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Dorothea Wieck

Acting Born Jan 3, 1908 Davos, Switzerland 24 credits

Biography

Dorothea Wieck, born Dora Bertha Olavia Wieck (3 January 1908 in Davos, Switzerland – 20 February 1986 in Berlin, West Germany), was a German theatre and film actress.

Wieck launched her acting career on stage in 1924 and made her screen debut in German films in 1926, appearing in several silent films. She became widely known through her leading role in the 1931 film Mädchen in Uniform (Girls in Uniform). Her American film debut came in Cradle Song (1933).

Wieck appeared in around 50 films and played on the stages of many large theatres, notably at the Deutsches Theater and the Schillertheater, Berlin. She also worked as a theatre director. After World War II, she appeared in films only in supporting roles, and she withdrew from films almost entirely in the early 1960s. In 1973, Wieck received the Film Ribbon in Gold of the Deutscher Filmpreis for long and outstanding achievements in German film.

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Known for

The Commissioner

as Frau Born

The Commissioner

as Irene Tucha
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German Film Award

as Self
Film

Brainwashed

as Countess (uncredited)
Film

Der Froschkönig

as Fürstin Taun

Bill Brand

as Miss von Bernburg

Donkey Kong Country

as Mabel Miller

Full filmography

  • The Commissioner (1969) as Frau Born
  • The Commissioner (1969) as Irene Tucha
  • German Film Award (1951) as Self
  • Brainwashed (1960) as Countess (uncredited)
  • Unternehmen Schlafsack (1955)
  • Der Froschkönig (1954) as Fürstin Taun
  • Andreas Schlüter (1942) as Kurfürstin Charlotte
  • Der Fremdenlegionär (1928) as Lore
  • Mädchen in Uniform (1931) as Miss von Bernburg
  • Countess Mariza (1932) as Gräfin Mariza
  • A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958) as Frau Lieser
  • Love Can Lie (1937) as Sigrid Mallé
  • Die unmögliche Frau (1936) as Ileana Manescu
  • A Mad Idea (1932) as Mabel Miller
  • Streak of Steel (1935) as Enja
  • Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt (1962)
  • Theodor Körner (1932) as Toni Adamberger
  • Anna and Elizabeth (1933) as Elisabeth, Gutsherrin von Salis
  • Liselotte of the Palatinate (1935) as Madame de Maintenon
  • Sturmflut (1927)
  • Bäume sterben aufrecht (1967) as Großmutter
  • The Fourth Did Not Show Up (1939) as Dr. med. Irene Andersen
  • The Green Salon (1944) as Edith Retzlaff, geb. Bütow
  • Teilnehmer antwortet nicht (1932) as Doris