Trude Hesterberg
Gertrud Johanna Dorothea Helene Hesterberg called Trude ( born 2 May 1892 in Berlin, † August 31, 1967 in Munich) was a German stage and film actress, cabaret, chanson singer, soubrette and operetta singer and founder and director of a cabaret stage. The Christian name Gertrud she changed from the beginning of her vocal training in Gertrude, because he had a more poetic tone ( Trude Hesterberg: What I wanted to say).
Life
1908-1921
Trude Hesterberg was initially educated privately by her aunt, an opera singer. First her father against the ambitions of his daughter balked, but then agreed to the free singing lessons to. Later, Ms. Brieger - Palm took over the vocal training, the cost of which the father agreed only reluctantly. Your first public appearance was in the context of student performance in the Beethoven hall in Berlin. Felix Mendelssohn, Robert accompanied them to this performance on the cello. Your classical vocal training, she began on 1 August 1911 at Rotmühl professor at the Stern Conservatory. The started teaching had to keep some time before her father secretly Trude. It financed the expensive lessons with the sale of home-grown strawberries and eggs their chickens. Although her father was against the teaching, Trude was continuing their education. Through her friendship with Suse Hollaender, the daughter of Gustav Hollaender, Director of the Stern Conservatory, learned Trude Suses uncle Felix Hollaender know. He helped her in 1912 to their first exposure to George Dandin by Moliere, on the side of Alexander Moissi. She took over the role of Climene and received a year commitment to the intimate theater in Berlin, as a singer, actress and dancer for a monthly fee of 115.00 marks.
Her first movie role in a silent film, she received in 1912 in the strip In the Golden Cage. At the same time they had smaller musical performances at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin and chansonniere in a cafe on Kurfürstendamm. In addition, she was cast in operetta roles. Other film roles and cabaret performances alternated. She performed at the famous Berlin conservatory (1915 ) and the cabaret Schall und Rauch (1919) with songs based on texts by Kurt Tucholsky, Friedrich Hollaender and Erich Kästner on.
1921-1945
In 1921, when Trude Hesterberg in the silent film Friedericus Rex got a role, she founded the Wild Stage, one of the first political- literary cabaret. As a writer in residence acted Walter Mehring, a permanent author was Leo Heller, her his book From pubs and dives (Delta -Verlag Berlin 1921) devoted. After a devastating fire in 1923 she was forced again to take operetta commitment. Although she never landed a starring role, Trude Hesterberg was also successful in the sound film, including storms of passion (1931 ) and A blond dream ( 1932). Heinrich Mann had actually thought they be entrusted with the leading role in The Blue Angel, but then other prevailed. Furthermore, she appeared in cabaret and on the Revue Stage: In the cabaret comedian she was also seen in various Charell - revues in the Grosses Schauspielhaus.
1933/1934 Trude Hesterberg founded in Berlin cabaret muse swing in the Pavilion Mascotte in Behrenstraße, where the young Rotraut Richter occurred temporarily, which was banned after a short time from the Reich Propaganda Ministry.
After 1945
After the war, Trude Hesterberg moved to Munich. There she had, inter alia, Guest appearances on Gärtnerplatztheater, for example, in the musical Fanny at the side of Christine Gorner. The artist looked even with some post-war films, including The Story of Little Mook (1953), Under the stars of Capri ( 1953), The Gypsy Baron ( 1954) and on the side of Heinz Riihmann and Heli Finkenzeller the postman Müller. In her will, she donated the Hesterberg ring for the best German chanson singer, which was first awarded in 1967.
Trude Hesterberg 1962 won the Film Award for " many years of excellent work in the German film ". This award was presented for the first time. Your dedicated a star on the Walk of Fame of Cabaret. At the age of 75 years Trude Hesterberg died on 31 August after a prolonged heart ailment in Munich. She is at the Munich North Cemetery buried ( grave No. 97 -U -197 ).