Sophie Charlotte Ackermann
Sophie Charlotte Ackermann | |
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Born | May 10, 1714 |
Nationality | German |
Occupation | Actress |
Sophie Charlotte Ackermann (née Bierreichel) (10 May 1714 – 14 October 1792) was a German
actress from Berlin
.
Biography
She first married an
in 1751 and founded the famous Ackermann troupe (Ackermann'sche Gesellschaft).The troupe visited Danzig,
Hamburgische Entreprise, whose main backer was Abel Seyler, who employed Gotthold Ephraim Lessing as its dramaturge. The Entreprise was home to famous founders of German histrionics such as Friedrich Ludwig Schröder and Konrad Ekhof
.
Her children were Dorothea Ackermann, Sophie Charlotte Ackermann and Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann. She died in Hamburg.
Sources
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie - online version at Wikisource
- Born-on-this-Day.com