Gerda Müller (30 July 1894 â€" 26 April 1951) was a German stage
actress.Gerda Müller was born near Rößel (since 1945 part of
Poland) in rural East Prussia. She studied at the "Max Reinhardt"
stage school (as it was known at the time) in Berlin, where she was
taught by Lucie Höflich, Hermine Körner and Eduard von Winterstein.
Between 1917 and 1922 she worked at the Schauspielhaus in Frankfurt.
At Frankfurt she was in the original production of Arnolt Bronnen's
Vatermord ("Patricide"). In 1922 she moved to Berlin where she worked
with Leopold Jessner at the Prussian State Theatre, which at that time
was one of Germany's top theatres. During her time in Berlin with the
State Theatre company she also made regular guest appearances at the
Deutsches Theater, the Lessing Theater and the Schiller Theater,
working with leading directors such as Heinz Hilpert and Bertolt
Brecht.She married the orchestral conductor Hermann Scherchen in 1927:
they separated soon afterwards, but not amicably. She had affairs,
including one with Carl Zuckmayer who referred to her as the
Lithuanian vixen on account of her apparent vitality. In 1931 Müller
married Hans Lohmeyer, the Lord Mayor of Königsberg.In January 1933,
the Nazi Party took power and systematically switched Germany over to
a one-party dictatorship. Müller's husband was not a member of the
Nazi Party and was suspended from his mayoral duties. Gerda Müller
also retired to private life during the twelve Nazi years, possibly
due to a severe lung infection. Other sources indicate that a stage
ban was imposed on her in connection with complications following the
non-consensual ending of her earlier marriage with Hermann Scherchen.
actress.Gerda Müller was born near Rößel (since 1945 part of
Poland) in rural East Prussia. She studied at the "Max Reinhardt"
stage school (as it was known at the time) in Berlin, where she was
taught by Lucie Höflich, Hermine Körner and Eduard von Winterstein.
Between 1917 and 1922 she worked at the Schauspielhaus in Frankfurt.
At Frankfurt she was in the original production of Arnolt Bronnen's
Vatermord ("Patricide"). In 1922 she moved to Berlin where she worked
with Leopold Jessner at the Prussian State Theatre, which at that time
was one of Germany's top theatres. During her time in Berlin with the
State Theatre company she also made regular guest appearances at the
Deutsches Theater, the Lessing Theater and the Schiller Theater,
working with leading directors such as Heinz Hilpert and Bertolt
Brecht.She married the orchestral conductor Hermann Scherchen in 1927:
they separated soon afterwards, but not amicably. She had affairs,
including one with Carl Zuckmayer who referred to her as the
Lithuanian vixen on account of her apparent vitality. In 1931 Müller
married Hans Lohmeyer, the Lord Mayor of Königsberg.In January 1933,
the Nazi Party took power and systematically switched Germany over to
a one-party dictatorship. Müller's husband was not a member of the
Nazi Party and was suspended from his mayoral duties. Gerda Müller
also retired to private life during the twelve Nazi years, possibly
due to a severe lung infection. Other sources indicate that a stage
ban was imposed on her in connection with complications following the
non-consensual ending of her earlier marriage with Hermann Scherchen.
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