ACTOR

Helene Weigel

1900 - 1971

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Helene Weigel (German: [heˈleː.nə ˈvaɪ̯gl̩] ; 12 May 1900 – 6 May 1971) was a German actress and artistic director. She was the second wife of Bertolt Brecht and was married to him from 1930 until his death in 1956. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helene Weigel has received more than 197,125 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Helene Weigel is the 1,012th most popular actor (up from 1,275th in 2019), the 347th most popular biography from Austria (up from 415th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Austrian Actor.

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  • 58.77

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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Helene Weigel ranks 1,012 out of 13,578. Before her are Conrad Veidt, Madeleine Stowe, June Carter Cash, Paul Michael Glaser, Eva Mendes, and Tony Leung Chiu-wai. After her are Sessue Hayakawa, Donna Reed, Kabir Bedi, Ian Somerhalder, Sterling Hayden, and Mary McDonnell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Helene Weigel ranks 67. Before her are Ignazio Silone, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Franz Walter Stahlecker, Robert Siodmak, Aaron Copland, and Karin Boye. After her are Katina Paxinou, Agnes Moorehead, Camille Chamoun, Wilhelm Rediess, William Heinesen, and Jean Arthur. Among people deceased in 1971, Helene Weigel ranks 43. Before her are John Boyd Orr, Heinz Lammerding, Diane Arbus, Raoul Hausmann, W. O. Bentley, and Georgy Dobrovolsky. After her are Mathilde Kschessinska, Ub Iwerks, Archduchess Adelheid of Austria, Gene Vincent, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Ralph Bunche.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Helene Weigel ranks 347 out of 1,424. Before her are Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este (1915), Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (1872), Hans Krankl (1953), Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (1714), Toni Sailer (1935), and Otto Gross (1877). After her are Joe Zawinul (1932), Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858), René Spitz (1887), Matthäus Hetzenauer (1924), Vicki Baum (1888), and Theodor Körner (1873).

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Among ACTORS In Austria

Among actors born in Austria, Helene Weigel ranks 13. Before her are Klaus Maria Brandauer (1943), Maria Schell (1926), Oskar Werner (1922), Katharina Schratt (1853), Senta Berger (1941), and Lotte Lenya (1898). After her are Christine Kaufmann (1945), Martin Weinek (1964), Mizzi Kaspar (1864), Marisa Mell (1939), Wolf Albach-Retty (1906), and Tobias Moretti (1959).

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Television and Movie Roles

Metropolis
Working Woman (uncredited)
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Feb 6o 19278.1 / 10
Mother Courage and Her Children
Mutter Courage
During the Thirty Years' War, the camp-follower Anna Fierling, called "Mother Courage", travels the length and breadth of Europe with her covered wagon. She does not care if it's Catholics or Protestants she trades with as long as business thrives. She loses her three children as a result of the war: bold and spirited Eilif, sincere and upright Swiss Cheese and mute Katrin, who saves the children of Halle by beating a drum on a farmstead roof In wartime, the Fierling children's virtues prove to be deadly. Yet, Mother Courage, remains incorrigible. She will not have anyone "spoil the war" for her and so sets out once more after the soldiers with her wagon.
Feb 10o 19617 / 10
Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?
Ballad singer (voice)
Kuhle Wampe takes place in early-1930s Berlin. The film begins with a montage of newspaper headlines describing steadily-rising unemployment figures. This is followed by scenes of a young man looking for work in the city and the family discussing the unpaid back rent. The young man, brother of the protagonist Anni, removes his wristwatch and throws himself from a window out of despair. Shortly thereafter his family is evicted from their apartment. Now homeless, the family moves into a garden colony of sorts with the name “Kuhle Wampe.”
May 14o 19327 / 10