Doris Schade
Acting
Doris Schade (born May 21, 1924, in Frankenhausen; died June 25, 2012, in Munich) was a German actress. Doris Schade received her acting training at the *Altes Theater* in Leipzig and made her stage debut in 1946 as Luise in *Kabale und Liebe* (Intrigue and Love) at the *StĂ€dtische BĂŒhnen* in OsnabrĂŒck. Over the following decades, she was a member of the ensembles at theaters in Bremen, Nuremberg, and Frankfurt am Main, among others, before becoming a defining actress at the *MĂŒnchner Kammerspiele* starting in 1961. Further engagements took her to venues such as the *Deutsches Schauspielhaus* in Hamburg, the *Burgtheater* in Vienna, and the Salzburg Festival. On stage, she collaborated with renowned directors including Fritz Kortner, Peter Zadek, Dieter Dorn, and Claus Peymann. In addition to her extensive theater work, Schade also appeared regularly in film and television productions. Following early television broadcasts of stage productions, she took on roles in popular series such as *Tatort* and *Derrick*. She played her first feature film role in 1981 in Margarethe von Trottaâs award-winning drama *Die bleierne Zeit* (Marianne and Juliane). She later collaborated with von Trotta again on *Heller Wahn*, *Rosa Luxemburg*âin which she played Clara Zetkinâand *RosenstraĂe*. She became known to a younger audience through her role as Grandma SlĂ€ttberg in the films *Die Wilden HĂŒhner*, *Die Wilden HĂŒhner und die Liebe*, and *Die Wilden HĂŒhner und das Leben*. Schade lived in Munich in her final years and passed away in 2012 at the age of 88.
