Marianne Hoppe

Marianne Hoppe

Born:4/26/1909Died:10/23/2002
Place of Birth:Rostock, Germany

Biography

Born in Rostock, Hoppe became a leading lady of stage and films in Germany. She was born into a wealthy landowning family and was initially privately educated on her father's private estate. Later she attended school in Berlin and in Weimar, where she began to attend theatre.[1] Hoppe first performed at 17 as a member of Berlin's Deutsches Theater under director Max Reinhardt. In 1935 she was hired by the controversial German actor and Director of the Prussian State Theatre under the Third Reich, Gustav Gründgens. They were married from 1936-46, until their divorce. Speaking years after the marriage had ended Hoppe stated, "He was my love, but never my great love, that was work."[1] One of the characters in the film Mephisto was reportedly based on her. Hoppe made no secret of her contacts with the Nazi elite in the 1930s/40s, including being invited to dinner by Hitler.[2] Her role in Der Schimmelreiter (The Rider of the White Horse, 1934) made her famous almost overnight, while her "Aryan" face made her a darling of the Nazi elite.[1] Later Hoppe would label this period of her life as "the black page in my golden book".[1] During her time acting at the home of the Prussian State Theatre, the Schauspielhaus, Hoppe developed her analytical approach to acting, which she stated consisted in her "taking apart every sentence" and giving the use of language a brilliance. This method was to be associated with Hoppe throughout her working life.[1] In 1946 her only child, Benedikt Johann Percy Gründgens, was born. Four years later after her divorce from Gründgens, Hoppe had a great success as Blanche Dubois in Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire, and increasingly played avant-garde roles, written by authors such as Heiner Muller (Quartett, 1994) and Thomas Bernhard, who became her partner in private life as well. She became a favourite of the young and iconoclastic directors Claus Peymann, Robert Wilson and Frank Castorf. Hoppe died in Siegsdorf, Bavaria, in 2002 from natural causes, aged 93. "German theater has lost its queen", said Claus Peymann of the Berliner Ensemble, whose theatre featured Hoppe's last performance, in Bertolt Brecht's Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, in December 1997.[2] In one of her last interviews Hoppe stated, "I have a go at happiness every day. That takes discipline, a virtue every halfway decent actor should have."

Filmography

Hitler's Hollywood

Hitler's Hollywood

20176.4
The Queen – Marianne Hoppe

The Queen – Marianne Hoppe

20006.3
Der Tod kam als Freund

Der Tod kam als Freund

19910.0
Heldenplatz

Heldenplatz

19890.0
Schloß Königswald

Schloß Königswald

19881.0
Bei Thea

Bei Thea

19880.0
Francesca

Francesca

19870.0
Er-Götz-liches

Er-Götz-liches

19840.0
Marianne and Sophie

Marianne and Sophie

19830.0
Die Baronin - Fontane machte sie unsterblich

Die Baronin - Fontane machte sie unsterblich

19810.0
Der Richter

Der Richter

19810.0
Wrong Move

Wrong Move

19756.8
Heiratskandidaten

Heiratskandidaten

19750.0
Im Hause des Kommerzienrates

Im Hause des Kommerzienrates

19750.0
Tag für Tag

Tag für Tag

19690.0
König Richard II

König Richard II

19680.0
Andere Zeiten - andere Sitten

Andere Zeiten - andere Sitten

19670.0
Die Mission

Die Mission

19670.0
Briefe nach Luzern

Briefe nach Luzern

19660.0
A Winter's Tale

A Winter's Tale

196510.0
Das Leben des Horace A.W. Tabor - Ein Stück aus den Tagen der letzten Könige

Das Leben des Horace A.W. Tabor - Ein Stück aus den Tagen der letzten Könige

19658.8
Ten Little Indians

Ten Little Indians

19656.2
Conquerors of Arkansas

Conquerors of Arkansas

19644.6
Harlekinade

Harlekinade

19640.0
Die Teilnahme

Die Teilnahme

19640.0
König Ödipus

König Ödipus

19630.0
Treasure of Silver Lake

Treasure of Silver Lake

19627.0
Rose Bernd

Rose Bernd

19620.0
Der Walzer der Toreros

Der Walzer der Toreros

19620.0
The Strange Countess

The Strange Countess

19616.2
13 Little Donkeys and the Sun Court

13 Little Donkeys and the Sun Court

19585.5
Der Mann meines Lebens

Der Mann meines Lebens

19540.0
Nur eine Nacht

Nur eine Nacht

19500.0
Schicksal aus zweiter Hand

Schicksal aus zweiter Hand

19490.0
Das verlorene Gesicht

Das verlorene Gesicht

19480.0
Das Leben geht weiter

Das Leben geht weiter

19450.0
Ich brauche Dich

Ich brauche Dich

19445.0
Romance in a Minor Key

Romance in a Minor Key

19436.8
Stimme des Herzens

Stimme des Herzens

19425.0
Goodbye, Franziska

Goodbye, Franziska

19417.0
Kongo-Express

Kongo-Express

19390.0
Der Schritt vom Wege

Der Schritt vom Wege

19394.3
Gabriele eins, zwei, drei

Gabriele eins, zwei, drei

19375.0
Love in Stunt Flying

Love in Stunt Flying

19375.0
The Sovereign

The Sovereign

19375.0
Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung

Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung

19366.0
When the Cock Crows

When the Cock Crows

19360.0
Anschlag auf Schweda

Anschlag auf Schweda

19350.0
Die Werft zum Grauen Hecht

Die Werft zum Grauen Hecht

19350.0
Oberwachtmeister Schwenke

Oberwachtmeister Schwenke

19355.0
Alles hört auf mein Kommando

Alles hört auf mein Kommando

19350.0
Black Fighter Johanna

Black Fighter Johanna

19345.0
Trouble with Jolanthe

Trouble with Jolanthe

19347.0
The Rider on the White Horse

The Rider on the White Horse

19342.0
Heideschulmeister Uwe Karsten

Heideschulmeister Uwe Karsten

19330.0
The Judas of Tyrol

The Judas of Tyrol

19335.0