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RIP: Actress Inge Keller dies at 93


Inge Keller is dead

The actress Inge Keller is dead. The theater actress died at a Berlin nursing home at the age of 93. Keller was peacefully asleep, the divided German Theater Berlin with citing Kellers daughter Barbara Schnitzler.

At the time of divided Germany, Keller was regarded as a "service-worthy Countess of the GDR" because of her noble attitude and her fine language. Already at the age of 19, the Berliner, who grew up in the middle of Friedenau, was on the stage.

Keller has worked with directors such as Wolfgang Langhoff, Peter Stein , Thomas Langhoff, Harry Kupfer, Robert Wilson , Einar Schleef and Michael Thalheimer together. GDR TV broadcast important roles. She played in "Conscience in Revolt" (1961), "Little Man - What Now?" (1967) and "Effi Briest" (1970).

"Her absolute insistence on the power and the meaning of language stood out from another time," said the President of the Academy of Arts, Jeanine Meerapfel. And actor Ulrich Matthes, director of the Academy's Performing Arts section, said: "Their distinctive aura was not only in their roles, but also in their numerous readings. The German-speaking theater has lost one of its most striking personalities."

"She enjoyed respect and admiration all over the country"

Keller debuted in the Theater am Kurfürstendamm in 1942. After several stops, she went to the Deutsche Theater Berlin in 1950, where she was a permanent ensemble member until 2001, and subsequently appeared as a guest. After the reunion, Keller also took roles in cinema and television films, including "Aimée and Jaguar", "Lola + Bilidikid" and "Wilsberg". On the stage of the theater, she still inspired him to his old age as "Tilla" - in one piece about the playwright Tilla Durieux.

Inge Keller married in 1952 the later political commentator on GDR television Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler ("The Black Channel"). Barbara Schnitzler, who also became an actress, came out of the marriage after only a few years.

Berlin's Governing Mayor Michael Mueller (SPD) said: "We say good-bye to the grande dame of the drama Inge Keller, who has shaped the theater in our city for decades and has enjoyed admiration and admiration all over the country, in East and West . " The theater and film metropolis of Berlin mourns a distinctive actress and a sympathetic personality.

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/deutsche-theater-legende-inge-keller-ist-tot-a-1133385.html

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