Edith Hancke
Edith Hancke was a German stage, film and television actress.
Life and career
Edith Hancke, daughter of a bank clerk, grew up in Berlin-Charlottenburg. She received an education at the Lettehaus and, at the age of 20, attended Marlise Ludwig's acting school at Wilmersdorfer Wilhelmsaue. She received her first engagements at Berlin theaters beginning in 1948. She made guest appearances at the Renaissance Theater, the Deutsches Theater, the Schlosspark Theater, the Schillertheater, the Theater am Kurfürstendamm and the Berliner Komödie, among others.
Her real profession remained the theater. Several times she received the Golden Curtain, the award for the most popular actress in Berlin. Edith Hancke also performed for two years as a member of the cabaret Die Stachelschweine. She appeared in 150 episodes of the popular radio entertainment series Pension Spreewitz on RIAS. Even at the age of 72, she starred in the play Fenster zum Flur for one year. From 1981 to 1987, she was the narrator in the RIAS radio play series Damals war's - Geschichten aus dem alten Berlin. She thus succeeded the narrator Ewald Wenck, who died in 1981.
Through her work as a dubbing artist, Hancke's voice can be heard in many foreign films, such as the Czechoslovak musical feature film Lemonade Joe. She dubbed Baby Sinclair on the U.S. series Dinosaurs. She had been married since 1972 to fellow actor Klaus Sonnenschein, whom she had met at the Theater Tribüne in 1970, in their third marriage and lived with him in their home in Holstein and in Berlin-Schlachtensee. In the TV film Schaumküsse, Hancke and Sonnenschein made a joint appearance as a married couple, which was their last role as actors for both of them.
Selected filmography
The Beaver Coat - Adelheid WolffBürgermeister Anna - Grete DrewsThe Merry Wives of Windsor - Lehrling bei Reich Modell Bianka - Jungarbeiterin Inge LangWe'll Talk About Love Later - Frau PingelThe Abduction of the Sabine Women - Fräulein Müller-MuthesiusSky Without Stars - Frau am KontrollpunktYour Life Guards - ZofeUrlaub auf Ehrenwort - ErnaA Thousand Melodies The Captain from Köpenick - Sick girlIf We All Were Angels - Junge AnimierdameEin Mann muß nicht immer schön sein - Frl. Zimmermann, Sekretärin Spring in Berlin - Uschi PaulsenMadeleine Tel. 13 62 11 - Edith - The MaidSchmutziger Engel - GertiSchwarzwälder Kirsch - Jette PalmThe Muzzle - BillaOhne Mutter geht es nicht - Hausmädchen ElisabethMy Ninety Nine Brides - RuthKleine Leute mal ganz groß - Marie MaierCourt Martial - Frl. WehnerPeter Shoots Down the Bird - Fräulein LehmannOf Course, the Motorists - AutofahrerinArzt aus Leidenschaft - Schwester ElviraBoomerang - Woman in trainAls geheilt entlassen - LoreI Learned That in Paris Vertauschtes Leben Bei Pichler stimmt die Kasse nicht - EmmaThe Marriage of Mr. Mississippi - LukretiaAm Sonntag will mein Süsser mit mir segeln gehn - Minna, die KöchinThe Strange Countess - Lizzy SmithBeloved Impostor - StewardessSo liebt und küsst man in Tirol - Ida WürzigDicke Luft - Fräulein WeierleinOhne Krimi geht die Mimi nie ins Bett - MimiUniverso di notte - Self - Host German VersionBreakfast in Bed - Mrs. MüllerHoliday in St. Tropez - Friedericke KussmaulDon't Tell Me Any Stories - 'Veilchen' Black Eagle of Santa Fe - AliceTausend Takte Übermut - Ernestine GlücklichDas große Glück - Mrs. Kleinschmitt - Miss NilssonParadies der flotten Sünder - GreteOtto ist auf Frauen scharf - GarderobenfrauCharley's Uncle - HelgaHeintje: A Heart Goes on a Journey - LieschenWhy Did I Ever Say Yes Twice? - HausmädchenOur Willi Is the Best - Elsetraut KnöpfkeOld Barge, Young Love - Eleonore StrunzUnsere Tante ist das Letzte - Sieglinde Hirsekorn, Otto-Wilhelms FrauMeister Eder und sein Pumuckl - Frau Bauer