Helene Weigel
Actor · Wardrobe Supervisor
Born May 12, 1900 · Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Active 1927–1971 · Awards: Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold, National Prize of East Germany, Star of People's Friendship, Medal Carl von Ossietzky
Helene Weigel was an Austrian actress and artistic director. She was the second and last wife of Bertolt Brecht until his death in 1956; together they had two children.
Filmography
Mother Courage and Her Children (1961) - Mutter CourageDie Mutter (1958) - Pelagewa WlassowaKatzgraben (1957) - GroßbäuerinThe Wind Rose (1957) - Narrator - Prolog (voice)Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (1957) - Mutter CourageMy Child (1956) - Narrator (voice)Leben des Galilei (1947) - Wardrobe SupervisorKuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? (1932) - Ballad singer (voice)A Man's a Man (1931)Metropolis (1927) - Working Woman (uncredited)