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- Died
- Rolf Prasch was born on October 18, 1884 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Robert Koch: The Battle Against Death (1939), Carl Peters (1941) and The Burning Soil (1922). He died on July 8, 1960 in Hamburg, Germany.
- Because his parents Aloys Prasch and Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg were both stage actors Rolf Prasch got in touch with the world of the theater at a young age. There were other family members who were active as artists. His grandparents were the opera singers Julius Grevenberg and Wilhelmine Grevenberg-Langheinz and his uncle was the stage actor Julius Grevenberg Jr.
- He became a theater manager in the 30s for different theaters and he also realised numerous plays as a director.
- First he studied law before he took acting lessons. He launched his stage career in Zwickau afterwards. It followed engagements in Zürich, Kassel and Stuttgart where he also became a director.
- Rolf Prasch continued his activity as a theater manager after World War II, among others in Flensburg and Hamburg.
- He remained active at the theater till 1953, afterwards he retired.
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