Käthe Dorsch

Käthe Dorsch
Dorsch in 1946
Born Katharina Dorsch
(1890-12-29)29 December 1890
Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany
Died 25 December 1957(1957-12-25) (aged 66)
Vienna, Austria
Occupation Actress
Years active 1905-1957
Spouse(s) Harry Liedtke (1920-1928)

Käthe (Katharina) Dorsch (29 December 1890 25 December 1957) was a German actress.

Life

She was born in the Bavarian town of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, the daughter of a bakery helper. Her family moved to Nuremberg, when she was three years old. Dorsch attended a commercial school and had her first engagement aged 15 as a choir singer at the Staatstheater, performing Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. She appeared in Carl Zuckmayer's 1927 play Schinderhannes.

Dorsch is buried at the cemetery of Bad Saarow-Pieskow. A memorial stands at Waldfriedhof Dahlem in Berlin.

Selected filmography

  • Käthe Dorsch in the German National Library catalogue
  • Käthe Dorsch on IMDb
  • Käthe Dorsch at Find a Grave
  • Photos of Käthe Dorsch
  • "Käthe Dorsch". Aeiou Encyclopedia (in German).


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