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Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Busch [1] [2] (22 January 1900 – 8 June 1980) was a German singer and actor. Biography. Busch originated from a Kiel worker family. He started in life as a shipyard worker before he decided to make use of his acting and singing talent. [3] [4]
May 7, 2024 · Ernst Busch was a German actor and singer best known as the leading interpreter of roles created by the dramatist Bertolt Brecht. Busch came from a working-class family, joined the German Communist Party, and took up acting professionally when he lost his job with the Krupp manufacturing company.
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Ernst Busch was born on 22 January 1900 in Kiel, Germany. He was an actor and composer, known for The Threepenny Opera (1931), Hell on Earth (1931) and The Lake Calls (1933). He was married to Eva Busch. He died on 8 June 1980 in Bernburg, German Democratic Republic.
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Jun 11, 2019 · Nearly 40 years since his death, the revolutionary German actor and songwriter is still being remembered for what he wasn't afraid to say in his lyrics. Advertisement. During the years of Nazi...
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Biography: Ernst Busch was born in Kiel on January 22, 1900. He was trained as a machinist, but took classes in the performing arts as well. In the fall of 1921, he got his first engagement at the theater in Kiel and, in 1927, he became a member of the Erwin Piscator’s Theater Collective in Berlin.
Trivia. Ernst Busch. Born at 12:15am-CET. His long-term life-partner is Margarete Körting. German character actor with powerful left-wing convictions. Member of the Socialist Worker's Youth (USPD) after World War I. Privately tutored in singing and acting. Had a leading role in Slatan Dudow's film "Kuhle Wampe" (1932).
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German Resistance Memorial Center - Biographie. Ernst Busch. January 22, 1900 - June 08, 1980. Ernst Busch trained as a metalworker at the Germania shipyard in Kiel, where he took part in the 1918 mutiny. He worked as an actor from 1920 on, from 1926 in Berlin, including with Max Reinhardt and Bertolt Brecht.