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Elisabeth Hauptmann(1897-1973)

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Elisabeth Hauptmann was born on 20 June 1897 in Peckelsheim, Willebadessen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She was a writer, known for America's Musical Theater (1985), Happy End oder Wie ein kleines Heilsarmeemädchen Chicagos größte Verbrecher in die Arme der Gesellschaft zurückführte (1972) and Dreigroschenfilm (2018). She was married to Paul Dessau and Friedrich Wilhelm Werner Kurt Hacke. She died on 20 April 1973 in Berlin, Germany.
BornJune 20, 1897
DiedApril 20, 1973(75)
BornJune 20, 1897
DiedApril 20, 1973(75)
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America's Musical Theater
TV Series
  • Writer
Happy End oder Wie ein kleines Heilsarmeemädchen Chicagos größte Verbrecher in die Arme der Gesellschaft zurückführte
TV Movie
  • Writer(as Dorothy Lane)
  • 1972
Dreigroschenfilm (2018)
Dreigroschenfilm
6.5
  • Writer
  • 2018
Die Dreigroschenoper
TV Movie
  • Writer
  • 1972

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Writer



  • Die Dreigroschenoper (2021)
    Die Dreigroschenoper
    TV Movie
    • libretto
    • 2021
  • Dreigroschenfilm (2018)
    Dreigroschenfilm
    6.5
    • Writer
    • 2018
  • Eva Mattes, Christian Redl, and Stefanie Stappenbeck in Die Dreigroschenoper (2004)
    Die Dreigroschenoper
    7.5
    TV Movie
    • adaptation
    • 2004
  • Happy End
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1990
  • America's Musical Theater
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1985
  • Happy End (1977)
    Happy End
    TV Movie
    • based on a play by (as Dorothy Lane)
    • 1977
  • Die Dreigroschenoper
    TV Movie
    • libretto
    • 1972
  • Happy End oder Wie ein kleines Heilsarmeemädchen Chicagos größte Verbrecher in die Arme der Gesellschaft zurückführte
    TV Movie
    • based on a play by (as Dorothy Lane)
    • 1972
  • Optimistische Tragödie
    TV Movie
    • scenario & adaptation
    • 1971
  • Pauken und Trompeten
    8.5
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1967

Soundtrack



  • Youtube Geographic (2017)
    Youtube Geographic
    9.0
    TV Series
    • Soundtrack ("Alabama Song", "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)")
    • 2020

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Dorothy Lane
  • Born
    • June 20, 1897
    • Peckelsheim, Willebadessen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Died
    • April 20, 1973
    • Berlin, Germany(undisclosed)
  • Spouses
      Paul Dessau1943 - July 24, 1950 (divorced)
  • Other works
    She wrote the original play for the musical, "Happy End," in an American Repertory Theatre production at the Loeb Stage in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Bertolt Brecht was lyricist. Kurt Weill was composer. Michael Feingold was American adapter and lyricist. Walton Jones was director. Gary Fagin was music director and conductor. Michael H. Yeargan was set designer. William Ivey Long was costume designer. William Armstrong was lighting designer. Robert Brustein was artistic director.
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    • 2 Portrayals

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    Was posthumously nominated for Broadway's 1977 Tony Award as Best Book (Musical), as adapted by Michael Feingold, for "Happy End."

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