Korb, Irene

ACTOR (GERMANY)
BORN 7 Jun 1923, Dresden, Sachsen - DIED 9 Dec 1978, Hamburg
GRAVE LOCATION Kleinmachnow (near Berlin), Brandenburg: Waldfriedhof Kleinmachnow

Irene Korb was educated at the Conservatory in Dresden. She debuted in 1942 in Liegnitz and held engagements at the stages of Cottbus, Berlin, Potsdam and Dresden. In 1949 she debuted in the movies in Wolfgang Staudtes "Rotation". In 1950 she received the National Prize of the DDR for her par in "Unser täglich Brot".

Her first husband was the actor Gerd Frickhöffer, her second husband was the director Hans-Erich Korbschmitt.

Images

The grave of Irene Korb at the Waldfriedhof, Kleinmachnow.
Picture by Androom (28 Jan 2008)

 

Sources
Irene Korb - Wikipedia (DE)


Körber, Hilde

Published: 18 Apr 2016
Last update: 14 Feb 2022