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Ida Schumacher (born 5 March 1894 in Arnstorf, Niederbayern (

Lower Bavaria Lower Bavaria (, ; ) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of the state. It consists of nine districts and 258 municipalities (including three cities). Geography Lower Bavaria is subdivided into two ...

), as Ida Stömmer and died on 6 April 1956 in Gauting) was a Bavarian theatre actress and comedienne.

Life and career

Born in 1894 in Arnstorf, Ida Schumacher was first discovered at the age of thirteen for the choir of Münchner Künstlertheater (Munich Artist Theatre). Later, she studied singing but lost her voice in 1930 due to severe cold. She developed paralysis of her vocal cord, which resulted in her famous trademark of speaking with hoarse, constricted voice. After several engagements at various theatres, Ida made an unprecedented late career as “ Ratschkathl” from 1949 to her death in 1956. During that period, she was very successful as a folk actress at the theatres in

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, and at Platzl in Munich. Her role as Ratschkathl was unforgottenable due to the marvellous stage designer who created Elise Aulinger and perfected Ida Schumacher. Her famous figures included the ''Oardandlerin'' (Bavarian dialect for egg seller) and the '' Trambahnschienenritzenreinigungsdame'' (loosely translated as streetcar track grooves cleaning lady).

Honour

As one of only six Münchner folk actors and singers, she was honoured in 1977 with a fountain monument topped with bronze figure, created by Marlene Neubauer-Woerner, at Viktualienmarkt. A street in her birth town, Arnstorf, is named after her. Her burial site is at Waldfriedhof in Munich. The plot number is No. 222-2-219.

Incident

During the night of 29 August 2020, her bronze statue and stone column were found detached from the fountain and toppled down. An attempt to pry the bronze statue from the stone base caused the damage to her anchoring. A brush was broken off from the stem and disappeared. An investigation is still ongoing with vandalism or collision with a vehicle being the probable cause.

References

1894 births 1956 deaths People from Lower Bavaria German stage actresses German women comedians Comedians from Bavaria Actresses from Bavaria {{Germany-stage-actor-stub