Dorsch, Käthe#

b. St. Peter near Nuremberg (Germany), Dec. 29, 1890, d. Vienna, Dec. 25, 1957. Kammerschauspielerin, wife of actor Harry Liedtke (1882-1945); at first played soubrettes in operettas; actress in Vienna from 1927; performed at Volkstheater (1936-1939) then at Burgtheater (played Elisabeth in "Maria Stuart", Marguerite Gautier in "Camille", Frau Alving in "Die Gespenster"); also appeared in films; aroused great attention when she slapped the critic H. Weigel in public in 1956.

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