Helene Weigel

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Austrian person German person actress human stage actress theatre director

Helene Weigel was an acclaimed Austrian-German actress and influential theatre director, best known for her leading role in shaping and performing in Bertolt Brecht’s epic theatre.

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Label Occurrences
Helene Weigel canonical 10
Helene Weigel (memorial reference) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austrian person ⓘ
German person ⓘ
actress ⓘ
human ⓘ
stage actress ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
burialPlace Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof, Berlin ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
child Barbara Brecht-Schall ⓘ
Stefan Brecht ⓘ
citizenship Austria ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
coFounded Berliner Ensemble ⓘ
countryOfBirth Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Austria-Hungary
countryOfDeath East Germany ⓘ
countryOfResidence East Germany ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1900-05-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1971-05-06 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jews ⓘ
surface form: Jewish people
familyName Weigel ⓘ
fieldOfWork acting ⓘ
performing arts ⓘ
theatre direction ⓘ
genre theatre ⓘ
givenName Helene ⓘ
influenced post-war German theatre ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
memberOf Berliner Ensemble ⓘ
movement epic theatre ⓘ
name Helene Weigel self-link ⓘ
nationality Austrian ⓘ
German ⓘ
notableFor collaboration with Bertolt Brecht ⓘ
founding the Berliner Ensemble ⓘ
interpretations of Brecht’s plays ⓘ
notableRole Mother Courage and Her Children ⓘ
surface form: Mother Courage
notableWork Mother Courage and Her Children ⓘ
surface form: Mother Courage and Her Children (stage role)
occupation actress ⓘ
artistic director ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
partner Bertolt Brecht ⓘ
placeOfBirth Vienna ⓘ
placeOfDeath East Berlin ⓘ
positionHeld artistic director of Berliner Ensemble ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
spouse Bertolt Brecht ⓘ
style Brechtian acting style ⓘ
workedWith Berliner Ensemble ⓘ
Bertolt Brecht ⓘ

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Bertolt Brecht → spouse → Helene Weigel ⓘ
Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof, Berlin → notableBurial → Helene Weigel ⓘ
subject surface form: Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof
epic theatre → hasKeyFigure → Helene Weigel ⓘ
Mother Courage and Her Children → notableActorInRoleOfMotherCourage → Helene Weigel ⓘ
Berliner Ensemble → foundedBy → Helene Weigel ⓘ
Berliner Ensemble → notablePerson → Helene Weigel ⓘ
Helene Weigel → name → Helene Weigel self-link ⓘ
Theater am Schiffbauerdamm → associatedWith → Helene Weigel ⓘ
Barbara Brecht-Schall → mother → Helene Weigel ⓘ
Barbara Brecht-Schall → relative → Helene Weigel ⓘ
Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf → hasNotableBurials → Helene Weigel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Helene Weigel (memorial reference)