Gisela May
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Gisela May is a German actress and singer born May 31, 1924, in Wetzlar, Rhine Province.
May studied at the drama school in Leipzig. She was employed for nine years at various theatres, including the State Theatre of Schwerin and the State Theatre in Halle. Starting in 1951, she performed at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, Max Reinhardt's former workplace, where she played a variety of roles.
In 1962, May moved to Bertolt Brecht's theatre group, the Berliner Ensemble, and stayed for 30 years. While there she played a variety of roles, including Madame Cabet in The Days of the Commune, Mrs Peachum in The Threepenny Opera, Mrs Kopecka in Schweik in the Second World War, and Mother Courage in Mother Courage and Her Children. Since 1992, May has free-lanced, often working at Berlin's Renaissance Theatre.
Awards
- 1962: Clara-Zetkin-Medaille[1]
- 1991 Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Award) Film Award in Gold for outstanding individual achievement: Category actress for: Die Hallo-Sisters (1990)[2]
- 2002 Bundesverdienstkreuz
References
- ^ Akademie der Künste: Gisela May - Auszeichnungen und Preise
- ^ imdb awards Accessed August 6, 2008
External links
- Akademie der Künste: Gisela May - Auszeichnungen und Preise
- May personal webpage accessed November 13, 2009
- imdb
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- Articles sourced by IMDb from August 2008
- 1924 births
- Living people
- People from Wetzlar
- People from the Rhine Province
- German stage actresses
- German female singers
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit
- Recipients of the Star of People's Friendship
- Recipients of the National Prize of East Germany
- Best Actress German Film Award winners
- Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Members of the Academy of the Arts, Berlin