Gertrud Wolle

{{short description|German actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Gertrud Wolle | image = Gertrud Wolle publ.jpg | imagesize = | birth_date = {{birth date text|11 March 1891}} | birth_place = [[Urbès|Urbis]], [[Arrondissement of Thann|Thann]], [[Alsace]] <br> [[German Empire]] | death_date = {{death-date and age|6 July 1952|11 March 1891}} | death_place = [[Munich]], [[West Germany]] | othername = | occupation = [[Film actor]] | years_active = [[1919 in film|1919]]–[[1952 in film|1952]] }}

'''Gertrud Wolle''' (11 March 1891 – 6 July 1952) was a German [[film actress]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film & TV Database: WOLLE, Gertrud |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/182344 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119213839/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/182344 |archive-date=2009-01-19 |access-date=2025-08-12 |website=ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |language=en}}</ref>

Wolle worked as a nanny for two years and then attended drama school in Berlin. In September 1916, she joined the Deutsches Theater, where she made her debut in Goethe's Faust.

Early on, she was typecast on [[Theatre|stage]] and in [[Silent film|silent films]] as the eccentric older woman. With the introduction of [[Sound film|sound films]], she was cast in this role in an enormous number of productions. She played mostly small parts meant to amuse the audience as a shrill, ridiculous woman in the role of a secretary, teacher, headmistress, saleswoman, employee, or neighbor.

Due to her constant film work, she had little time for theater performances and only returned to the stage during the film-free period after 1945, for example at the [[Stadttheater Passau]]. After that, she was active in film again in her usual manner until her death. In 1944, she was included in the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda's [[Gottbegnadeten list]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kellenter |first=Theodor |title=Die Gottbegnadeten: Hitlers Liste unersetzbarer Künstler |date=2020 |publisher=Arndt |isbn=9783887412906 |language=de |trans-title=The Gifted Ones: Hitler's List of Irreplaceable Artists}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== {{div col}} * ''[[Die Insel der Glücklichen]]'' (1919) * ''[[Prince Cuckoo]]'' (1919) * ''[[Roswolsky's Mistress]]'' (1921) * ''[[A Glass of Water (1923 film)|A Glass of Water]]'' (1923) * ''[[Burglars (film)|Burglars]]'' (1930) * ''[[The Three from the Filling Station (1930 film)|The Three from the Filling Station]]'' (1930) * ''[[Bombs on Monte Carlo (1931 film)|Bombs on Monte Carlo]]'' (1931) * ''[[The Spanish Fly (1931 film)|The Spanish Fly]]'' (1931) * ''[[The Private Secretary (1931 German film)|The Private Secretary]]'' (1931) * ''[[The Little Escapade]]'' (1931) * ''[[The True Jacob (1931 film)|The True Jacob]]'' (1931) * ''[[Two Hearts Beat as One (film)|Two Hearts Beat as One]]'' (1932) * ''[[When Love Sets the Fashion]]'' (1932) * ''[[Things Are Getting Better Already]]'' (1932) * ''[[Girls to Marry]]'' (1932) * ''[[The Beautiful Adventure (1932 German-language film)|The Beautiful Adventure]]'' (1932) * ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest (1932 film)|The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' (1932) * ''[[Viktor und Viktoria]]'' (1933) * ''[[And Who Is Kissing Me?]]'' (1933) * ''[[Tell Me Who You Are (1933 film)|Tell Me Who You Are]]'' (1933) * ''[[The English Marriage]]'' (1934) * ''[[Enjoy Yourselves]]'' (1934) * ''[[Music in the Blood (1934 film)|Music in the Blood]]'' (1934) * ''[[Decoy (1934 film)|Decoy]]'' (1934) * ''[[A Night of Change]]'' (1935) * ''[[The Higher Command]]'' (1935) * ''[[Black Roses (1935 film)|Black Roses]]'' (1935) * ''[[Das Einmaleins der Liebe]]'' (1935) * ''[[The King's Prisoner]]'' (1935) * ''[[Lessons in Love (1935 film)|Lessons in Love]]'' (1935) * ''[[City of Anatol]]'' (1936) * ''[[The Girl Irene]]'' (1936) * ''[[The Bashful Casanova]]'' (1936) * ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937 film)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' (1937) * ''[[Dangerous Game (1937 film)|Dangerous Game]]'' (1937) * ''[[The Unexcused Hour (1937 film)|The Unexcused Hour]]'' (1937) * ''[[His Best Friend (1937 film)|His Best Friend]]'' (1937) * ''[[Anton the Last]]'' (1939) * ''[[New Year's Eve on Alexanderplatz]]'' (1939) * ''[[Robert Koch (film)|Robert Koch]]'' (1939) * ''[[Judgement Day (1940 film)|Judgement Day]]'' (1940) * ''[[Love is Duty Free]]'' (1941) * ''[[Beloved Darling]]'' (1943) * ''[[Mask in Blue (1943 film)|Mask in Blue]]'' (1943) * ''[[Why Are You Lying, Elisabeth?]]'' (1944) * ''[[Nothing But Coincidence]]'' (1949) * ''[[The Cuckoos (1949 film)|The Cuckoos]]'' (1949) * ''[[Two Times Lotte]]'' (1950) * ''[[Royal Children]]'' (1950) * ''[[Kissing Is No Sin (1950 film)|Kissing Is No Sin]]'' (1950) * ''[[Doctor Praetorius (film)|Doctor Praetorius]]'' (1950) * ''[[Sensation in San Remo]]'' (1951) * ''[[The Lady in Black (1951 film)|The Lady in Black]]'' (1951) * ''[[Nights on the Road]]'' (1952) * ''[[The Imaginary Invalid (1952 film)|The Imaginary Invalid]]'' (1952) * ''[[The Devil Makes Three (film)|The Devil Makes Three]]'' (1953) {{div col end}}

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0938546}}

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