GDR)
  • 1966: Manfred Streubel : Nico in the ice - Director: Joachim Staritz (children's radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1967: Maxim Gorki : Wassa Schelesnowa - Director: Fritz-Ernst Fechner (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1967: Folk text : The rabbit and the fountain (Häsin) - Director: Helmut Molleg (children's radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1967: Siegfried Pfaff : Regina B. - A day in her life - Director: Fritz-Ernst Fechner (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1968: Ralph Knebel : Visitation of a resident - Director: Peter Kupke (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1968: Ilja Konstantinowski : Statute of limitations (Stefa) - Director: Helmut Molegg (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1968: Erasmus Schöfer : Monument Pfeiffer (Martina Fellner) - Director: Fritz-Ernst Fechner (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1969: Fritz Selbmann : A Long Way (Lotti Hesse) - Director: Fritz-Ernst Fechner (radio play (8 parts) - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1970: Dieter Müller : The Judges of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (Micha) - Director: Theodor Popp (Children's radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1972: William Shakespeare : Sturm - Director: Fritz Göhler (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1972: Joachim Witte : The wild knights of Reckeburg (Mrs. Krell) - Director: Joachim Gürtner (radio play series: Neumann, ring twice - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1973: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : History of Götz von Berlichingen with the Iron Hand (Maria) - Director: Werner Grunow (Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1974: Günter Spranger : Advertised for the search: Sabine (speaker) - Director: Albrecht Surkau (radio play series: Offenses, No. 3 - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1975: Erik Knudsen : Need has no commandment or the will to make sacrifices (Agues) - Director: Peter Groeger (radio play - Rundfunk der DDR)
  • 1975: Arne Leonhardt : Portrait of a Hero (Frau Ohme) - Director: Joachim Gürtner (Radio play series: Neumann, ring twice - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1975: Joachim Witte : Die Schlange (Frau Lange) - Director: Joachim Witte (Radio play series: Neumann, ring twice - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1976: Mark Twain : The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mary Jane) - Director: Theodor Popp (Children's radio play - Litera )
  • 1977: Barbara Neuhaus : Schweigegeld - Director: Joachim Witte (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1978: Inge Ristock : New excitement around Jörg (mother) - Director: Inge Ristock (radio play series: Neumann, ring twice - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1978: Erika Runge : The metamorphoses of a hardworking, always reliable and ultimately inconspicuous chief secretary - Director: Peter Groeger (radio play - Rundfunk der DDR)
  • 1979: Wolfgang Stemmler : Non-smokers in ten days (Frau Kallweit) - Director: Joachim Gürtner (radio play series: Neumann, ring twice - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1980: Jorge Amado : The Striped Kater and the Swallow Sinhá (Swallow Mother) - Director: Manfred Täubert (children's radio play - GDR radio)
  • 1983: Hans Christian Andersen : Die Schneekönigin (Snow Queen) - Director: Uwe Haacke (Children's radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1986: Stephan Göritz : The speaking image (Madame Giraud) - Director: Uwe Haacke (detective radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1987: Jörg Berrouschot : Kasper and the dragon Feuerspei (Müllerin) - Director: Rüdiger Show (children's radio play / short radio play - radio of the GDR)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Waltraut Kramm biography at DEFA sterne
  2. a b Waltraut Kramm radio play roles at Discogs
  3. Three hazelnuts for Cinderella (The participants → cast → voice actors)