Mady Rahl

Mady Rahl

Mady Rahl in the 1957 comedy, Ober zahlen
Born January 3, 1915(1915-01-03)
Neukölln, Berlin,
Germany
Died August 29, 2009(2009-08-29) (aged 94)
Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Mady Rahl (January 3, 1915 — August 29, 2009) was a German stage and film actress.

Born Edith Gertrud Meta Raschke in Neukölln, now part of Berlin, Rahl trained as an actress and dancer. In 1935 she made her stage debut in Leipzig under the direction of Douglas Sirk and started her film career in 1936 with the movie Der geheimnisvolle Mister X. With her role in the circus drama Truxa (1937) Rahl became known to a wider audience. She appeared in approximately 90 movies, several of them for UFA. In later years, she appeared frequently on television, while also pursuing her career in the theatre. She was also the German voice of many cartoon characters and of Lucille Ball.

Rahl's first marriage was to Theodor Reimers, her second was to producer Wilhem Sperber, and her third was to Werner Bürkle. Late in life she painted in the Impressionist style.

Before her death from cancer, Rahl was almost blind and suffering from dementia. She lived in a retirement home in Munich, where her caretaker was Thomas Speyerer.[1]

Her grave is in the North Cemetery in Munich (plot 178-U-66) in Munich, where her sister Ellen had been buried in 1995.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ "Ufa-Star Mady Rahl stirbt mit 94 an Krebs", Die Welt 29 August 2009 (German)

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