Ruth Niehaus
Ruth Hildegard Rosemarie Niehaus, bourgeois Ruth Lissner, ( born July 11, 1925 in Krefeld, † September 24, 1994 in Hamburg) was a German actress and director.
Life
Her parents were Elizabeth Niehaus, born Nettesheim, and the engineer Fritz Niehaus. Her brother was the Munich surgeon Helmut Niehaus ( 1928-1994 ). Ruth Niehaus grew in the garden city Meererbusch, today Meerbusch on.
After graduating from the school in Dusseldorf Luis visited the local drama school under Peter Esser. She received stage engagements in Krefeld, Oldenburg, Berlin, Basel, Dusseldorf at Gustaf, Munich, the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg (1964-1968) with Oscar Fritz Schuh and at the Burgtheater in Vienna.
Ruth Niehaus was " the Rita Hayworth of German films of the 1950s " called, was considered Fräuleinwunder and was in the 1950s, the title Girl, the Titelvamp, the title Lady of "Star" and "Film and woman" and was one of the great movie stars of the 1950s. In 1950 she learned in Hamburg U.S. actor Orson Welles know who wanted to take her and get married to Hollywood, but Ruth Niehaus remained in Germany and declined the offer. In 1964, she was photographed by the distinguished photographer Peter Basch in his studio in New York and displayed in his book " Young beauty ".
In addition, she participated in the dragon's lair in radio drama productions such as The Three Investigators and the scar face and TKKG Episode 19, the treasure. She also had guest appearances on television shows such as, but with Hans -Joachim Kulenkampff in "One will win " (1985 ) or at Heinz Schenk " Zum Blauen Bock " (1982)
1988 and 1990, she went in search of clues to China, only to discover more about the life of her late husband, the journalist and longtime editor in chief of the magazine crystal, Ivar Lissner. She wrote a screenplay about his life, which could just finish before her death. In 1994, she wanted to take a role on television again; to this, it never came to that because of their disease.
Ruth Niehaus was the great-aunt of actress Valerie Niehaus.
Stage engagements
As a respectable character actress Ruth Niehaus was seen on all major platforms. Your theater career began in 1947-1948 at the Stadttheater Krefeld, 1948-1949 Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, 1949-1950 Oldenburgisches State Theatre, 1952-1954 at Gründgens in Dusseldorf, from 17 July to 7 August 1954 in Heilbronn Gretchen.1955 as it was at committed the Hamburg chamber of games and also played at the municipal stages in Wuppertal, 1957 she stood at the Luisenburg Festival in Wunsiedel as " Kathy of Heilbronn " on the stage and also played at the Festival at Schwäbisch Hall 1957 " Gretchen ", where she played the St. Joan. In 1959, she played the " Gretchen " in 1961 and 1962, the role of " Titania " in "A Midsummer Night's Dream " by William Shakespeare at the Festival in the abbey ruins in Bad Hersfeld. In 1959 she played at the Burgtheater in Vienna and from 1964 to 1968 with Oscar Fritz Schuh at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. In Hamburg she stirred the author Jean Cocteau present through their representation of " Eurydice " in his play " Orpheus " to tears. In 1959 she was engaged as " Nathalie " in " Prince of Homburg " at the Burgtheater in Vienna. Your most successful years were from 1964 to 1968 at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. In 1987, she celebrated her 40th anniversary on stage. By 1992, Ruth Niehaus was on stage.
Her big roles were: Johanna ( The Maid of Orleans ), Gretchen ( fist), Pippa ( And Pippa Dances ), Ophelia (Hamlet), Mrs. de Winter, Desdemona ( Othello ), Medea, Gigi uva
In 1948, Ruth Niehaus belonged to the ensemble of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg.
Important stage roles at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus were:
In 1968, Ruth Niehaus, together with the director Oscar Fritz Schuh, the Hamburg Schauspielhaus and embodied further roles in productions shoe. Until his death in 1984 shoe was one of the closest friends of the artist.
Film roles
In 1951 she gave the house in Montevideo, the daughter of the embodied by Goetz and his wife Valérie von Martens main characters her feature film debut in the film adaptation Curt Goetz. In the same year she starred opposite OW Fischer and Liselotte Pulver in Heidelberg romance. A year later she received in the drama roses blooming on the grave next to heath Hermann Schomberg already her first starring role. This unusually dark home movie that clearly stood out from the former cinema clothing, is one of the highlights of Niehaus ' film career. This film is often shown by the Goethe Institutes abroad. There were several lead roles in productions such as rose Monday, alongside Dietmar Schönherr ( directed by Willy Birgel ) At first it was a sin ( according to Guy de Maupassant ), path of no return (next to Ivan Desny ) (1954 German Film Award ) and student Helene Willfuer next Hans Sohnker, Elma and Harald Juhnke Karlowa ( by Vicki Baum ). In 1960 she was in Argentina for the production of "Cavalcade " in front of the camera. Important to her was her passion, the theater, where she had long since established itself as a reputable and versatile character actress.
At the beginning of the 1960s, Ruth Niehaus withdrew largely from the film business and took only sporadic roles in film and television productions such as the Erich Kästner adaptation Fabian, the scene sequence Miriam as well as episodes of the television series The Old Man and Sonderdezernat K1. In 1987 she was seen in the role of Anna in addition to Heinz Baumann in the production of Wolfgang Menge and Horst Königstein " imperial capital - private" in 1988, she turned with Königstein together the film portrait " A king in his kingdom " about her longtime friend, the HÖRZU founder Eduard Rhein. 1989 turned the ARD in the series " womanizing " a portrait of Ruth Niehaus. She played her last role in the theatrical production of Detlev Buck "We can also different," in 1991.
Directing
Also as director, she made a name. In 1994, she received along with Christa Also - Schwelk for the documentary Jeffrey - Between Life and Death of the Media Prize of the German AIDS Foundation. With Christa Also - Schwelk " Höchstpersönlich " she also realized other projects on TV.
As a theater director, she was also successful, so they staged in 1987 "Rebecca" at the Munich Chamber games.
Private
1950 married Ruth Niehaus journalists and writers Ivar Lissner ( 1909-1967 ). Lissner was chief editor of the magazine " crystal " and wrote bestsellers such as " The Caesars ", " So you have lived " or "We are the West ". On September 4, 1967 Ivar Lissner died unexpectedly at the age of only 58 years in Chesieres sur Ollon. His grave is located on a small hilltop cemetery Chesieres Huémoz. In 1951, their daughter Imogen Lissner, today Imogen Jochem born. Ruth Niehaus had three grandchildren. The couple Niehaus Lissner had his first residence in Chesieres sur Ollon, Les Ecovets, in a chalet, 1300 m high, in Switzerland in close proximity to Jean Anouilh. Ruth Niehaus inhabited since 1950, also a small apartment in Hamburg Grindelwald skyscrapers. In the Swiss canton of Ticino she often visited her cottage in the village of Carona Casa Ivar, she moved in 1959.
Ruth Niehaus died in Hamburg on 24 September 1994 at the age of 69 years due to a serious illness. Buried it is in sea - Busch Buederich with their parents. Joseph Beuys in 1951 the grave stone for the family plot designed, which is reminiscent of the father of Ruth Niehaus, Dr. Fritz Niehaus. Beuys had lived in the house of the Niehaus family in sea bush, On Willer 3, 1948. The Hamburg-based architect Hans Jochem 1995 a grave plate for Ruth Niehaus and her mother Elizabeth Niehaus designed so that the Beuys grave stone remained unchanged. The EUROGA Art Trail leads directly to the grave of the Niehaus family.
Blows for Ruth Niehaus was the early death of her father in 1950, her husband's death in 1967, the death of her closest friends Oscar Fritz Schuh, 1984 and Eduard Rhein, 1993. Three months before her own death, her brother died.
Films (selection )
Honors
- Ruth Niehaus Street in Meerbusch