Dorothea Wieck
Born: 1908-01-03 in Davos, Switzerland
Died: 1986-02-20
Known For: Acting
Biography
Dorothea Wieck, born Dora Bertha Olavia Wieck (3 January 1908 in Davos, Switzerland – 20 February 1986 in Berlin, West Germany), was a German theatre and film actress. Wieck launched her acting career on stage in 1924 and made her screen debut in German films in 1926, appearing in several silent films. She became widely known through her leading role in the 1931 film Mädchen in Uniform (Girls in Uniform). Her American film debut came in Cradle Song (1933). Wieck appeared in around 50 films and played on the stages of many large theatres, notably at the Deutsches Theater and the Schillertheater, Berlin. She also worked as a theatre director. After World War II, she appeared in films only in supporting roles, and she withdrew from films almost entirely in the early 1960s. In 1973, Wieck received the Film Ribbon in Gold of the Deutscher Filmpreis for long and outstanding achievements in German film.
Filmography
1969
- The Commissioner as Frau Born
1967
- Bäume sterben aufrecht as Großmutter
1962
- Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
- Die Revolution entläßt ihre Kinder as Frau Leonhard
1960
- Brainwashed as Countess (uncredited)
- Die Nacht in Zaandam as Mary
1959
- Notes from a Gynecologist's Diary as Sabine Hennemann
- Grand Hotel as Suzanne
- Morgen wirst Du um mich weinen as Äbtissin
1958
- A Time to Love and a Time to Die as Frau Lieser
- Maß für Maß as Nonne Franziska
1956
- Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter as Großfürstin Olga Romanow
1955
- The Lady of Scuderi as Maintenon
- Roman einer Siebzehnjährigen as Frau Berndorff
- Unternehmen Schlafsack
- Das Forsthaus in Tirol as Dorothee Attinger, Försterwitwe
1954
- Der Froschkönig as Fürstin Taun
- Der Mann meines Lebens as Schwester Brigitte
1953
- Elephant Fury as Hella Thiele
1952
- Behind Monastery Walls as Subprioress
- No Greater Love as Therese von Gobat
1951
- German Film Award as Self
- Das seltsame Leben des Herrn Bruggs as Fräulein Holder
1950
- City in the Fog as Mrs. Berling
1949
- Mordprozeß Dr. Jordan as Constanze Jordan
1945
- Leb’ wohl, Christina as Julia von Gallas
1943
- Inviati speciali as Lidia Warren
1942
- Andreas Schlüter as Kurfürstin Charlotte
1941
- Kopf hoch, Johannes! as Julieta Merck
1939
- The Fourth Did Not Show Up as Dr. med. Irene Andersen
- Dein Leben gehört mir
1937
- The Yellow Flag as Krankenschwester Dolores
- Love Can Lie as Sigrid Mallé
1936
- Die unmögliche Frau as Ileana Manescu
1935
- The Student of Prague as Julia Stella, Opernsängerin
- Streak of Steel as Enja
- Liselotte of the Palatinate as Madame de Maintenon
1934
- Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen as Miss Madeline Fane
1933
- Anna and Elizabeth as Elisabeth, Gutsherrin von Salis
- Cradle Song as Joanna
1932
- A Mad Idea as Mabel Miller
- Trenck - Der Roman einer großen Liebe as Amalie, Prinzessin von Preußen
- Teilnehmer antwortet nicht as Doris
- Countess Mariza as Gräfin Mariza
- Theodor Körner as Toni Adamberger
1931
- Mädchen in Uniform as Miss von Bernburg
1928
- Der Fremdenlegionär as Lore
1927
- Hast Du geliebt am schönen Rhein? as Lieselotte
- Sturmflut
1926
- I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg as Klärchen