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Therese Giehse (born as Therese Gift 6 March 1898 in
Munich,
Bavaria,
Germany, died 3 March 1975 in Munich) was a German actress. She appeared on the stage, where she was a major star, in films, and in political cabaret. In the late 1920's through 1933, she became a leading actress at the famous
Munich Kammerspiele.
Frau Giehse was Jewish, and left Germany for Switzerland in 1933, where she contined to act in exile, playing leading roles in Zürich, including in
Erika Mann's acclaimed political
cabaret the
Pfeffermühle (which had been transported from Munich to Zürich with the rise of
Adolf Hitler in 1933. She returned to Germany after the war, performing in theatres on both sides of the
Iron Curtain, but mostly in her native
Bavaria in southern Germany, until her death in 1975.
The first actress to play Brecht's Mother Courage
In exile, Frau Giehse played the first
Mother Courage in the world premiere of
Bertolt Brecht's play
Mother Courage and Her Children, in 1941 at the
Schauspielhaus Zürich. After the war, Frau Giehse returned to Munich and to the
Munich Kammerspiele, where, in 1950, she again played the role of Mother Courage, this time directed by
Brecht himself. This production became documented as the second "Model production" of Brecht's play (the first "Model production" had been performed by Brecht's wife,
Helene Weigel in 1949 in Berlin). Frau Giehse and Brecht would often converse in their strong
Bavarian (southern German) dialect during rehearsals, making Brecht's wife jealous of their kindred spirit.
In the 1950's, Frau Giehse played several roles as a member of Brecht's theatre, the
Berliner Ensemble. Throughout the 1950's and 1960's, Frau Giehse continued to perform many lead roles in various theatres in Germany, often using her considerable comic skills to play character roles, as well as great dramatic roles, such as the leads in several landmark productions by
Friedrich Dürrenmatt, the world premiere of
The Visit in 1956, and
The Physicists in 1962. Later, she also worked with
Peter Stein's renowned in Berlin.
In the mid 1970's, Therese Giehse returned to the
Berliner Ensemble to perform several
Brecht Evenings of the poems, plays, and writings of her lifelong friend and colleague, the late
Bertolt Brecht.
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