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Dorsch, Käthe
© Copyright Käthe Dorsch as the Princess of Tyrol in G. Hauptmann's "Ulrich von Lichtenstein", Burgtheater, Vienna 1939 Dorsch, Käthe, b. St. Peter near Nuremberg (Germany), Dec. 29, 1890, d. Vienna, Dec. 25, 1957. Kammerschauspielerin, wife of actor Harry Liedtke (1882-1945); at first played soubrettes in operettas; actress in Vienna from 1927; performed at Volkstheater (1936-1939) then at Burgtheater (played Elisabeth in "Maria Stuart", Marguerite Gautier in "Camille", Frau Alving in "Die Gespenster"); also appeared in films; aroused great attention when she slapped the critic H. Weigel in public in 1956. Literature: L. Berger, K. D., 1957.
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