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Artistic director. Spouse. Bertolt Brecht. Children. 2. Stamp. Helene Weigel ( German: [heˈleː.nə ˈvaɪ̯gl̩] ⓘ; 12 May 1900 – 6 May 1971) [1] was a German actress and artistic director. [2] She was the second wife of Bertolt Brecht and was married to him from 1930 until his death in 1956. Together they had two children.
Helene Weigel was an actress and director known for her maternal roles in Bertolt Brecht’s plays and her incredible kindness and generosity. Weigel married Brecht in 1922 and they fled Germany during the war, returning to East Germany after the war. Weigel was known for her strength, energy, diplomacy, and good humor as she managed an acting career and dealt with many challenges in her lifetime.
Name variations: Helen Weigel-Brecht. Born in Vienna on May 12, 1900; died in East Berlin in what was then the GDR in 1971; came from a well-off Jewish family, her father was manager of a textile factory and her mother the owner of a toy store; attended Volksschule in Vienna, 1907–15; attended a Lyzeum (high school) for girls, 1915–18; took ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Helene Weigel. 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.
