Ernst Schröder (actor)

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Ernst Schröder
Schröder in Jedermann, with Christiane Hörbiger at the Salzburg Festival 1969
Born	(1915-01-27)27 January 1915 Herne, Prussia, Germany
Died	26 July 1994(1994-07-26) (aged 79) Berlin, Germany
Years active	1934–1992
Spouse(s)	Inge Thiesfeld (1937-1945) (divorced) (2 children) Gesa Ferck (1946-?) (1 child)

Ernst Schröder (27 January 1915 – 26 July 1994) was a popular German theatre, film and TV actor.

Life

Born in

During the war he served briefly in the army, was wounded, and returned to the Schiller Theatre in 1942. When in 1944 the theatre was closed, he returned to serve in the army, and ended the war in Italy as a prisoner. He returned to the theatre in 1946 and rapidly re-established his reputation.

He was a member of the jury at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival in 1957.^[1]

He was considered one of the greatest character actors of the German theatre, enjoying larger than life roles. He was frequently compared with the pre-war star

He achieved broader popularity in the 1970s, appearing more frequently on television, particularly in crime shows like Derrick and Der Alte.

In 1980, his daughter, the actress Christiane Schröder (18 January 1942 – 17 September 1980), committed suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

In 1981, he staged a production of Shakespeare's King Lear at the Bad Hersfeld Festival. At the end of the 1980s he returned to television in the role of 'Lauritz Lorentz' in the series of Lorentz & Söhne [it] (Lorentz and Sons).

In 1991–92, he appeared as the narrator in a dramatised radio version of The Lord of the Rings.

Throughout his career, Schröder also

External links

• Ernst Schröder at
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• Ernst Schröder at Find a Grave