Edith Schollwer
Actor
Biography
Edith Lisette Juliane Hermine Schollwer was an actress known for Ein verdienter Staatsmann (1962), Der bunte Traum (1952) and Die rote Hand (1960). She was born on February 12th 1904 in Berlin, Germany, and died on October 1st 2002. She was married to Carl Jöken.
Schollwer was a leading German actress and singer, first on stage in 1927 with the Hamburger Flora-Varieté as a soubrette. She appeared in Berlin revues, cabaret and operettas, often in partnership with Richard Tauber. Popular in the 1950's and 60's in Berlin cabaret ("Die Insulaner"), she would appear on radio broadcasts for station RIAS and as a film and television character actress. She was famous for her "Insulaner Song", which became an anthem for the beleaguered citizens of West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. Schollwer also provided the dubbing voice for Margaret Rutherford, Angela Lansbury, Thelma Ritter and Mabel Albertson.
Filmography
Vater sein dagegen sehr
as Ottilie Roeckel geb. Lüdecke 1957
Gasparone
as Gräfin Carlotta Ambrat 1937
Life Begins Tomorrow
as Kellnerin 1933
Hoheit lassen bitten
as Mathilde 1954
Der Vetter aus Dingsda
as Hanne van Zeevenhook 1953
Der fröhliche Wanderer
as Sängerin Malk 1955
Es wird alles wieder gut
as Anna Rohr 1957
Das singende Hotel
as Frau Giesemann 1953
Die Kaiserin von China
as Frau Lose 1953
Die Blume von Hawaii
as Sängerin 1953
The Count from Pappenheim
as Mizzi Reisner 1952
Pension Schöller
as Amalie 1952
So'n Theater
as Mutter Gräbert, Theaterinhaberin 1973
Die rote Hand
as Frau Hasselbütt 1960
Ramona
as Hedwig 1961
Schützenliesel
as Mathilde - Schwester von Steinhagen 1954