Maria Peschek (12 August 1953 – 8 June 2023) was a German comedian, actress and playwright.
Life and career
Born in
Weng, Bavaria, Peschek grew up in
Munich
Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...
, and graduated in acting from the
Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts
The Otto Falckenberg Schule – Fachakademie für darstellende Kunst der Landeshauptstadt München, or Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts, is a higher education academy in Munich training actors and directors, affiliated to the Mün ...
.
After several character roles on stage and on TV series, she had her breakout in 1985, when she ranked second in the
Scharfrichterbeil cabaret contest playing the
Ratschkathl character Paula Pirschl.
Since then she successfully played the character in cabaret, radio and television shows, notably becoming a regular in the
Bayerischer Rundfunk
(; "Bavarian Broadcasting"), shortened to BR (), is a public broadcasting, public-service radio and television broadcaster, based in Munich, capital city of the Bavaria, Free State of Bavaria in Germany. BR is a member organization of the ARD (b ...
show ''Radiospitzen''.
On stage, she was mainly associated with the Tams Theatre in Munich, for which she often served as a playwright and an actress.
In 2003, she formed the comedy duo "Beppi and Charli" with actress Annette Spola.
During her career Peschek was the recipient of numerous awards and honors, notably a
Schwabing Art Prize
Since 1961, the Schwabing Art Prize has been awarded annually by the city of Munich to persons or institutions that have their seat in the Munich district Schwabing or whose achievements have been made "in the spirit of Schwabing tradition". It is ...
, a
Bayerischer Poetentaler
Bayerischer Poetentaler is a Bavarian literary prize of the writers guild ''Münchner Turmschreiber''.
Winners
Source:
1961–1969
* 1961: Joseph Maria Lutz – Eduard Stemplinger – Alfred Weitnauer
* 1962: Benno Hubensteiner – Ernst Ho ...
, a
Dieter Hildebrandt Prize and an
Ernst-Hoferichter-Preis.
She died of heart attack on 8 June 2023, at the age of 69.
References
External links
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1953 births
2023 deaths
Actresses from Munich
People from Landshut (district)
German women comedians
German television actresses
German film actresses
German stage actresses
German cabaret performers
German dramatists and playwrights
Comedians from Munich