Käthe Haack

Käthe Haack
Born	Käte Lisbeth Minna Sophie Isolde Haack (1897-08-11)11 August 1897 Berlin, Germany
Died	5 May 1986(1986-05-05) (aged 88) Berlin, Germany
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1914–1985
Spouse	Heinrich Schroth
Children	Hannelore Schroth

Käthe Haack (11 August 1897 – 5 May 1986) was a German stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 200 films and 30 television productions between 1915 and 1985.

Life and career

Käthe Haack was born Käte Lisbeth Minna Sophie Isolde Haack in Berlin, Germany. After finishing school education, Käthe Haack had her first engagement as an actress in Göttingen. Since 1915, she regularly appeared in Berlin theatres like Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Volksbühne and Deutsches Theater. Between 1934 and 1945, she worked at the Konzerthaus Berlin under direction of Gustaf Gründgens. She also appeared in the original production of The Captain of Köpenick. Haack remained in demand as a stage actress for the rest of her life, for example as Mrs. Higgins in My Fair Lady during the 1960s.

Haack started her film career as early as 1915 with the Max Mack's silent film Der Katzensteg. She mostly played love interests during the silent era, later she successfully transitioned to character roles as a mother, wife, grandmother or wealthy lady. Among her best-known film roles is Baronin Münchhausen in Münchhausen (1943), an expensive film adaption about Baron Munchausen starring Hans Albers. She also appeared in Emil and the Detectives (1931), No Greater Love (1952) and The Last Pedestrian (1960). Haack played her last role in the television series Ein Heim für Tiere in 1985, 70 years after her film career had started.

She was married to actor Heinrich Schroth since 1922, with whom she had a daughter, actress Hannelore Schroth in 1922.

Selected filmography

• The Knitting Needles (1916)
• Dr. Hart's Diary (1917)
• The Rat (1918)
• Your Big Secret (1918)
• The Son of Hannibal (1918)
• The Gambler (1919)
• Algol (1920)
• Demon Blood (1920)
• The Yellow Diplomat (1920)
• The Drums of Asia (1921)
• The Love Nest (1922)
• Youth (1922)
• William Tell (1923)
• The Sensational Trial (1923)
• My Leopold (1924)
• Hedda Gabler (1925)
• Leap Into Life (1924)
• Living Buddhas (1925)
• The Marriage Swindler (1925)
• Children of No Importance (1926)
• Wrath of the Seas (1926)
• People to Each Other (1926)
• Sister Veronika (1927)
• Benno Stehkragen (1927)
• The Catwalk (1927)
• Under the Lantern (1928)
• Scandalous Eva (1930)
• Alraune (1930)
• Berlin-Alexanderplatz (1931)
• The Captain from Köpenick (1931)
• Emil and the Detectives (1931)
• Tannenberg (1932)
• Night Convoy (1932)
• The Beautiful Adventure (1932)
• Quick (1932)
• Love Must Be Understood (1933)
• The Gentleman from Maxim's (1933)
• Dream of the Rhine (1933)
• The Black Whale (1934)
• Hearts are Trumps (1934)
• The Four Musketeers (1934)
• William Tell (1934)
• Pygmalion (1935)
• Thunder, Lightning and Sunshine (1936)
• Family Parade (1936)
• A Woman of No Importance (1936)
• The Deruga Case (1938)
• The False Step (1939)
• Two in a Big City (1942)
• Münchhausen (1943)
• Wild Bird (1943)
• Love Letters (1944)
• And If We Should Meet Again (1947)
• Dangerous Guests (1949)
• An Everyday Story (1948)
• Keepers of the Night (1949)
• The Great Mandarin (1949)
• The Appeal to Conscience (1949)
• The Beaver Coat (1949)
• Gabriela (1950)
• The Girl from the South Seas (1950)
• Unknown Sender (1950)
• Queen of the Night (1951)
• Maya of the Seven Veils (1951)
• When the Evening Bells Ring (1951)
• My Friend the Thief (1951)
• No Greater Love (1952)
• The Smugglers' Banquet (1952)
• Shooting Stars (1952)
• Homesick for You (1952)
• The Prince of Pappenheim (1952)
• The Day Before the Wedding (1952)
• I'm Waiting for You (1952)
• We'll Talk About Love Later (1953)
• Everything for Father (1953)
• Rose-Girl Resli (1954)
• The Great Lola (1954)
• The Seven Dresses of Katrin (1954)
• Fireworks (1954)
• Homesick for Germany (1954)
• The Country Schoolmaster (1954)
• I'll See You at Lake Constance (1956)
• The Big Chance (1957)
• The Last Pedestrian (1960)
• Death and Diamonds (1968)
• Our Doctor is the Best (1969)
• The Pedestrian (1973)
• Grete Minde (1977)

External links

• Käthe Haack at IMDb
• Käthe Haack at Find a Grave
• Photographs and literature