Margarete Kupfer
Margarete copper ( born April 10, 1881 in Frey city, today Kożuchów, † May 11, 1953 in Berlin, native copper Margaret Schmid) was a German actress.
Life and career
She came from a family of actors and debuted without any acting training in 1900 at the Nuscha - Butze theater, the theater later on Schiffbauerdamm. She made soon after a tour in the Netherlands and entered into New York at Irving Place Theatre on.
From 1907 to 1925 she was a member of the ensemble of the Deutsches Theater in Berlin under Max Reinhardt. By Robert Wiene she came to film and initially played as the theater mainly in the role of the professional salon lady. Later the little buxom actress portrayed as supporting actress mainly aunts, mothers, neighbors, housekeepers, room landlords and landladies. In this way, Margarete copper was involved in over 150 silent and sound films, most recently, especially in comic roles elderly. In addition, she also worked for the radio
After the Second World War she acted again at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm. For the East German DEFA film production company she joined in two film productions before the camera, in Hans Deppe's post-war comedy No Place for Love (1947 ) and the thriller trains irregular ( 1951), directed by Erich friend. In 1952 she was awarded the National Prize of the GDR.