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Helene Weigel (German: [heˈleː.nə ˈvaɪ̯gl̩] ⓘ; 12 May 1900 – 6 May 1971) was a German actress and artistic director. She was the second wife of Bertolt Brecht and was married to him from 1930 until his death in 1956.
Helene Weigel was a respected matriarch of nineteenth-entury theater, known for her maternal roles in Bertolt Brecht plays and as the director of the Berliner Ensemble theater in East Germany. Born in Vienna in 1900, Weigel moved to Berlin to perform in 1922, where she met and married Brecht.
May 9, 2024 · Helene Weigel (born May 12, 1900, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now in Austria]—died May 6, 1971, East Berlin, East Germany [now Berlin, Germany]) was an Austrian actress and stage director who, with her husband, Bertolt Brecht, in 1949 established the Berliner Ensemble theatre group in what was then East Berlin. Weigel was born into an ...
Feb 24, 2024 · German actress and artistic director (1900–1971) – Helene Weigel was born in Vienna (Capital of and state in Austria) on May 12th, 1900 and died in Berlin (Federated state, capital and largest city of Germany) on May 6th, 1971 at the age of 70. Today Helene Weigel would be 123 years old.
May 23, 1971 · Helene Weigel 1900–1971. She didn't only act Mother Courage and Gorki's Mother, the Widow Begbick, Senora Carrar, she was Courage, pipe and all — and all the others. She breathed her own life...
Helene Weigel was born on May 12, 1900, to a wealthy, assimilated Jewish family in Vienna. Her father managed a textile factory, and her mother owned and operated a toy story. Weigel was brought up in one of the most exciting cities of Europe.
WEIGEL, HELENE (1900–1971), actress and intendant of the Berliner Ensemble. Born in Vienna, she went to Frankfurt after her training and later to Berlin, where she was taught by Max Reinhardt and appeared at the Volksbühne and at the Deutsches Theater. In the early 1920s she met Bertolt Brecht.
