Vera Oelschlegel (born 5 July 1938) has worked as a German singer,
actress, artistic director, drama director and professor of drama at
the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts. She was a celebrity in the
German Democratic Republic (East Germany) before 1989. After that,
from 1990 till 2013, she headed up the Theater des Ostens [de] touring
theatre company.Vera Franziska Oelschlegel was born in Leipzig. Her
mother, Ruth Oelschlegel (born Ruth Lauterbach, 1914â€"2014), was
trained as a journalist. Her father, the businessman Gottfried
Oelschlegel (1910-1945), would be killed in World War II. She attended
the prestigious St. Thomas School in Leipzig, passing her school final
exams (Abitur) in 1956. After that she studied between 1956 and 1959
at the acting faculty of the Babelsberg Film Academy [de], from which
she emerged with a degree, and where she also served as the secretary
for the faculty's Free German Youth section.Between 1959 and 1961 she
worked at the Putbus Theatre on the Island of Rügen on the country's
north-east coast. Her first radio experience had involved women's
broadcasts with Radio Leipzig, and in 1961 she became a member of the
DFF ensemble, remaining in one form or another a member of the state
television broadcaster's drama team between 1961 and 1974. In 1966 she
was a founding member of "Ensemble 66". In 1976, she was a co-founder
of the Palace Theatre (Theater im Palast / TiP) in Berlin, an
experimental theatre project that attracted controversy in the East
German establishment. Oelschlegel served as the theatre's intendant
from 1976 till 1990. During the 1980s she worked with Corinna Harfouch
as her "master student" at the TiP. Oelschlegel was also producing
plays; she staged Dürrenmatt's Der Meteor [de] and Shakespeare's
Merry Wives of Windsor and King John, along with works by Peter Hacks
and Ulrich Plenzdorf.In 1981 Vera Oelschlegel began teaching at the
Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin where she conducted
masterclasses in acting. In 1984 she became an honorary professor for
acting at the academy.
actress, artistic director, drama director and professor of drama at
the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts. She was a celebrity in the
German Democratic Republic (East Germany) before 1989. After that,
from 1990 till 2013, she headed up the Theater des Ostens [de] touring
theatre company.Vera Franziska Oelschlegel was born in Leipzig. Her
mother, Ruth Oelschlegel (born Ruth Lauterbach, 1914â€"2014), was
trained as a journalist. Her father, the businessman Gottfried
Oelschlegel (1910-1945), would be killed in World War II. She attended
the prestigious St. Thomas School in Leipzig, passing her school final
exams (Abitur) in 1956. After that she studied between 1956 and 1959
at the acting faculty of the Babelsberg Film Academy [de], from which
she emerged with a degree, and where she also served as the secretary
for the faculty's Free German Youth section.Between 1959 and 1961 she
worked at the Putbus Theatre on the Island of Rügen on the country's
north-east coast. Her first radio experience had involved women's
broadcasts with Radio Leipzig, and in 1961 she became a member of the
DFF ensemble, remaining in one form or another a member of the state
television broadcaster's drama team between 1961 and 1974. In 1966 she
was a founding member of "Ensemble 66". In 1976, she was a co-founder
of the Palace Theatre (Theater im Palast / TiP) in Berlin, an
experimental theatre project that attracted controversy in the East
German establishment. Oelschlegel served as the theatre's intendant
from 1976 till 1990. During the 1980s she worked with Corinna Harfouch
as her "master student" at the TiP. Oelschlegel was also producing
plays; she staged Dürrenmatt's Der Meteor [de] and Shakespeare's
Merry Wives of Windsor and King John, along with works by Peter Hacks
and Ulrich Plenzdorf.In 1981 Vera Oelschlegel began teaching at the
Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin where she conducted
masterclasses in acting. In 1984 she became an honorary professor for
acting at the academy.
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