Evelyn Hamann
{{short description|German actress}}
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| birth_place = Hamburg, Germany
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| death_place = Hamburg, Germany
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Eveline Braun, (née Hamann; 6 August 1942 – 28 October 2007) commonly known as Evelyn Hamann, was a German actress best known for her work with popular German comedian Loriot as well as for her appearances in television series such as The Black Forest Clinic and Adelheid und ihre Mörder.
Private life
She was born into a family of musicians in Hamburg, Germany.{{cite web | title=Evelyn Hamann: Hanseatin und Loriots perfekte Sketch-Partnerin | website=NDR.de | date=23 August 2021 | url=https://www.ndr.de/geschichte/koepfe/Evelyn-Hamann-Hanseatin-und-Loriots-perfekte-Sketch-Partnerin,hamann38.html | language=de | access-date=29 April 2022}} Her father Bernhard Hamann was a violinist, the concertmaster of the NDR symphony orchestra, and founder of the Hamann Quartet; her mother was a singer and music teacher, and her brother Gerhard was a professor of cello at the Trossingen School of Music. Evelyn Hamann liked to keep her private life out of the public eye, so little is known about her life off-camera. Between 1964 and 1976 she was married to Hans Walter Braun, whom she met while acting in Hamburg.{{cite web | title=Evelyn | website=Augsburger Allgemeine | date=26 October 2019 | url=https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/panorama/Nachruf-Evelyn-die-Frau-hinter-der-Schauspielerin-id3130501.html | language=de | access-date=29 April 2022}} After her divorce she lived with her partner, actor Stefan Behrens.{{cite web | title=Evelyn Hamann: So war der echte Mensch hinter der TV-Legende! | website=Wunderweib | date=30 December 2019 | url=https://www.wunderweib.de/evelyn-hamann-so-war-der-echte-mensch-hinter-der-tv-legende-109728.html | language=de | access-date=29 April 2022}}
She died from lymphoma during the night of 28 to 29 October 2007 in Hamburg.{{cite web|title=Evelyn Hamann wird in Hamburg beigesetzt|url=http://www.rp-online.de/kultur/kunst/evelyn-hamann-wird-in-hamburg-beigesetzt-aid-1.2029682|website=RP Online|publisher=RP Digital|accessdate=30 November 2017|language=DE|date=30 October 2007}}
Education and first work
After an acting course at Hamburg University of Music and the Performing Arts, where she was taught by Eduard Marks, among others, Hamann started a career on the stage.{{cite web | last=Witzeling | first=Klaus | title="Sie war einfach fabelhaft" | website=Hamburger Abendblatt | date=30 October 2007 | url=https://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/article108969595/Sie-war-einfach-fabelhaft.html | access-date=29 April 2022}} She took on small roles at the Thalia Theater, and from 1968 her stage career took her to Göttingen, Heidelberg and Bremen, where she played Marthe Schwertlein in Goethe's Urfaust.{{cite web | title=Schauspielerin Hamann | website=Emma | url=https://www.emma.de/artikel/schauspielerin-hamann-263702 | language=de | access-date=29 April 2022}}
Acting career
From 1976 Evelyn Hamann featured in many comedy sketches in Loriot's television programmes, for example as TV announcer in Englische Ansage. Her comedic shtick often consisted of stiffly formal, deadpan reactions, even in the most absurd situations.
Hamann acted in Loriot's films Ödipussi (1987){{cite web | title=Kultfilm mit Loriot und Evelyn Hamann: Loriots Ödipussi | website=BR.de | date=21 July 2021 | url=https://www.br.de/br-fernsehen/inhalt/film-und-serie/loriots-oedipussi-spielfilm-104.html | language=de | access-date=29 April 2022}} and Pappa Ante Portas (1991).{{cite web | title=Loriots Pappa ante Portas | website=Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen (ARD) | date=12 November 2021 | url=https://www.daserste.de/unterhaltung/film/filme-im-ersten/sendung/loriots-pappa-ante-portas-132.html | language=de | access-date=29 April 2022}}{{cite web | last=Roxborough | first=Scott | title=German actress Evelyn Hamann dies | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=30 October 2007 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/german-actress-evelyn-hamann-dies-153646/ | access-date=29 April 2022}} She also appeared in the film Piratensender Powerplay (1982) starring famous German entertainers Thomas Gottschalk and Mike Krüger.{{cite web | title=Piratensender Powerplay (1/3) | website=ZDFmediathek | date=1 January 2022 | url=https://www.zdf.de/uri/6d3ad6ea-2ff0-4919-9a55-1436a9ac1086 | language=de | access-date=29 April 2022}}
Hamann appeared as housekeeper Karsta Michaelis in the television soap opera The Black Forest Clinic in the 1980s{{cite web | title=Das wurde aus den Stars der "Schwarzwaldklinik" | website=stern.de | date=25 October 2018 | url=https://www.stern.de/lifestyle/leute/-schwarzwaldklinik---das-wurde-aus-den-stars-von-damals_6514026-3369146.html | language=de | access-date=29 April 2022}} and later as Thea in medical drama Der Landarzt (The Country Doctor).{{cite web | last=Helmes | first=Irene | title="Sie war tatsächlich fabelhaft" | website=Süddeutsche.de | date=17 May 2010 | url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/nachruf-evelyn-hamann-sie-war-tatsaechlich-fabelhaft-1.352604 | language=de | access-date=29 April 2022}}
From 1992 to 2006 she played the title role in the ARD television series Adelheid und ihre Mörder (Adelheid and her murderers).
Literary readings
Evelyn Hamann also read authors' works aloud at literary readings and narrated audiobooks, including Patricia Highsmith's crime thrillers.{{cite web | title=radioTexte | website=BR.de | date=3 April 2015 | url=https://www.br.de/radio/bayern2/programmkalender/sendung-909450.html | language=de | access-date=29 April 2022}}
Selected filmography
= Television =
- 1967–1972: Cartoon
- 1976–1978: {{Interlanguage link|Loriot (TV series)|lt=Loriot|de|Loriot_(Fernsehserie)}}
- 1985–1989 – The Black Forest Clinic
- 1987 – {{Ill|Evelyn und die Männer|de}}
- 1989/1991/1992 – Der Millionenerbe
- 1989/1991/1992 – Kein pflegeleichter Fall
- 1991 – Glückliche Reise
- 1992 – Vater braucht eine Frau
- 1992–1999 – Evelyn Hamann Specials
- 1993–2005 – Evelyn Hamanns Geschichten aus dem Leben
- 1992–2006 – Adelheid und ihre Mörder
- 1995 – Das Traumschiff
- 1998 – Wut im Bauch
- 1999 – Ehe-Bruch
= Film =
- 1982 – {{Interlanguage link|Piratensender Powerplay|de}}
- 1987 – Ödipussi
- 1990 – Pappa ante Portas
Awards
- 1977 – Goldene Kamera ("Best supporting role" with Loriot)
- 1987 – Goldene Kamera (3rd place for "Best Comedy" for "Evelyn und die Männer")
- 1993 – Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1997 – Telestar "Best actress in a series" for "Adelheid und ihre Mörder"
- 1997 – Bayerischer Fernsehpreis "Best actress in a series" for "Adelheid und ihre Mörder"
- 1997 – Goldene Kamera
- 1998 – Honorary Superintendent of the Bavarian Police Force{{cite web | title=Evelyn Hamann – Bilder & Fotos | website=Die Welt | date=3 October 2015 | url=https://www.welt.de/fernsehen/gallery1308591/Evelyn-Hamann.html | language=de | access-date=29 April 2022}}
- 2000 – Deutscher Videopreis (with Loriot)
- 2002 – Münchhausen Prize
See also
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|id=0357327|name=Evelyn Hamann}}
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- [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/international/news/e3id774a57092836f870934f46d4dd0f618 Hollywood Reporter: German actress Evelyn Hamann dies]
- [http://www.steffi-line.de/archiv_text/nost_buehne/07h_hamann.htm Short biography in German]
- [http://www.bild.de/leute/2007/leute/krankheit-schauspielerin-hamburg-2805274.bild.html German newspaper article reporting her death]
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