On 11 August 2020, German actress Anneliese Kaplan (1933-2020) passed away. She played supporting parts in several films during the 1950s. Kaplan was married to the prolific film composer Martin Böttcher. She was 87.
West-German postcard by Kunst und Bild, Berlin, no. A 1054. Photo: CCC / Allianz / Grimm. Anneliese Kaplan in Der Raub der Sabinerinnen/The Robbery of the Sabine Women (Kurt Hoffmann, 1954).
Anneliese Herta (some sources say Berta) Kaplan was born in 1933 in Hamburg. She was the daughter of the painter Martin Richard Kaplan.
After attending the master's school for fashion, she studied acting with Gisela von Collande. From 1953 she worked in various West German film productions.
She started in such films as the musical Käpt'n Bay-Bay/Captain Bay-Bay (Helmut Käutner, 1953) with Hans Albers, the Operetta film Der letzte Walzer/The Last Waltz (Arthur Maria Rabenalt, 1953) with Eva Bartok and Curd Jürgens, and the comedy Der Raub der Sabinerinnen/The Robbery of the Sabine Women (Kurt Hoffmann, 1954) with Paul Hörbiger, Fita Benkhoff, and Gustav Knuth.
Anneliese Kaplan played the female lead in the musical Sonne über der Adria/Sun Over the Adriatic (Karl Georg Külb, 1954) opposite Joachim Brennecke. It was made as a co-production between West Germany and Yugoslavia. Then followed smaller parts and in 1955, she made her final film, the Heimatfilm Der Fischer vom Heiligensee/The Fisherman from Heiligensee (Hans H. König, 1955) with Edith Mill, Lil Dagover and Albert Lieven. The sources give no clue why her career stopped after two years and ten films.
Kaplan was married to the film composer Martin Böttcher, who composed the score for ten of the Karl May films and also many Edgar Wallace thrillers. The couple lived in a house in Westerrönfeld until Martin Böttcher died in 2019. They had two daughters together, one of whom died of leukaemia at the age of 26. Annelies Kaplan passed away on 11 August 2020 in Westerrönfeld, Germany, at the age of 87.
West-German postcard by Kunst und Bild, Berlin, no. A 996. Photo: Carlton / NF / Brünjes. Anneliese Kaplan in Meines Vaters Pferde/My Father's Horses (Gerhard Lamprecht, 1954).
West-German postcard by Franz Josef Rüdel, Filmpostkartenverlag, Hamburg-Bergedorf, no. 1287. Photo: Corona / Schorchtfilm. Anneliese Kaplan in Zwischenlandung in Paris/Danger Flight 931 (Jean Dréville, 1955).
Sources: Wikipedia (German and English), and IMDb.
This post was last updated on 2 December 2024.
West-German postcard by Kunst und Bild, Berlin, no. A 1054. Photo: CCC / Allianz / Grimm. Anneliese Kaplan in Der Raub der Sabinerinnen/The Robbery of the Sabine Women (Kurt Hoffmann, 1954).
Ten films in two years
Anneliese Herta (some sources say Berta) Kaplan was born in 1933 in Hamburg. She was the daughter of the painter Martin Richard Kaplan.
After attending the master's school for fashion, she studied acting with Gisela von Collande. From 1953 she worked in various West German film productions.
She started in such films as the musical Käpt'n Bay-Bay/Captain Bay-Bay (Helmut Käutner, 1953) with Hans Albers, the Operetta film Der letzte Walzer/The Last Waltz (Arthur Maria Rabenalt, 1953) with Eva Bartok and Curd Jürgens, and the comedy Der Raub der Sabinerinnen/The Robbery of the Sabine Women (Kurt Hoffmann, 1954) with Paul Hörbiger, Fita Benkhoff, and Gustav Knuth.
Anneliese Kaplan played the female lead in the musical Sonne über der Adria/Sun Over the Adriatic (Karl Georg Külb, 1954) opposite Joachim Brennecke. It was made as a co-production between West Germany and Yugoslavia. Then followed smaller parts and in 1955, she made her final film, the Heimatfilm Der Fischer vom Heiligensee/The Fisherman from Heiligensee (Hans H. König, 1955) with Edith Mill, Lil Dagover and Albert Lieven. The sources give no clue why her career stopped after two years and ten films.
Kaplan was married to the film composer Martin Böttcher, who composed the score for ten of the Karl May films and also many Edgar Wallace thrillers. The couple lived in a house in Westerrönfeld until Martin Böttcher died in 2019. They had two daughters together, one of whom died of leukaemia at the age of 26. Annelies Kaplan passed away on 11 August 2020 in Westerrönfeld, Germany, at the age of 87.
West-German postcard by Kunst und Bild, Berlin, no. A 996. Photo: Carlton / NF / Brünjes. Anneliese Kaplan in Meines Vaters Pferde/My Father's Horses (Gerhard Lamprecht, 1954).
West-German postcard by Franz Josef Rüdel, Filmpostkartenverlag, Hamburg-Bergedorf, no. 1287. Photo: Corona / Schorchtfilm. Anneliese Kaplan in Zwischenlandung in Paris/Danger Flight 931 (Jean Dréville, 1955).
Sources: Wikipedia (German and English), and IMDb.
This post was last updated on 2 December 2024.
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