Helene Weigel
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 12 May 1900
- Died
- 6 May 1971
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Kinderzeichnungen zu Brecht
- Chronik der Aufführungen und Gastspiele, 1949 bis 1961
- Helene Weigel liest Gedichte und Prosa von Bertolt Brecht
- Helene Weigel zu Ehren
- "Wir sind zu berühmt, um überall hinzugehen"
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Helene Weigel (12 May 1900, Vienna – 6 May 1971, East Berlin) was a distinguished German actress. She was the second wife of Bertolt Brecht, and together they had a son Stefan Brecht (3 November 1924-13 April 2009) and daughter Barbara Brecht-Schall (born 28 October 1930). The daughter of a Jewish lawyer, she became a Communist Party member from 1930 and Artistic Director of the Berliner Ensemble after her husband Brecht's death in 1956. Among the Brecht roles she is most noted for creating: Pe
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Helene
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- German Democratic Republic
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- East Berlin
- Spouse
- Bertolt Brecht
- Political party
- Communist Party of Germany
- Languages spoken
- German
- Image
- Fotothek df Pk 89.jpg
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- Commons category
- Helene Weigel
- date of birth
- 1900-05-12
- name in native language
- Helene Weigel
- place of burial
- Dorotheenstadt Cemetery
- date of death
- 1971-05-06
- member of
- Academy of Arts of the GDR
- P12749
- Susanne Bobzien
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