Käthe Gold Explained

Käthe Gold (11 February 1907 – 11 October 1997) was an Austrian actress.

Born in Vienna, she trained in that city as an actress and then went to Bern, Breslau (now Wrocław) and Munich. In 1932 she went to Berlin, where she remained until 1944. It was during those years that she had her greatest successes on the stage in plays such as Goethe's Faust (Gretchen), Shakespeare's Hamlet (Ophelia), and Ibsen's A Doll's House (Nora).

In 1944, Gold went to Zürich, and in 1947 she returned to Vienna, where she played at the Burgtheater.

Gold's stage career prevented her from appearing in many movies. Of the few films in which she did act, Amphitryon (1935, playing Alkmene), The Girl from Barnhelm (1940) and, after the war, Rose Bernd (1957) and Karl May (a 1976 biopic about Karl May) are notable. On TV she played Linda opposite Heinz Rühmann in a 1968 German language version of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. She also had two guest appearances in the TV series, Der Kommissar.

Käthe Gold died in her native Vienna at the age of 90.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1935Amphitryon Amphitryons Gemahlin Alkmene
1935The Valley of Love Die Marktgräfin
1937Another World Audrey
1939Die unheimlichen Wünsche Pauline, Silhouettenschneiderin
1940The Girl from Barnhelm Minna von Barnhelm
1950Der Wallnerbub Monika - Davids Mutter
1951Eyes of Love Schwester Agnes
1952Palace Hotel Emilie - Zimmermädchen
1956Fuhrmann Henschel
1957Rose Bernd Henriette Flamm
1961Der Bauer als Millionär Lacrimosa
1968 Linda TV movie
1974Karl May Klara May
1980Die Reise ins tausendjährige Reich Martha Musil

Decorations and awards

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reply to a parliamentary question . German . 144 . 2 January 2013 .
  2. Web site: Reply to a parliamentary question . German . 475 . 2 January 2013 .