biography
pronunciation:
[viygl]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1900–71)
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| biography:
| Actress-manager, born in Vienna, Austria. She married Bertolt Brecht in 1929, and became a leading exponent of his work, particularly in Die Mutter (1932, The Mother) and Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (1949, Mother Courage and her Children). She took control of the Berliner Ensemble after Brecht's death in 1956, and was instrumental in furthering his influence through the international tours she managed and in which she starred. |
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