Elisabeth Wiedemann (8 April 1926 – 27 May 2015) was a German actress and best known for her role as Else Tetzlaff in ''

Ein Herz und eine Seele ''Ein Herz und eine Seele'' (literally "One Heart and One Soul" i.e. "hand in glove") is a German television sitcom based on the British sitcom ''Till Death Us Do Part'' by Johnny Speight. The show premiered on 15 January 1973 and lasted for abou ...

''.

Career

Starting out as a dancer and stage actress, Elisabeth Wiedemann became known to the nation as Else Tetzlaff in the German

sitcom A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ne ...

''Ein Herz und eine Seele''.Wiedemann's career (German)
/ref> After 21 episodes, Wiedemann moved on to other projects and declined to return to the show's revival in 1976. She later said that she put Else through all emotions possible and she wouldn't want to get tired of the character. The role was unsuccessfully recast with

Helga Feddersen Helga Feddersen (; 14 March 1930 – 24 November 1990) was a German actress, comedian, singer, author, and theater director. Biography Feddersen was born and died in Hamburg. She took up acting early in her life, first being cast for minor part ...

and the show was canceled after four new episodes. Wiedemann moved away from comedy and took guest stints in crime shows like ''

Derrick A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower, and a ...

'', ''

The Old Fox ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

'' und ''

Tatort ''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...

''. In 1983, she starred in the two-part drama '. Two years later, in 1985, Wiedemann played a supporting role in the feature film ''

Otto - Der Film Otto is a masculine German given name and a Otto (surname), surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name ...

'', her first comedic project after the end of ''Ein Herz und eine Seele''. Wiedemann returned to her roots as a dancer and stage actress the following years, only making rare appearances in television. After an episode of ''

Das Traumschiff ' ("The Dream Ship") is a German television drama series by ZDF. The series, about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world, debuted in 1981 and became one of the most-watched television shows in Germany. A total of 83 episodes have ...

'' in 1995 and a guest appearance in ''Mama ist unmöglich'' in 1997, Wiedemann was said to have retired from acting. However, she made several appearances on stage afterwards and was seen in ''

Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall ''Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall'' (at the beginning only called ''Von Fall zu Fall'' and sometimes only called ''Stubbe'') is a German language, German crime detective television series starring Wolfgang Stumph as detective Stubbe. It is being broad ...

'' and ''

Ritas Welt ''Ritas Welt'' (English: ''Rita's World'') is a German television sitcom produced by the German division of Columbia TriStar Television that premiered on RTL on 17 September 1999 and ended its run after five successful seasons on 19 December 200 ...

'' in 2003, in another ''

'' in 2004, ''

SOKO 5113 Soko ( sh-Cyrl, Соко) was a Yugoslav aircraft manufacturer based in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina. The company was responsible for the production of many military aircraft for the Yugoslav Air Force. SOKO was created in 1950 by the rel ...

'' in 2008 and ''

Notruf Hafenkante ''Notruf Hafenkante'' is a German television series broadcast on ZDF. It is set in Hamburg and is about the members of the police department PK 21 and the doctors of the fictional hospital Elbkrankenhaus. The show's premise is modelled on the ...

'' in 2007 and 2011.

Awards

In 1966, Elisabeth Wiedemann won the

Goldene Kamera The Goldene Kamera ("Golden Camera") is an annual German film and television award, awarded by the Funke Mediengruppe. The award show is usually held in early February in Hamburg, but has also taken place in Berlin in the past. The gold-plate ...

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wiedemann, Elisabeth 1926 births 2015 deaths German television actresses German stage actresses 20th-century German actresses 21st-century German actresses German female dancers