Traute Carlsen (1882–1968) was a German

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. Following the

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rise to power in 1933, the Jewish Carlsen left Germany for Switzerland where she settled permanently. She was married to the Austrian actor

Karl Forest Karl Forest (1874–1944) was an Austrian actor. He was married to the actress Traute Carlsen. Selected filmography * ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (1923) * '' The Money Devil'' (1923) * '' Boarding House Groonen'' (1925) * ''The Guardsman'' (1925) * ...

Biography

Carlsen attended the acting school of the Deutsches Theater in Berlin and made her debut in 1907 at the Hof- und Nationaltheater in Mannheim. In 1910 she came to the Komödienhaus in Frankfurt am Main, and in 1912 to the Kleines Theater in Berlin. In productions of the Duskes-Film and the Imperator-Film she appeared in front of the camera as a leading actress in melodramas from 1913. After the end of the war, however, she turned increasingly to the theater again and arrived at the Burgtheater in Vienna via Frankfurt. In 1927 Carlsen, who had been married to Viktor Gerber since 1924, moved to the Schauspielhaus Zürich. Occasionally she made guest appearances in Berlin and again took on smaller film roles. She last appeared at the Komische Oper in 1932/33. She also appeared in Vienna in 1933/34 at the Theater in der Josefstadt. After the National Socialists came to power in 1933, Carlsen, who was of Jewish descent, remained in Switzerland for good and appeared mainly at the Schauspielhaus in Zurich. There she appeared in 1954 as the Priestess in Penthesilea and in 1955 as Betty in Mein Freund Harvey. Her subject was that of the elegant lady of the world. In Swiss film, she took on some minor roles, and also worked for Radio Bern and Swiss television. She was temporarily married to director Karlheinz Martin (1886-1948) and actor Karl Forest (born Obertimpfler, 1874-1944). In 1956 she spelled herself Traute Carlsen-Obertimpfler. In 1959 she was awarded the Hans Reinhart Ring.

Selected filmography

* '' Love Affairs'' (1927) * ''

The First Right of the Child ''The First Right of the Child'' (german: Das erste Recht des Kindes) is a 1932 German drama film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Hertha Thiele, Eduard Wesener and Helene Fehdmer. The film's sets were designed by the art director E ...

'' (1932) * '' Marshal Forwards'' (1932) * ''

Heidi ''Heidi'' (; ) is a work of children's fiction published in 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as ''Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning'' (german: Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre) and ''Heidi: How She Used ...

'' (1952) * ''

Heidi and Peter ''Heidi and Peter'' (German: ''Heidi und Peter'') is a 1955 Swiss family drama film directed by Franz Schnyder and starring Heinrich Gretler, Elsbeth Sigmund and Thomas Klameth. It was a sequel to the 1952 film ''Heidi'', which was itself an adapta ...

'' (1955) * ''

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'' (1957)

References

Bibliography

* Stefano Evangelista. ''The Reception of Oscar Wilde in Europe''. A&C Black, 2010.

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* 1882 births 1968 deaths German film actresses German stage actresses Swiss film actresses Swiss stage actresses Actors from Dresden Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Switzerland 20th-century German women {{Germany-actor-stub