Else Lehmann (27 June 1866 â€" 6 March 1940) was a German stage
actress.The daughter of an insurance director, Lehmann attended a
convent school and then took acting lessons with director Franz
Kirschner. Her debut was in 1885 at the Bremer Stadttheater as Page in
Lohengrin.In 1888 she arrived at the Wallner Theater in Berlin. Otto
Brahm gave her the role of Helene Krause in the (matinee) world
premiere of Before Sunrise on October 20, 1889, by the Freie Bühne in
the Berlin rented Lessingtheater for this purpose. This performance
helped her to make a breakthrough, but she also already presented her
as an interpreter of German naturalism, especially the pieces by
Gerhart Hauptmann, fixed. One of her acting peculiarities was natural,
gaining sympathy "in tears can laugh", for which even the contemporary
theatre criticism paid tribute.In 1891 she received a commitment at
the Deutsches Theater. At the world premiere of Die Weber in 1893, she
impressed Luise Hilse and even more so in the same year as Ms Wolff in
Der Biberpelz. In 1898 she played Hanne Schäl in Fuhrmann Henschel,
1903 she took over the title role of Rose Bernd. In 1905 she followed
Intendant Otto Brahm to the Lessingtheater.
actress.The daughter of an insurance director, Lehmann attended a
convent school and then took acting lessons with director Franz
Kirschner. Her debut was in 1885 at the Bremer Stadttheater as Page in
Lohengrin.In 1888 she arrived at the Wallner Theater in Berlin. Otto
Brahm gave her the role of Helene Krause in the (matinee) world
premiere of Before Sunrise on October 20, 1889, by the Freie Bühne in
the Berlin rented Lessingtheater for this purpose. This performance
helped her to make a breakthrough, but she also already presented her
as an interpreter of German naturalism, especially the pieces by
Gerhart Hauptmann, fixed. One of her acting peculiarities was natural,
gaining sympathy "in tears can laugh", for which even the contemporary
theatre criticism paid tribute.In 1891 she received a commitment at
the Deutsches Theater. At the world premiere of Die Weber in 1893, she
impressed Luise Hilse and even more so in the same year as Ms Wolff in
Der Biberpelz. In 1898 she played Hanne Schäl in Fuhrmann Henschel,
1903 she took over the title role of Rose Bernd. In 1905 she followed
Intendant Otto Brahm to the Lessingtheater.
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