Käthe Gold as a cleaning lady in an episode of Der Kommissar (1974)

Käthe Gold (11 February 1907 – 11 October 1997) was an Austrian actress.

Born in Vienna, she trained in that city as an actress and then went to Bern, Breslau (now Wrocław) and Munich. In 1932 she went to Berlin, where she remained until 1944. It was during those years that she had her greatest successes on the stage in plays such as Goethe's Faust (Gretchen), Shakespeare's Hamlet (Ophelia), and Ibsen's A Doll's House (Nora).

In 1944, Gold went to Zurich, and in 1947 she returned to Vienna, where she played at the Burgtheater.

Gold's stage career prevented her from appearing in many movies. Of the few films in which she did act, Amphitryon (1935, playing Alkmene), The Girl from Barnhelm (1940) and, after the war, Rose Bernd (1957) and Karl May (a 1976 biopic about Karl May) are notable. On TV she played Linda opposite Heinz Rühmann in a 1968 German language version of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. She also had two guest appearances in the TV series, Der Kommissar.

Käthe Gold died in her native Vienna at the age of 90.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1935AmphitryonAmphitryons Gemahlin Alkmene
1935The Valley of LoveDie Marktgräfin
1937Another WorldAudrey
1939Die unheimlichen WünschePauline, Silhouettenschneiderin
1940The Girl from BarnhelmMinna von Barnhelm
1950Der WallnerbubMonika - Davids Mutter
1951Eyes of LoveSchwester Agnes
1952Palace HotelEmilie - Zimmermädchen
1956Fuhrmann Henschel
1957Rose BerndHenriette Flamm
1961Der Bauer als MillionärLacrimosa
1968Death of a SalesmanLindaTV movie
1974Karl MayKlara May
1980Die Reise ins tausendjährige ReichMartha Musil

Decorations and awards

References

  1. "Reply to a parliamentary question" (PDF) (in German). p. 144. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  2. "Reply to a parliamentary question" (PDF) (in German). p. 475. Retrieved 2 January 2013.


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