Marbach, Johanna Rosalie

ACTOR (GERMANY)
BORN 4 Mar 1803 - DIED 12 Oct 1837, Leipzig
REAL NAME Wagner, Johanna Rosalie
GRAVE LOCATION Leipzig, Sachsen: Alter Johannisfriedhof (buried on the North site, tombstone now on different location)

Sister of the composer Richard Wagner. She was trained as a actress. After her stepfather Ludwig Geyer died she had to take care of the income of the family. In 1826 she obtained a contract in Prague and she moved together with her mother and her sisters to that city.

She was the first to play the part of Gretchen in Goethe's "Faust". In 1836 she married professor Oswald Marbach (1810-1890), but she died in 1837.

Family
• Mother: Wagner, Johanna Rosina
• Brother: Wagner, Richard

Related persons
• is brother/sister of Wagner, Richard

Sources
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Images

The grave of Johanna Wagner and Rosalie Marbach-Wagner at the Alter Johannisfriedhof, Leipzig.
Picture by Androom (08 Feb 2005)

 


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Published: 1 Jan 2006
Last update: 1 Jan 2008