Liesl Karlstadt
Liesl Karlstadt (actually Elizabeth Wellano; born December 12, 1892 in Munich, † July 27, 1960 in Garmisch ) was a German soubrette, actress and comedienne. It formed together with Karl Valentin one of the well-known German comedian duo in the 20th century.
Life
Elisabeth Wellano was born the fifth of nine children of Italian -born baker in Schwabing. She started as a shop in the newly established department store of Hermann Tietz ( Hertie ), but that did not satisfy the music gifted girls. You who spoke several musical instruments, it moved to the " boards that mean the world." At 17, she came to the Munich folk singers and from there to the Volksbühne and cabaret. In 1911 she met Karl Valentin, for she and her ladies trio played the opening act during his appearance in the " Frankfurter Hof " as a soubrette. Valentin erspürte in the kitsch of the lyrics, the comic talent of the singer, also found as a man liking to the young artist and made her his stage partner. Your artist name " Liesl Karlstadt " she has selected along with Karl Valentin in accordance with the then very famous Munich Gesangshumoristen Karl Maxstadt. Maxstadt (Karl Maxstadt was his real birth name ) was Valentin's idol and has encouraged him to some of his scenes and couplets.
In the 25 years of their collaboration emerged approximately 400 sketches and comedies. She discovered many times to the part to unravel a bizarre and chaotic situation by common sense and feminine intuition. The scene around the Buchbinder Wanninger went even as a household word for multiple connecting the phone in the vernacular.
Liesl Karlstadt was not only a partner, but also an intellectual focal point for dialogues and skits organized, soufflé and helped the hypochondriac assessed eccentrics Valentin and mentally to make ends meet. In appearances in the Berlin cabaret comedian both celebrated at the time of the Weimar Republic triumphs. During the Nazi era, it was silent around them.
With the strip mysteries of a hairdressing salon ( rotated by Erich Engel and Bertolt Brecht), the cinematic oeuvre of the comedian couple began. Cinematically get them in the opera film The Bartered Bride (1932 ) by director Max Ophüls the best sequences.
When Karl Valentin be in 1934 and all their assets in a dubious museum project ( Panopticon ) and stuck with it went bust, then also appeared with Anne Marie Fischer as a new partner, she fell into a deep crisis. The role of the always good-humored gaiety and they could no longer play. She saw no way out and tried on 6 April 1935, the end with a dip in the river Isar. It was a long hospital stay during which it became clear that not only the many role changes, but above all to close ties to her stage partner, the married father of Karl Valentin, all her energy had overtaxed.
The war years were spent Liesl Karlstadt, disguised as a private Gustl in a mountain unit, where she was responsible for the mules.
In January 1948, she appeared again along with Karl Valentin on Bunte Würfl. According to Karl Valentin's death (1948 ) Liesl Karlstadt was also engaged in serious roles in the Munich Chamber games and the Residenz Theater. She also acted in entertaining films. Bayerischer Rundfunk offered their popularity first in 1948 with the radio series Brumml Tales and later with the radio series Brandl family a stage. With Beppo Brem she turned in 1956 the first commercial ( for a detergent ) on TV.
Liesl Karlstadt died in late July 1960 at the age of 67 of a cerebral hemorrhage and was buried in the cemetery in Munich Bogenhausener ( grave wall on the left No. 5). On the Viktualienmarkt in Munich remind fountain at Karl Valentin and Liesl Karlstadt. In addition, the Valentin- Karlstadt- Musäum is dedicated to the two comedians.
Films (selection )
Movie Documentary
- " Liesl Karlstadt and Karl Valentin", feature film by Jo Baier, Production: BR. With John Herrschmann, Hannah heart jump, including filmed at the Bavaria Film Studios and Sendlinger Danklstraße. Premiere: June 25, 2008 at the Munich Film Festival.