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 Ruth Hellberg. (1939-1940) |
 The grave of Ruth Hellberg at the Landeseigener Friedhof Dahlem, Berlin. Picture by Androom (11 Aug 2020) |
Hellberg, Ruth |
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BORN 2 Nov 1906, Berlin - DIED 26 Apr 2001, Feldafing, Bayern BIRTH NAME Gribbohm, Ruth GRAVE LOCATION Berlin: Landeseigener Friedhof Dahlem, Königin-Luise-Straße 57 (Feld 008-144) |
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Ruth Hellberg was the illegitimate daughter of director Fritz Holl and actress Margarethe Hellberg. She debuted in 1923 at the Landestheater in Meiningen. Af that she worked in Hamburg where she met Gustaf Gründgens and at the Kammerspiele in Munich. Other stations were Königsberg, Leipzig and Vienna. From 1938 to 1945 she was engaged at the State Theatre in Berlin under the direction of Gustaf Gründgens. From a love affair with the actor Oskar Homolka she had a daughter, Christine, who died young. With Fritz Landshoff she had a son, Andreas (1930-2021). In 1933 she made her movie debut in "Was wissen denn Männer". In 1934 she married the actor and director Wolfgang Liebeneiner, who divorced her in 1944 to marry Hilde Krahl. Her biggest film success was in "Yvette" (1938) that was directed by Liebeneiner and included Zarah Leander and Heinrich Georg in its cast. After the Second World War she mostly worked in the theatre in Stuttgart, Wiesbaden, Munich and other cities. She died in 2001 in Feldafing near Munich and was buried in Berlin. Related persons • was a friend of Brecht, Bertolt • was the lover of Falckenberg, Otto • knew Gottschalk, Joachim • cooperated with Gründgens, Gustaf • loved Wedekind, Pamela Events |
| 10/10/1941 | The propaganda movie "Heimkehr" is released in Austria. The premiere in Berlin followed on 23 October 1941. It was an anti-Polish propaganda movie written by Gerhard Menzel based on a novel by Karl Hans and directed by Gustav Ucicky. The cast included Paula Wessely, Attilla Hörbiger, Peter Petersen (whose real name was Max Paulsen), Ruth Hellberg, Carl Raddatz, Otto Wernicke, Eduard Köck, Franz Pfaudler, Elsa Wagner, Hermann Erhardt, Werner Fuetterer and Berta Drews. Igo Sys casted the minor parts played by Jewish and Polish actors. He was shot in his appartment during the filming by members of the Polish resistance. [Hörbiger, Attila][Paulsen, Max][Raddatz, Carl][Ucicky, Gustav][Wagner, Elsa][Wessely, Paula] |
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Ruth Hellberg. (1939-1940) |
The grave of Ruth Hellberg at the Landeseigener Friedhof Dahlem, Berlin. Picture by Androom (11 Aug 2020) |
Sources • Blubacher, Thomas, Ich jammere nicht, ich schimpfe, Ruth Hellberg - Eind Jahrhundert Theater, Wallstein Verlag, 2018 • Ruth Hellberg - Wikipedia (DE) • Homecoming (1941 film) - Wikipedia (EN) • Porträt der Schauspielerin Ruth Hellberg by Thomas Staedeli |
