Martha Kunig-Rinach, ''née'' Martha Rinach (1 April 1898 – 24 March 1993) was a German actress and
operetta
Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs, and dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, length of the work, and at face value, subject matter. Apart from its s ...
singer (
mezzo-soprano
A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (; ; meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C ...
).
Life and career
Born in
Munich
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, Kunich-Rinach made her debut at the age of 17 at the Munich
Residenz Theatre
The Residence Theatre (in German: Residenztheater) or New Residence Theatre (Neues Residenztheater) of the Residence in Munich was built from 1950 to 1951 by Karl Hocheder. The renovation of 1981 by Alexander von Branca removed the decoration whic ...
. From 1938 to 1944 she was engaged at the
Münchner Volkstheater
Münchner Volkstheater, or Munich People’s Theater, is a company based in the Bavarian capital and operated by the cultural office of the city government. Its original performing home opened in 1903. This was rebuilt in 1955, in 1983 and finally ...
. Two years later she came to the
Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz
The Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz (''State Theatre at Gärtnerplatz''), commonly called the Gärtnerplatztheater, is an opera house and opera company in Munich. (The "Gärtnerplatz" is an urban square in the borough Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt.) ...
, to which she belonged for many years as a permanent member of the ensemble. Kunig-Rinach, who in the end only achieved regional fame, also played small character roles in several German movies such as: ''Das seltsame Leben des Herrn Bruggs'' (1936), ''
Der weißblaue Löwe'' (1952), ''
Ein Herz schlägt für dich'' (1949), ' (1951), ''
Begegnung mit Werther'' (1949), ''Das kann jedem passieren'' (1952), and ''
Das schreckliche Mädchen'' (1990). She also appeared on radio, including 15 episodes (from 1969 to 1985) of the
Bayerischer Rundfunk
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program ''Das Bairisch Herz, Heiteres und Besinnliches in Worten und Liedern''. In 1962 she played a leading role in "Das Dienstjubiläum" in ''
Der Komödienstadel'' alongside
Michl Lang
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Selected filmography
* ''The Unsuspecting Angel'' (1936)
* '' Geheimakte W.B.1'' (1942)
* ''A Heart Beats for You'' (1949)
* ''King for One Night'' (195 ...
, , and others. From the 1950s, she also worked as a dubbing artist.
Kunich-Rinach retired from the stage in 1982. She died in the city of her birth at the age of 94 and is buried in the
Ostfriedhof cemetery. She was married to the tenor and actor Rudolf Kunig (1894–1951).
References
External links
*
Martha Kunig-Rinachon Film portal
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1898 births
1993 deaths
Actresses from Munich
German stage actresses
German film actresses
German voice actresses
German operatic mezzo-sopranos