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Helene Weigel(1900-1971)

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  • Costume and Wardrobe Department
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Helene Weigel was born on 12 May 1900 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for Mother Courage and Her Children (1961), Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (1955) and Señora Carrar's Rifles (1953). She was married to Bertolt Brecht. She died on 6 May 1971 in East Berlin, East Germany.
BornMay 12, 1900
DiedMay 6, 1971(70)
BornMay 12, 1900
DiedMay 6, 1971(70)
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Known for

Mother Courage and Her Children (1961)
Mother Courage and Her Children
7.9
  • Mutter Courage
  • 1961
Simone Signoret and Helene Weigel in Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (1955)
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder
6.2
Short
  • Mutter Courage
  • 1955
Señora Carrar's Rifles
8.9
TV Movie
  • Teresa Carrar
  • 1953
Mother (1958)
Mother
7.4
  • Pelagewa Wlassowa
  • 1958

Credits

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Actress

  • Aus unserer Zeit (1970)
    Aus unserer Zeit
    8.0
    • Narrator (voice)
    • 1970
  • Die Gesichte der Simone Machard
    TV Movie
    • Marie Soupeau
    • Königinmutter Isabeau
    • 1968
  • Die Ermittlung - Oratorium in 11 Gesängen
    8.3
    TV Movie
    • Zeugin 5
    • 1966
  • Frau Flinz
    TV Movie
    • Martha Flinz
    • 1962
  • Mother Courage and Her Children (1961)
    Mother Courage and Her Children
    7.9
    • Mutter Courage
    • 1961
  • Mother (1958)
    Mother
    7.4
    • Pelagewa Wlassowa
    • 1958
  • Katzgraben
    7.0
    • Frau Großmann
    • 1957
  • Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder - Eine Chronik aus dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg in 12 Bildern von Bertolt Brecht
    TV Movie
    • Anna Fierling, Marketenderin, genannt Mutter Courage
    • 1957
  • Simone Signoret and Helene Weigel in Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (1955)
    Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder
    6.2
    Short
    • Mutter Courage
    • 1955
  • Mein Kind
    Short
    • Narrator (voice)
    • 1955
  • Señora Carrar's Rifles
    8.9
    TV Movie
    • Teresa Carrar
    • 1953
  • Spencer Tracy and Signe Hasso in The Seventh Cross (1944)
    The Seventh Cross
    7.4
    • Janitress (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? (1932)
    Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?
    6.6
    • Ballad Singer (voice)
    • 1932
  • Peter Lorre in A Man's a Man (1931)
    A Man's a Man
    6.4
    • Leokadja Begbick
    • 1931
  • Brigitte Helm in Metropolis (1927)
    Metropolis
    8.3
    • Arbeiterin
    • Working Woman (uncredited)
    • 1927

Costume Department

  • Leben des Galilei
    7.5
    Short
    • wardrobe mistress
    • 1947

Script and Continuity Department

  • Gregory Peck, Ethel Barrymore, Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn, Ann Todd, Louis Jourdan, and Alida Valli in The Paradine Case (1947)
    The Paradine Case
    6.5
    • continuity (uncredited)
    • 1947

Personal details

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  • Born
    • May 12, 1900
    • Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
  • Died
    • May 6, 1971
    • East Berlin, East Germany(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Bertolt BrechtApril 10, 1929 - August 14, 1956 (his death, 2 children)
  • Children
      Barbara Berg
  • Relatives
      Jenny Schall(Grandchild)
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    • 3 Portrayals

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    Had two children with Bertolt Brecht: Stefan Becht (born in 1924) and Barbara Berg (born in 1930).

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