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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Berlin, Germany

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Movie Involvements: 13

TV Involvements: 2


Most Famous Work

Biography

Edith Lisette Juliane Hermine Schollwer was an actress known for Ein verdienter Staatsmann (1962), Der bunte Traum (1952) and Die rote Hand (1960). She was born on February 12th 1904 in Berlin, Germany, and died on October 1st 2002. She was married to Carl Jöken. Schollwer was a leading German actress and singer, first on stage in 1927 with the Hamburger Flora-Varieté as a soubrette. She appeared in Berlin revues, cabaret and operettas, often in partnership with Richard Tauber. Popular in the 1950's and 60's in Berlin cabaret ("Die Insulaner"), she would appear on radio broadcasts for station RIAS and as a film and television character actress. She was famous for her "Insulaner Song", which became an anthem for the beleaguered citizens of West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. Schollwer also provided the dubbing voice for Margaret Rutherford, Angela Lansbury, Thelma Ritter and Mabel Albertson.

Most Famous Work

Zum blauen Bock
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Zum blauen Bock

(1957) herself
Die Wicherts von nebenan
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6

Die Wicherts von nebenan

(1986) Oma Käthe
Vater sein dagegen sehr
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7

Vater sein dagegen sehr

(1957) Ottilie Roeckel geb. Lüdecke
Es wird alles wieder gut
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6

Es wird alles wieder gut

(1957) Anna Rohr
Life Begins Tomorrow
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7

Life Begins Tomorrow

(1933) Kellnerin
Furlough on Word of Honor
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Furlough on Word of Honor

(1955) Mutter Krawutke
Krach im Hinterhaus
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Krach im Hinterhaus

(1963) Witwe Bock
Ein verdienter Staatsmann
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Ein verdienter Staatsmann

(1962) Mrs. Carghill

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1990 N/A
1986 Oma Käthe
1985 Gräfin
1983 N/A
1981 Agnes' Mutter
1975 N/A
1973 N/A
Mutter Gräbert, Theaterinhaberin
1971 Muriel Weston
N/A
1968 Oberin
1966 Zweite Amme
1964 N/A
N/A
1963 Putzfrau
Witwe Bock
Madame Parole
1962 Frau Passepied
N/A
Mrs. Carghill
1961 Hedwig
1960 Frau Hasselbütt
1958 N/A
1957 Anna Rohr
Ottilie Roeckel geb. Lüdecke
herself
1955 Mutter Krawutke
Sängerin Malk
1954 Mathilde - Schwester von Steinhagen
Mathilde
Baronin Solms
1953 Sängerin
Hanne van Zeevenhook
Frau Lose
Frau Giesemann
1952 Amalie
Mizzi Reisner
Frau Brandini
1951 Fräulein Fröhlich
1937 Gräfin Carlotta Ambrat
1933 Kellnerin
1931 Lissy
Aenne Winter
Year Character Movie/Tv

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