Hanne Hiob (12 March 1923 – 23 June 2009) was a German actress.
Life and career
editHiob was born in 12 March 1920 as Hanne Marianne Brecht in Munich, the daughter of the writer Bertolt Brecht by his wife, opera singer and actress Marianne Zoff (1893-1984).[1][2][3] In February 1928, Zoff had a daughter, Ursula Lingen, by German actor Theo Lingen. In September 1928, Brecht and Zoff divorced; Zoff married Lingen later that year. Hanne Brecht later married Joachim Hiob.[1]
Hanne grew up with her mother and Theo Lingen, and Lingen was able to protect his wife, who was classified as a half-Jew under the Nazi-regime, and his daughter from persecution.[citation needed]
Hanne Brecht studied dance at the Vienna State Opera and worked as a dancer and an actress in Salzburg, Austria. Among other parts, she played the leading role in Brecht's Señora Carrar's Rifles and in 1959 in Saint Joan of the Stockyards under the direction of Gustaf Gründgens.[1] She performed in Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Vienna and Berlin.[citation needed]
She retired from the stage in 1976 but remained active reading Brecht works and participating in street theater projects such as the Anachronistic Train.[4] Hiob received the Aachen Peace Prize in 2005.[citation needed]
Death
editHanne Hiob died in Munich, aged 86, from undisclosed causes.[5]
Filmography
editActress
edit- Hundert Jahre Brecht (A hundred years of Brecht) (1997)
- Die letzte Runde (The last round) (1983)
- Raindrops (1980/1981)
- The Investigation (1966, TV film)
- Es fing so harmlos an (It began so innocently) (1943/1944)
- Frau Luna (Mrs. Luna) (1941)
Director
edit- Flüchtlingsgespräche (2003)
Literature
edit- Hanne Hiob, Gerd Koller (ed.) Wir verreisen...in die Vernichtung; Briefe 1937–1944, Aufbau Taschenbuch Verlag Berlin (1998), ISBN 3-7466-1395-7
- Brecht, Bertolt; Zoff, Marianne; Glaeser, Günter (1990). Hiob, Hanne (ed.). Briefe an Marianne Zoff und Hanne Hiob (1. Aufl ed.). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp. ISBN 978-3-518-40222-1.
- Hillesheim, Jürgen (2000). Augsburger Brecht-Lexikon: Personen - Institutionen - Schauplätze. Würzburg: Königshausen und Neumann. ISBN 9783826012761.
References
edit- ^ a b c Hillesheim, Jürgen (2000). Augsburger Brecht-Lexikon: Personen - Institutionen - Schauplätze. Würzburg: Königshausen und Neumann. pp. 96–98. ISBN 9783826012761.
- ^ "Hanne Hiob". IMDb. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Hanne Hiob". Discogs. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Hanne Hiob, Brecht's Acting Kin, Dies at 86". The New York Times. 25 June 2009. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ "Brecht-Tochter Hanne Hiob gestorben" (in German). Bayerischer Rundfunk. 24 June 2009. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
External links
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- Hanne Hiob at IMDb
- "Hanne Hiob, Brecht’s Acting Kin, Dies at 86", Associated Press / The New York Times, 25 June 2009