Koppenhöfer, Maria |
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BORN 11 Dec 1901, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg - DIED 29 Nov 1948, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg BIRTH NAME Koppenhöfer, Maria Johanna Julia CAUSE OF DEATH cancer GRAVE LOCATION Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg: Fangelsbachfriedhof, Cottastrasse (Abteilung 5) |
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Daughter of Franz Koppenhöfer (1866-1942), a hotel owner from Stuttgart. As a child she already wanted to become an actress. She took acting lessons in Stuttgart with Emmy Remold and she started her career in that city. After engagements in Munich and Cologne she went to the Deutsche Theater in Berlin in 1925. In 1926 she was engaged at the Staatstheater, where she became a Staatsschauspielerin (actress of state) in 1943. On 14 Sep 1928 she married Dr. Julius Halewicz in Berlin. On 7 May 1929 they had a daughter, Milenka, but after seven years their marriage ended in a divorce on 8 Jun 1936. She also had an active movie career, starting in 1931. In 1932 she appeared in "Unheimliche Geschichten" and in 1938 in "Der Berg ruft!". She was also in Leni Riefenstahl's "Tiefland" that was filmed in 1945 but not released before 1954. In 1945 her daughter Milenka died at the age of sixteen. After the war she was on the stage in Munich and in Frankfurt am Main. Her last part was that of "Aurelie" in Girardot's "Die Irre von Chaillot". For several years she had suffered from cancer and she died in 1948 in Heidelberg. She was buried in the family grave in Stuttgart. Related persons • was a friend of Dagover, Lil Events |
| 16/2/1932 | Premiere of Max Reinhardt's adaption of Hauptmann's "Vor Sonnenuntergang" at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. It was directed by Max Reinhardt. The scenery was designed by Ernst Schütte. The cast included Werner Krauss, Mathias Wieman, Hans Brausewetter, Eleonora von Mendelsson, Käthe Haack, Oskar Sima, Maria Koppenhöfer, Eduard von Winsterstein, Paul Henckels, Helene Fehdmer, Paul Otto, Paul Biensfeldt, Max Gülstorff, Ludwig Stössel and Helene Thimig. [Brausewetter, Hans][Fehdmer-Kayssler, Helene][Haack, Käthe][Krauss, Werner][Reinhardt, Max][Thimig, Helene][Winterstein, Eduard von] |
| 21/1/1933 | Premiere of Gustaf Gründgens adaption of Goethe's "Faust II" at the Schauspielhaus am Gendarmemarkt. Werner Krauss was Faust and Gründgens was Mephistopheles. Other actors were Hans Otto, Paul Bildt, Elenonora von Mendelssohn, Veit Harlan, Maria Koppenhöfer, Wolfgang Heinz and Elsa Wagner. [Bildt, Paul][Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von][Gründgens, Gustaf][Harlan, Veit][Krauss, Werner][Otto, Hans][Wagner, Elsa] |
| 15/11/1941 | Premiere of Gerhart Hauptmann's "Iphigenie in Delphi" at the Schauspielhaus in Berlin. It was staged on the 79th birthday of Hauptmann. Jürgen Fehling was the director and the cast included Hermine Körner, Maria Koppenhöfer, Bernhard Minetti, Gustav Knuth, Friedrich Kayssler, Franz Nicklisch and Ulrich Haupt. The music was written by Mark Lothar and Rochus Gliese was the stage designer. [Kayssler, Friedrich][Minetti, Bernhard] |
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 Maria Koppenhöfer. (1941-1944) Picture by Haenchen |
 Maria Koppenhöfer. (1939-1940) Picture by H. von Kujawa |
 The grave of Maria Koppenhöfer at the Fangelsbachfriedhof, Stuttgart. Picture by Androom (28 Jan 2010) |
 The grave of Maria Koppenhöfer at the Fangelsbachfriedhof, Stuttgart. Picture by Androom (28 Jan 2010) |
 Maria Koppenhöfer. (1941-1944) Picture by Foto Binz |
Sources • Blubacher, Thomas, Gibt es etwas Schöneres als Sehnsucht?, Die Geschwister Eleonora und Francesco von Mendelssohn, Henschel Verlag, Leipzig, 2008 • Maria Koppenhöfer • Iphigenie in Delphi (Drama – Wikipedia |
