!!!Weigel, Helene

Weigel, Helene, b. Vienna, May 12, 1900, d.  Berlin 
(Germany), May 6, 1971. Actress, theatre manager. Studied for the 
stage in Vienna, then went to Frankfurt in 1918, later to M.  
Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater in Berlin. 1923 first worked with her 
future husband B. Brecht, with whom she emigrated to the USA. 1948 
returned to East Berlin, where she founded the "Berliner 
Ensemble" in 1949 together with B. Brecht, which she managed 
until her death.

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Work: "Wir sind zu beruehmt, um ueberall hinzugehen". 
Briefwechsel 1935-71, 2000.

!Literature
W. Pintzka (ed.), Die Schauspielerin H. W., 1959; V. 
Tenschert, Die W., 1981; W. Hecht, H. W., 2000; S. Kebir, Abstieg 
in den Ruhm. H. W., eine Biographie, 2000; C. Stern, Maenner 
lieben anders. H. W. und B. Brecht, 2000.


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