Wolfgang Jaster

Wolfgang Jaster (* 1938 in Potsdam ; † July 13, 2013 in Bad Belzig ) was a German actor and clown .

Life

Before the diminutive Wolfgang Jaster became known as an actor and clown , the German studies graduate worked as a history teacher and as director of the Potsdam - Babelsberg district culture center . He received his first film role in 1968 in the DEFA film Hauptmann Florian von der Mühle . In 1980 he met Wolfgang Lasch at the circus in Leipzig , with whom he was on stage as the clown Eddy until 2002, not only in the GDR , but also in England , Poland , Russia and Croatia . In 1993 they were invited to the reception of the Spanish King as ambassadors for Potsdam during the World Exhibition in Seville .

Wolfgang Jaster was married to the short actress Gudrun Jaster , with whom he had many joint appearances and who died before him.

Filmography

• 1968: Captain Florian von der Mühle
• 1975: Till Eulenspiegel
• 1975: The Wild Duck (theater recording)
• 1976: Die Regentrude (TV movie)
• 1977: Chess von Wuthenow (TV movie)
• 1977: The Rabbit Keeper (TV movie)
• 1979: Ignition, the fire department arrives
• 1979: Snow White and Rose Red
• 1981: When Unku was Ede's girlfriend
• 1989: The story of the goose princess and her faithful horse Falada
• 1992: Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Dwarfs (TV series, four of eight parts)

theatre

• 1973: Henrik Ibsen : Die Wildente (service staff) - Director: Manfred Karge / Matthias Langhoff ( Volksbühne Berlin )
• 1981: Peter Hacks : Poor Knight (Thirteenth Dragon Head / Court Jester) - Director: Karin Gregorek ( Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin )
• 1985: Bedřich Smetana : The Bartered Bride - Director: Harry Kupfer ( Komische Oper Berlin )
• 1993: Luigi Pirandello : The Giants from the Mountains (Dwarf Quaqueo) - Director: Rolf Winkelgrund (Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin)

Web links

• Wolfgang Jaster in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Wolfgang Jaster at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Berliner Zeitung of October 15, 1991, p. 18
2. ↑ Neues Deutschland, December 8, 1965, p. 4
3. ↑ Jana Haase: The little man with the briefcase. The Potsdam clown Locci mourns his clown partner Eddy. In: Potsdam's latest news . August 12, 2013. Retrieved August 24, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Clown Locci is reminiscent of clown Eddy. Farewell to Wolfgang Jaster alias Eddy. In: Potsdam's latest news . November 21, 2013, accessed August 24, 2018 .