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Edith Schollwer

Acting Born Feb 12, 1904 Berlin, Germany 24 credits

Biography

Edith Lisette Juliane Hermine Schollwer was an actress known for Ein verdienter Staatsmann (1962), Der bunte Traum (1952) and Die rote Hand (1960). She was born on February 12th 1904 in Berlin, Germany, and died on October 1st 2002. She was married to Carl Jöken.

Schollwer was a leading German actress and singer, first on stage in 1927 with the Hamburger Flora-Varieté as a soubrette. She appeared in Berlin revues, cabaret and operettas, often in partnership with Richard Tauber. Popular in the 1950's and 60's in Berlin cabaret ("Die Insulaner"), she would appear on radio broadcasts for station RIAS and as a film and television character actress. She was famous for her "Insulaner Song", which became an anthem for the beleaguered citizens of West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. Schollwer also provided the dubbing voice for Margaret Rutherford, Angela Lansbury, Thelma Ritter and Mabel Albertson.

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Known for

Die Wicherts von nebenan

as Oma Käthe

Full filmography

  • Das Traumschiff (1981) as Agnes's Mother
  • Dalli Dalli (1971) as Self
  • Dalli Dalli (1971) as Self - Musician
  • Zum blauen Bock (1957) as Self
  • Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen (1964) as Self
  • Justitias kleine Fische (1988)
  • Die Wicherts von nebenan (1986) as Oma Käthe
  • Das Jahrhundert des Kabaretts (2001) as Self (archive Footage)
  • Ein Mann für alle Fälle (1978) as Thea Roschke
  • Zum Teufel mit der Penne (1968) as Oberin
  • Die Blume von Hawaii (1953) as Sängerin
  • Pension Schöller (1952) as Amalie
  • Gasparone (1937) as Gräfin Carlotta Ambrat
  • Solang' noch Unter'n Linden (1958)
  • Grenzenloses Himmelblau (1985) as Gräfin
  • Dieses Lied bleibt bei dir (1954) as Baronin Solms
  • Unschuld in tausend Nöten (1951) as Fräulein Fröhlich
  • Vater sein dagegen sehr (1957) as Ottilie Roeckel geb. Lüdecke
  • Es wird alles wieder gut (1957) as Anna Rohr
  • Der Vetter aus Dingsda (1953) as Hanne van Zeevenhook
  • Ramona (1961) as Hedwig
  • Student Life in Merry Springtime (1930) as Aenne Winter
  • Schützenliesel (1954) as Mathilde - Schwester von Steinhagen
  • Furlough on Word of Honor (1955) as Mutter Krawutke