Trude Herr (4 May 1927 â€" 16 March 1991) was a German film actress,
singer and theatre owner. She was a popular entertainer in Germany
from the early 1960s until her retirement.Trude Herr was born in the
Cologne district of Kalk, grew up in the city's district of Mülheim
and attended school there. Her father Robert Herr was a locomotive
driver and was imprisoned for a long time because of his membership in
the Communist Party; later he was sent to a concentration camp. For
him she wrote the song "Papa", in which she thanked her father for her
time; she sang it in 1961 at his funeral. She herself was a member of
the Social Democratic Party of Germany. In 1933, she attended primary
school in Cologne-Mülheim after which she worked in a bakery. Since
the apartment of the Herrs was destroyed by bombs in 1943, they lived
two years in the community of Ewersbach in Hesse.There she worked as a
typist in the Dillenburg city administration, where she was known by
her nicknames of "Tutti" and jokingly also as "dat Pummel" because of
her full figure. In 1946, she became an extra at the Aachener
Wanderbühne, and from 1948 she received supporting roles at the
Cologne Millowitsch Theater.
singer and theatre owner. She was a popular entertainer in Germany
from the early 1960s until her retirement.Trude Herr was born in the
Cologne district of Kalk, grew up in the city's district of Mülheim
and attended school there. Her father Robert Herr was a locomotive
driver and was imprisoned for a long time because of his membership in
the Communist Party; later he was sent to a concentration camp. For
him she wrote the song "Papa", in which she thanked her father for her
time; she sang it in 1961 at his funeral. She herself was a member of
the Social Democratic Party of Germany. In 1933, she attended primary
school in Cologne-Mülheim after which she worked in a bakery. Since
the apartment of the Herrs was destroyed by bombs in 1943, they lived
two years in the community of Ewersbach in Hesse.There she worked as a
typist in the Dillenburg city administration, where she was known by
her nicknames of "Tutti" and jokingly also as "dat Pummel" because of
her full figure. In 1946, she became an extra at the Aachener
Wanderbühne, and from 1948 she received supporting roles at the
Cologne Millowitsch Theater.
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