Willi Kleinoschegg

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Wilhelm Kleinoschegg (born December 20, 1885 in Graz , Austria-Hungary , † September 1, 1955 in Dresden ) was a German actor .

Life

Grave of Willi Kleinoschegg in the Dresden-Weißer Hirsch forest cemetery

Willi Kleinoschegg began his acting training at the Burgtheater in Vienna and later continued it at the Reichersche Drama School in Berlin. He was tutored by Alexander Strakosch and Adolph L'Arronge . He then appeared on various stages in Bielefeld, Jena, Hirschberg and Aachen, where he played heroes and adolescent lovers. In 1913 he moved to Dresden and worked at what was then the Albert Theater under director Maximus Rene. In 1915, discovered by Artistic Director Nikolaus Graf von Seebach , he moved to the Dresden Court Theater . He worked at the Saxon State Theaters in Dresden for almost forty years . For his portrayal of Lenin in Nikolai Pogodin's play The Glockenspiel des Kremlin , he was awarded the GDR National Prize in 1951 .

Kleinoschegg made his film debut in 1918 in a supporting role in Rudi Bach's silent film Poor Little Eva , a film adaptation of Paul Langenscheidt 's novel of the same name on the subject of abortion, which was later censored and shortened. Only at the end of his acting career was Kleinoschegg back on the screen. He played the role of the father of a main character in two literary adaptations produced by DEFA : first in 1951 in Corinna Schmidt (after Theodor Fontane's wife Jenny Treibel ) and in 1954 in Pole Poppenspäler .

Willi Kleinoschegg died in 1955. He found his final resting place at the Weißer Hirsch forest cemetery in Dresden.

Filmography

theatre

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Berliner Zeitung of October 18, 1951; P. 3
  2. ^ Berliner Zeitung of September 6, 1955; P. 4
  3. ↑ Willi Kleinoschegg In: Our National Prize Winners 1951. Cultural Association for the Democratic Renewal of Germany, Berlin 1952.
personal data
SURNAME Kleinoschegg, Willi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kleinoschegg, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 1955
Place of death Dresden