Barbara Brecht-Schall
{{Short description|German actress (1930–2015)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
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| name = Barbara Brecht-Schall
| image = Barbara Brecht-Schall.jpg
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| caption = Brecht-Schall in September 2014
| birth_name = Barbara Marie Brecht
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|10|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Berlin, Germany
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|08|31|1930|10|28|df=y}}
| death_place = Berlin, Germany
| occupation = Actress
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| spouse = Ekkehard Schall
| parents = {{ubl|Bertolt Brecht | Helene Weigel}}
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Barbara Brecht-Schall (28 October 1930 – 31 August 2015) was a German actress.
Early life
Brecht was born in Berlin to Bertolt Brecht and Helene Weigel, she had three siblings, a full brother Stefan, a half-brother Frank Banholzer{{cite news|title=Stefan Brecht: Poet, philosopher and theatre historian who struggled to escape his father's shadow|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/stefan-brecht-poet-philosopher-and-theatre-historian-who-struggled-to-escape-his-fathers-shadow-1689197.html|accessdate=6 September 2015|work=The Independent|date=22 May 2009}} and a half-sister Hanne Hiob.{{Cite web |date=2015-09-10 |title=Barbara Brecht-Schall |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11856472/Barbara-Brecht-Schall.html |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=The Telegraph |language=en}}
At the age of 3, her family travelled often in attempt to avoid the Nazi regime. They eventually arrived in Los Angeles, but in 1947 shortly after Bertolt Brecht testified in front of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Her father established the Berliner Ensemble in 1949, a theatre company in which she also acted.
Later life
Brecht later married Ekkehard Schall, with whom she had two daughters, Johanna Schall and Jenny Schall-Dizdari.{{cite news |last1=Weber |first1=Bruce |date=2 September 2015 |title=Barbara Brecht-Schall, Guardian of Father's Plays, Dies at 84 |work=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/03/theater/barbara-brecht-schall-guardian-of-fathers-plays-dies-at-84.html?_r=0 |accessdate=5 September 2015}}
Selected filmography
- Ein Polterabend (1955)
- Berlin, Schoenhauser Corner (1957)
- Castles and Cottages (1957)
- Katzgraben (1957)
- Lotte In Weimar (1975)
Death
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|nm2270812|Barbara Brecht-Schall}}
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Category:Actresses from Berlin
Category:20th-century German actresses
Category:German film actresses