Max Pallenberg
Max Pallenberg (born 18 December 1877 in Vienna as Max Pollack – 26 June 1934 in Karlovy Vary) was an Austrian singer, actor and comedian. Although Pallenberg's career started in 1904 it wasn't until 1909 that he joined Theater an der Wien, and in 1911 Vienna's Volkstheater. However, it was at Berlin's Deutsches Theater where he left a lasting mark on German theatrical practice.
Max Pallenberg
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- Name
- Max Pallenberg
- Born
- 18 December 1877
- Birthplace
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 26 June 1934
- Place of death
- Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia
- Occupation
- singer, actor and comedian
- Nationality
- Austria.
- Fields
- acting and singing.
- Languages
- German.
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Biography
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He worked there with Max Reinhardt. Pallenberg's stellar role was in the Erwin Piscator's dramatic adaptation of Jaroslav Hašek's novel The Good Soldier Schweik. In 1917 he married Fritzi Massary who was one of the divas of the 1920s. In 1933 they left Germany for Austria. A year later he died in an airplane crash near Karlovy Vary in today's Czech Republic. He was cremated at Feuerhalle Simmering, where his ashes are also buried. Pallenberg also starred in several films: • "Pampulik als Affe" (1912) • "Pampulik kriegt ein Kind" (1912) • "Pampulik hat Hunger" (1913) • "Max und seine zwei Frauen" (1915) • "Der rasende Roland" (1915) • "Kapellmeister Pflegekind" (1915) • "Die Nacht und der Leichnam" (1921) • The Virtuous Sinner (1931) with Heinz Rühmann
Key facts
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• Name — Max Pallenberg • Born — 18 December 1877 • Birthplace — Vienna, Austria-Hungary • Died — 26 June 1934 • Place of death — Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia • Occupation — singer, actor and comedian
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Max Pallenberg appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a singer, baritone, musician, actor and comedian (18 December 1877 – 26 June 1934). Max Pallenberg was born in Vienna (18 December 1877) and died in Karlsbad (26 June 1934).
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Max Pallenberg is recorded with the occupation stage actor. Recorded with the occupation musician. Recorded with the occupation comedian. Recorded with the occupation singer. Recorded as actor, singer, comedian and musician.
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1934
Max Pallenberg died on 1 January 1934.
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- 1.Wolfgang Beck: Pallenberg, Max. In: Brauneck, Beck: Theaterlexikon 2. 2007, S. 545. ISBN 3-499-55650-2
- 2.Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien, Geburtsbuch F Teil 2, Reihenzahl 6811, Onlineressource: Geburtsbuch IKG Wien (Onlinefassung). Zur frei erfundenen Geschichte, daß er ursprünglich Max Pollack geheißen habe und, als er eines Tages den Namen Pallenberg auf einer Werbetafel am Kölner Hauptbahnhof las, diesen Namen zu seinem Künstlernamen machte, vgl. H. Rudolf Mückler: Josef Pallenberg 1882-1946. Sein Leben, seine Kunst, seine Tiere. Bongers, Recklinghausen 1992, ISBN 3-7647-0433-0.
- 3.Deutsche Biographie: Pallenberg, Max(imilian), abgerufen am 13. Juni 2024
- 4.Deutsche Biographie: Pallenberg, Max(imilian), abgerufen am 13. Juni 2024
- 5.Quelle: Heiratsurkunde Nr. 65, Standesamt Berlin-Charlottenburg, Landesarchiv Berlin.
- 6.ANNO, Salzburger Volksblatt: unabh. Tageszeitung f. Stadt u. Land Salzburg, 1934-08-08, Seite 6.
- 7.Georg Markus: Das letzte Gastspiel. Max Pallenbergs tödlicher Flugzeugabsturz, 26. Juni 1934. In: Alles nur Zufall?: Schicksalsstunden großer Österreicher. Amalthea Signum, 2014, ISBN 978-3-85002-878-3. (online)
- 8.Christoph Irrgeher. Robert Palfrader und Ruth Brauer-Kvam als Künstlerpaar in der Volksoper. DerStandard.at. 2024-03-28.
- 9.zitiert nach: Wolfgang Beck: Pallenberg, Max, 2007
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