Catharine Jacobi, ''née'' Katharina Bußler, also Katharina Jacobi, (4 November 1837 – 24 June 1912) was a German stage actress.

Life

Born in

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, Jacobi, the daughter of a secret court councillor and granddaughter of the tenor Karl Adam Bader, was trained by

Minona Frieb-Blumauer Minona Frieb-Blumauer (11 May 1816 – 31 July 1886) was a German actress and singer. Life Born in Stuttgart, Minona (''actually Johanna'') Frieb-Blumauer was the daughter of the actor Karl Blumauer, with whom she received her first lessons ...

and made her debut as Lorle in 1858 in ''Dorf und Stadt'' at the Thaliatheater in Hamburg, where she was engaged for the role of youthful lover and . She had rehearsed this play with

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. From 1862 until 1867, she worked at the court theatre in

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, where she successfully appeared in the first performance of Shakespeare's royal dramas (April 1864 in Dingelstedt's establishment) and in the first performance of the '' Wallenstein trilogy'' as Thekla. In 1867, the talented actress applied to the court theatre in

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, which she accepted, even after she had been happy with her guest performance. Over the years, she changed from first-lover roles to character portraits and comic old men. In addition to her acting abilities, she also tried her luck as a writer. Gertrude, Jacobi's daughter with the character actor

Hermann Jacobi Hermann Georg Jacobi (11 February 1850 – 19 October 1937) was an eminent German Indologist. Education Jacobi was born in Köln (Cologne) on 11 February 1850. He was educated in the gymnasium of Cologne and then went to the University of Be ...

, was engaged as an actress in Zurich and Poznan. Jacabi died in

at the age of 74.

Work

* ''Weihnachten'' * ''Coeur Dame'' * ''Das verwunschene Königskind'', dramatised fairy tale.

Awards

Order of the Zähringer Lion The Order of the Zähringer Lion was instituted on 26 December 1812 by Karl, Grand Duke of Baden, in memory of the Dukes of Zähringen Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As ...

: Anniversary Medal Silver Medal for Art and Science on the Ribbon of the Order of the Lion of Zähringen (to be worn on the left breast).Catharine Jacobi
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German stage actresses 19th-century German women writers 1837 births 1912 deaths Actresses from Berlin Actresses from the Kingdom of Prussia {{Germany-stage-actor-stub

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