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Elisabeth Hauptmann

Overview

  • Born
    June 20, 1897 · Peckelsheim, Willebadessen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Died
    April 20, 1973 · Berlin, Germany (undisclosed)
  • Birth name
    Elisabeth Flora Charlotte Hauptmann

Biography

  • Elisabeth Hauptmann was born on June 20, 1897 in Peckelsheim, Willebadessen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She was a writer, known for America's Musical Theater (1985), Happy End oder Wie ein kleines Heilsarmeemädchen Chicagos größte Verbrecher in die Arme der Gesellschaft zurückführte (1972) and Mack the Knife - Brecht's Threepenny Film (2018). She was married to Paul Dessau and Friedrich Wilhelm Werner Kurt Hacke. She died on April 20, 1973 in Berlin, Germany.

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      Paul Dessau(1943 - July 24, 1950) (divorced)
      Friedrich Wilhelm Werner Kurt Hacke(March 14, 1931 - March 8, 1932) (divorced)

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  • Was posthumously nominated for Broadway's 1977 Tony Award as Best Book (Musical), as adapted by Michael Feingold, for "Happy End."

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