Käthe Haack
Kate Lisbeth Minna Sophie Isolde Haack, also Kate Haack, ( born August 11, 1897 in Berlin, German Empire; † 5 May 1986 as Berlin, Germany ) was a German actress who could look back on an almost 70-year film career. During this time she acted in some 230 film and television productions.
Life
Käthe Haack was the daughter of the cloth merchant and Berlin city councilor Paul Karl Wilhelm Haack and his wife Sophie Margarethe, née Jahn. After attending a private Charlottenburg Lyceum she took acting classes at Seraphine Détschy and Hans Kaufmann. In 1914 she received her first engagement at the Stadttheater Göttingen. In 1915 she played mainly in Berlin. There she was particularly at the stages of Victor Barnowsky on, also at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm, Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Hebbel Theater, theater in the Hradec Kralove Street, Volksbühne Berlin, Deutsches Theater.
Her roles included Johanna in The Lonely Way, Anni in Ferenc Molnár's play in the castle, Clara at the premiere of The Merry Vineyard 1925 and Mayor Gülstorff at the premiere of The Captain from Köpenick at the Deutsches Theater in 1931 under the direction of Heinz Hilpert. 1935 to 1944 she was engaged at the Prussian State Theater in Berlin under the direction of Gustaf.
Already in 1915 she completed her first film appearance. As an extremely versatile actress, she received numerous offers and role could her career even after the end of the silent era to continue. She played in 1943 on the side of Hans Albers in the Baroness Munchausen Munchausen ( 1943). Just as well she managed the transition from specialist young naive in that of wife and mother. Last time was Käthe Haack, who was still successful as a stage actress in Berlin to experience as elderly lady of distinction in television dramas.
Important postwar roles in theater were Mrs. Antrobus in We are once again got away (1946, Hebbel Theatre ), Gina Ekdal in The Wild Duck (1948, Renaissance Theatre ), Mrs. Higgins in My Fair Lady (1963, touring with 1500 performances), and Luise mask in Carl Sternheim's The Snob (1966, Renaissance Theatre ). In addition, Haack appeared in numerous pieces with Boulevard. Guest performances have taken her to Munich at the Little Comedy at the Max II
Käthe Haack was with the actor Heinrich Schroth (1871-1945) married. Her daughter Hannelore Schroth (1922-1987) and her stepson Carl -Heinz Schroth (1902-1989) were also well-known actors.
It rests in the cemetery military road in Berlin, next to her daughter.