Dorothea Wieck
Actor
- Born
- January 3, 1908 · Davos, Switzerland
- Died
- February 20, 1986 (age 78)
Dorothea Wieck, born Dora Bertha Olavia Wieck (3 January 1908 in Davos, Switzerland – 20 February 1986 in Berlin, West Germany), was a German theatre and film actress.
Wieck launched her acting career on stage in 1924 and made her screen debut in German films in 1926, appearing in several silent films. She became widely known through her leading role in the 1931 film Mädchen in Uniform (Girls in Uniform). Her American film debut came in Cradle Song (1933).
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Wieck appeared in around 50 films and played on the stages of many large theatres, notably at the Deutsches Theater and the Schillertheater, Berlin. She also worked as a theatre director. After World War II, she appeared in films only in supporting roles, and she withdrew from films almost entirely in the early 1960s. In 1973, Wieck received the Film Ribbon in Gold of the Deutscher Filmpreis for long and outstanding achievements in German film.
Known for
Mädchen in Uniform
November 27, 1931
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
July 9, 1958
Brainwashed
September 2, 1960
The Student of Prague
December 10, 1935
Anna and Elizabeth
April 12, 1933
Andreas Schlüter
September 11, 1942
No Greater Love
February 29, 1952
Theodor Körner
October 3, 1932
Grand Hotel
September 23, 1959
Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter
September 26, 1956
Teilnehmer antwortet nicht
August 18, 1932
Kopf hoch, Johannes!
March 11, 1941
Acting49
- 1967Bäume sterben aufrecht as Großmutter
- 1962Die Revolution entläßt ihre Kinder as Frau Leonhard
- 1962Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
- 1960Brainwashed as Countess (uncredited)
- 1960Die Nacht in Zaandam as Mary
- 1959Morgen wirst Du um mich weinen as Äbtissin
- 1959Grand Hotel as Suzanne
- 1959Notes from a Gynecologist's Diary as Sabine Hennemann
- 1958Maß für Maß as Nonne Franziska
- 1958A Time to Love and a Time to Die