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- Birth nameKäte Lisbeth Minna Sophie Isolde Haack
- Käthe Haack was born on August 11, 1897 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Emil and the Detectives (1931), Meine vier Jungens (1944) and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943). She was married to Heinrich Schroth. She died on May 5, 1986 in West Berlin, West Germany.
- SpouseHeinrich Schroth(1915 - January 13, 1945) (his death, 1 child)
- Children
- ParentsSophie Margarethe Haack née JahnKarl Wilhelm Paul Haack
- RelativesChristoph Köster(Grandchild)Hans Hass Jr.(Grandchild)
- Daughter of Karl Wilhelm Paul Haack and Sophie Margarethe Jahn Haack. Mother of Hannelore Schroth, stepmother of Heinz Schroth aka Heinz Sailer and Carl-Heinz Schroth.
- Prolific, versatile and immensely likeable actress, the daughter of a textile merchant. On stage from 1914 and long-standing ensemble member of the Preußische Staatstheater, Berlin. She acted in more then 200 films well into her late 80's, beginning with leading roles in silent pictures to gentle, humorous or maternal character parts in post-war German cinema and television.
- Because of her manifold choice of parts she had the possibility to take part in very different movies.
- The entry into the sound film and the change of a young girl to a mature woman succeeded smoothly.
- After the war she became familiar with roles as a Grand Dame which she personified impressively in the productions "Zwei ahnungslose Engel" (1969), "Der Lord von Barmbeck" (1976) and "Grete Minde - Der Wald ist voller Wölfe" (1977).
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