Edith Schollwer
Born: 1904-02-12 in Berlin, Germany
Died: 2002-10-01
Known For: Acting
Biography
Edith Lisette Juliane Hermine Schollwer was an actress known for Ein verdienter Staatsmann (1962), Der bunte Traum (1952) and Die rote Hand (1960). She was born on February 12th 1904 in Berlin, Germany, and died on October 1st 2002. She was married to Carl Jöken. Schollwer was a leading German actress and singer, first on stage in 1927 with the Hamburger Flora-Varieté as a soubrette. She appeared in Berlin revues, cabaret and operettas, often in partnership with Richard Tauber. Popular in the 1950's and 60's in Berlin cabaret ("Die Insulaner"), she would appear on radio broadcasts for station RIAS and as a film and television character actress. She was famous for her "Insulaner Song", which became an anthem for the beleaguered citizens of West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. Schollwer also provided the dubbing voice for Margaret Rutherford, Angela Lansbury, Thelma Ritter and Mabel Albertson.
Filmography
2001
- Das Jahrhundert des Kabaretts as Self (archive Footage)
1990
1986
- Die Wicherts von nebenan as Oma Käthe
1985
- Grenzenloses Himmelblau as Gräfin
1983
1981
- Das Traumschiff as Agnes's Mother
1978
- Ein Mann für alle Fälle as Thea Roschke
1973
- Wie wär's denn, Mrs. Markham?
- So'n Theater as Mutter Gräbert, Theaterinhaberin
1971
- Dalli Dalli as Self
- Der erste Frühlingstag as Muriel Weston
1968
- Zum Teufel mit der Penne as Oberin
1966
- Schwarzer Peter - Märchenoper für kleine und große Leute as Zweite Amme
1964
1963
- Eine schöne Bescherung as Madame Parole
- Krach im Hinterhaus as Witwe Bock
- Die Safeknacker-Suite as Putzfrau
1962
- The Elder Statesman as Mrs. Carghill
- Schule der Gattinnen as Frau Passepied
- Die Insulaner
1961
- Ramona as Hedwig
1960
- Die rote Hand as Frau Hasselbütt
1957
- Zum blauen Bock as Self
- Es wird alles wieder gut as Anna Rohr
- Vater sein dagegen sehr as Ottilie Roeckel geb. Lüdecke
1955
- Furlough on Word of Honor as Mutter Krawutke
- Der fröhliche Wanderer as Sängerin Malk
1954
- Dieses Lied bleibt bei dir as Baronin Solms
- Schützenliesel as Mathilde - Schwester von Steinhagen
- Hoheit lassen bitten as Mathilde
1953
- Die Blume von Hawaii as Sängerin
- Die Kaiserin von China as Frau Lose
- Das singende Hotel as Frau Giesemann
- Der Vetter aus Dingsda as Hanne van Zeevenhook
1952
- Pension Schöller as Amalie
- Der bunte Traum as Frau Brandini
- The Count from Pappenheim as Mizzi Reisner
1951
- Unschuld in tausend Nöten as Fräulein Fröhlich
1937
- Gasparone as Gräfin Carlotta Ambrat
1933
- Life Begins Tomorrow as Kellnerin
1931
- The Firm Weds as Lissy
1930
- Student Life in Merry Springtime as Aenne Winter