Heidi Bertha Auguste Kabel (; 27 August 1914 – 15 June 2010) was a German

actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

and

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. Most of her stage roles were performed at the

Ohnsorg-Theater The Ohnsorg-Theater in Hamburg, Germany, is a stage for plays run after the British system of repertory theatre with up to six produced plays per season. Plays are exclusively performed in low German (''Platt''). They play a major role in sprea ...

in Hamburg, many of them in

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. 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 Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

; 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.

Honors

* ''

Bambi Award The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and oth ...

'' 1984, 1990, 2004 * ''

Biermann-Ratjen-Medaille The Biermann-Ratjen-Medaille (Biermann Ratjen Medal) is an award of the City of Hamburg, Germany. It was founded in 1978 by the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg to commemorate the achievements of the previous senator of culture Han ...

'', Hamburg 1984 * ''Bürgermeister-Stolten-Medaille'' for art and science, Hamburg 1981 * ''Edelweiß'' of the magazine "

Frau im Spiegel ''Frau im Spiegel'' (English lit. "Woman in the Mirror") is a German weekly magazine for women based in Munich, Germany. History and profile The magazine first appeared in 1946. It was distributed by the Hamburg based ''Verlag Ehrlich & Sohn''. ...

" 1993 * ''Ehrenkommissarin'' of the Hamburg Police 1994 * ''Honour medal'' for art and science, Hamburg 1989 * ''

Goldene Kamera The Goldene Kamera ("Golden Camera") is an annual German film and television award, awarded by the Funke Mediengruppe. The award show was usually held in early February in Hamburg, but also took place in Berlin on occasion. It has been paused ...

'' 1985 * ''Goldener Bildschirm'' 1967, 1972 * ''

Hermann-Löns-Medaille The Hermann-Löns-Medaille, awarded since 1974 in the categories platinum, gold, silver and bronze, is a prize of the magazine ''Das Neue Blatt'' from the Bauer Media Group, awarded for special merits in the field of popular music. The prize is na ...

'' 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 The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (, or , BVO) is the highest state decoration, federal decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany. It may be awarded for any field of endeavor. It was created by the first List of president ...

, honouring an old Hanseatic tradition.

Selected filmography

* '' A Girl Goes Ashore'' (1938) * ''Wenn man Meyer heißt'' (1958, TV film) * '' Wenn der Hahn kräht'' (1959, TV film) * '' Das Herrschaftskind'' (1959, TV film) * '' Tratsch im Treppenhaus'' (1962, TV film) * '' Der Bürgermeisterstuhl'' (1962, TV film) * ''Vater Philipp'' (1963, TV film) * ''Mutter steht ihren Mann'' (1963, TV film) * ''Kein Auskommen mit dem Einkommen'' (1966, TV film) * '' Tratsch im Treppenhaus'' (1966, TV film) * ''Und oben wohnen Engels'' (1967, TV film) * ''Hein Butendörp sien Bestmann'' (1967, TV film) * '' Verteufelte Zeiten'' (1968, TV film) * ''Die Kartenlegerin'' (1968, TV film) * ''Die lieben Verwandten'' (1968, TV film) * ''Schneider Nörig'' (1969, TV film) * '' On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight'' (1969) * '' Der Bürgermeisterstuhl'' (1969, TV film) * ''

Twenty Girls and the Teachers ''Twenty Girls and the Teachers'' () is a 1971 West German comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Mascha Gonska, Heidi Kabel, Rudolf Schündler and Fritz Tillmann.Mahler & Wittmaack p.260 Cast * Mascha Gonska as Trixie * Heidi Kabe ...

'' (1971) * ''Mein Mann, der fährt zur See'' (1971, TV film) * ''Der möblierte Herr'' (1971, TV film) * '' Das Herrschaftskind'' (1972, TV film) * ''Zwei Engel'' (1972, TV film) * '' The Heath Is Green'' (1972) * ''Rund um Kap Hoorn'' (1973, TV film) * ''Für die Katz'' (1974, TV film) * ''Der schönste Mann von der Reeperbahn'' (1974, TV film) * ''Mutter Griepsch mischt mit'' (1975, TV film) * ''Frau Pieper lebt gefährlich'' (1975, TV film) * ''Frauen an Bord'' (1976, TV film) * '' Wenn der Hahn kräht'' (1976, TV film) * ''Die Chefin'' (1976, TV film) * ''Die Venus von Müggensack'' (1977, TV film) * ''Willems Vermächtnis'' (1978, TV film) * ''Wenn du Geld hast'' (1978, TV film) * ''Ein Mann mit Charakter'' (1979, TV film) * ''Lotte spielt Lotto'' (1980, TV film) * ''Mutter ist die Beste'' (1981, TV film) * ''Das Kuckucksei'' (1981, TV film) * '' Verteufelte Zeiten'' (1982, TV film) * '' Der Sonne entgegen'' (1985, TV series) * ''

Tatort ("Crime Scene") is a German-language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with 30 feature-length episodes per year, making it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by the German public-se ...

: Pleitegeier'' (1988, TV series episode) * ''Mutter und Söhne'' (1992, TV film) * ''Manda Voss wird 106'' (1993, TV film) * ''Theaterdonner'' (1995, TV film) * ' (2007)

References

External links

* * 1914 births 2010 deaths German stage actresses German television actresses German women musicians Musicians from Hamburg Actresses from Hamburg 20th-century German actresses 20th-century German musicians {{Germany-tv-actor-stub