Heidi Kabel

Heidi Kabel
Kabel in 1984
Born	Heidi Bertha Auguste Kabel (1914-08-27)27 August 1914 Hamburg, Germany
Died	15 June 2010(2010-06-15) (aged 95) Hamburg, Germany
Occupation(s)	Actress Musician
Years active	1932–2007
Spouse(s)	Hans Mahler (1937–1970) (his death)
Children	Heidi Mahler

Heidi Bertha Auguste Kabel (German: [ˈhaɪdiː ˈkaːbl̩] ^ⓘ; 27 August 1914 – 15 June 2010) was a German actress and musician. Most of her stage roles were performed at the Ohnsorg-Theater in Hamburg, many of them in Low German. She became famous in Germany as many of the productions of the Ohnsorg Theater were transmitted on German television.

Heidi Kabel was born in Hamburg; the city and its landmarks inspired many of her best-known songs (In Hamburg sagt man Tschüss, Jungfernstiegmarsch). She was married to stage director and actor Hans Mahler, who died in 1970. Their daughter, Heidi Mahler, is also an actress.

She died in Hamburg on 15 June 2010 at the age of 95 and was honoured with a funeral service at St. Michael's Church ten days later.^[1]

Honors

• Bambi Award 1984, 1990, 2004
• Biermann-Ratjen-Medaille, Hamburg 1984
• Bürgermeister-Stolten-Medaille for art and science, Hamburg 1981
• Edelweiß of the magazine "Frau im Spiegel" 1993
• Ehrenkommissarin of the Hamburg Police 1994
• Honour medal for art and science, Hamburg 1989
• Goldene Kamera 1985
• Goldener Bildschirm 1967, 1972
• Hermann-Löns-Medaille in platin for special services to the Volksmusik 1989
• Richard-Ohnsorg-Preis 1983
• Silberne Maske of the Hamburger Volksbühne 1982
• Silbernes Blatt of the Dramatiker-Union 1986

She did not accept the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, honouring an old Hanseatic tradition.

Selected filmography

References

• "Werdegang: Heidi Kabel und ihr Ohnsorg-Theater" (in German). Norddeutscher Rundfunk. Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2010-04-17.

External links

• Heidi Kabel at IMDb
• Heidi Kabel in the German National Library catalogue