
Biography
Helga Feddersen (German: [ˈhɛl.ɡa ˈfɛ.dɐ.sn̩] (listen); 14 March 1930 – 24 November 1990) was a German actress, comedian, singer, author, and theater director. Feddersen was born and died in Hamburg. She took up acting early in her life, first being cast for minor parts such as maids, cooks and cleaning ladies. After her first successes she moved up major rôles such as naive heroines, young mothers and young ladies of noble heritage.After a cancer operation in 1955, which resulted in a slight disfiguration of her face, directors shied back from casting her as romantic heroine. Shrewdly recognizing the hint given to her by the fates, she decided to change genres, now appearing most successfully in comedies. Being of Northern German origin with a strong but likeable Northern German accent, Feddersen was mostly cast for productions set in Northern Germany. She often played women of slightly naive but gentle and likeable characters.Despite her success in comedies, Feddersen still remained popular as a serious actress. Among her most notable appearances on the silver screen was the part of Klothilde in the 1959 cinema adaptation of Thomas Mann's classic novel Buddenbrooks.In 1963, Feddersen played a small part as a witness in Das Haus an der Stör (The house near river Stör) an episode of Stahlnetz, the German adaptation of the US-format Dragnet. This particular episode became the most successful of the whole series and remains to this day as the episode which saw the most re-runs.In the late 1960s, Feddersen discovered her writing talent, and over the next fifteen years she wrote the scripts for several successful made-for-TV movies and mini series, most of them portraying the hard but hopeful lives of sailors, shipyard workers, fisher men and their families in the port of Hamburg and along the river Elbe as well as the German North Sea Coast.In 1971, Feddersen - who was also a highly acclaimed stage actress - was invited to Hamburg's famous Ohnsorg-Theater. The Ohnsorg Theater remains to this day as the most popular theater in Germany, and each of its productions (usually 4 to 6 per year) is videotaped for a subsequent TV airing after the end of a play's scheduled run. Feddersen's 1971 guest appearance at the Ohnsorg Theater as the nosy, fussy middle-aged spinster Bertha Bliesemann in the play Der möblierte Herr (loosely translated The Gentleman lodger) resulted in one of the most popular broadcasts ever from the Ohnsorg Theater. Der möblierte Herr is regularly re-run on German TV.In 1975, Feddersen was cast for the part of Else Tetzlaff in the series Ein Herz und eine Seele, the German adaptation of the British sitcom Till Death Us Do Part, which was known in the U. S. as All in the Family. She took over the part from Elisabeth Wiedemann, who had declined to sign a contract for a new season. The part of Else's son-in-law, Michael, was also recast. The cast changes, though, were immensely unpopular with the German audience, so the series was discontinued. The failing of Ein Herz und eine Seele was Feddersen's first serious flop in her career.Aside from being an actress, Feddersen loved to appear as a comedian. During the late 1970s, she hosted several comedy shows and enjoyed a smash hit in 1978, when she teamed up with Dieter "Didi" Hallervorden for the duet Du, die Wanne ist voll (The bathtub's full), a chart topping spoof cover version of You're the One That I Want from the movie Grease. In 1981, Feddersen enjoyed a solo # 1 on the German charts with Gib mir bitte einen Kuss (Please, give me just one kiss), a spoof vocal version of the Chicken Dance.In the 1980s, Feddersen mostly worked as a writer. Her book Hallo, hier ist Helga (Hello, here's Helga) became an instant best seller.In 1983 a dream came true for her when she opened her very own theater in Hamburg. Her self-written play Die Perle Anna (Anna, the pearl) about a witty and good hearted house maid was a box office hit and ran for several years.In 1989, Feddersen was diagnosed with cancer for the second time in her life. Although she had to give up her beloved theater, her will to live helped her to overcome cancer. In 1990, she worked as an actress again. Her guest appearance as a courageous policeman's widow in the long-running series Großstadtrevier (famous for its authentical portrayal of policemen's work and private lives), though, became the last role she ever played. Shortly after the filming of the show's episode was completed, Feddersen was diagnosed with cancer again. Shortly before her death on 24 November 1990, she married Olli Maier, who had been her life partner for more than ten years.Helga Feddersen was buried in Stuttgart by request of Olli Maier, because it was his birth city. Maier was severely rebuked for this decision by the mayor and the people of Hamburg, because Helga Feddersen had always declared that Hamburg was her true home.Helga Feddersen is still remembered and recognized in Germany as a talented actress and a loveable, warm-hearted person.
Filmography
All 85
Movies 44
TV shows 41
Self 12
Writter 4
Gast

Große Klappe, großes Herz (2018)
Movie

Flitterabend (1988)
TV show
Frau Reimers

Großstadtrevier (1986)
TV show
Amanda

Ein Fall für TKKG (1985)
TV show
Self

Melodien für Millionen (1985)
TV show

Turf (1984)
TV show
Helga Boysen

Helga und die Nordlichter (1984)
TV show

Geschichten aus der Heimat (1983)
TV show
Suleika

Sunshine Reggae auf Ibiza (1983)
Movie
Fräulein Reimers

Plem, Plem – Die Schule brennt (1983)
Movie
Helga

What a Mess (1982)
Movie
Rita

Welle Wahnsinn (1982)
TV show
Toy Shop Saleslady

Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl (1982)
TV show

Krimistunde (1982)
TV show
Frau Steinhausen

Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl (1982)
Movie
Writer

Ab in den Süden (1982)
Movie
Fräulein Hettich

Lola (1981)
Movie

Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren (1981)
Movie
Self

Wanna bet, that..? (1981)
TV show
Bürgermeisterehefrau Beate Klopsch

Tegtmeier klärt auf! (1981)
TV show
Reporterin

Onkel & Co (1981)
Movie
Ministerin für Frauenfragen

Panic Time (1980)
Movie
Self

Heut' abend (1980)
TV show

Ein Abend mit Labiche (1980)
Movie

St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken (1979)
TV show
Irmchen Hempel

Spaß beiseite - Herbert kommt! (1979)
TV show
Klara

Zwei Mann um einen Herd (1979)
Movie

Die Pyramide (1979)
TV show

Noch 'ne Oper (1979)
Movie
Self

NDR Talk Show (1979)
TV show
Blondchen

Die Kur (1978)
TV show
Frau Pomuchelskopp / Häuning Pomuchelskopp

Onkel Bräsig (1978)
TV show
Self

Telespiele (1977)
TV show
Frau Brünitz

Die Rache der Ostfriesen (1976)
Movie

A Lost Life (1976)
Movie
Helga - Co-Host

Plattenküche (1976)
TV show
Eva-Angeline Klatt

Beschlossen und verkündet (1975)
TV show
Anna Kröger

Tadellöser & Wolff (1975)
Movie
Luise Hannemann

Die sündige Kleinstadt (1975)
Movie
Helga

Ach, du dickes Ei! (1975)
TV show

Musik ist Trumpf (1975)
TV show
seine Frau

Der Lord von Barmbeck (1974)
Movie
Gast

Am laufenden Band (1974)
TV show
Self

Die Montagsmaler (1974)
TV show
Writer

Bismarck von hinten oder Wir schließen nie (1974)
Movie
Helga Schneider

Wer einmal in das Posthorn stößt (1973)
Movie
Self

Je später der Abend (1973)
TV show
Else

Ein Herz und eine Seele (1973)
TV show

Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (1972)
Movie
Sekretärin

Rabe, Pilz und dreizehn Stühle (1972)
TV show
Various Roles

Abramakabra (1972)
TV show

Das Kurheim (1972)
TV show
Fräulein Ewers

Unsere heile Welt (1972)
TV show
Actress

Geheimagenten (1972)
Movie
Dorothee

St. Pauli Nachrichten: Thema Nr. 1 (1972)
Movie
Lore van der Meyden

Im Fahrwasser (1971)
Movie
Kindergärtnerin

Dreht euch nicht um – der Golem geht rum (1971)
Movie
Berta Bliesemann

Ohnsorg Theater - Der möblierte Herr (1971)
Movie
Self - Candidate / Self

Dalli Dalli (1971)
TV show
Self

Was wäre, wenn (1971)
TV show

Sie und Er im Kreuzverhör (1971)
TV show
Writer

Sparks in Neu-Grönland (1971)
Movie
Self

Disco (1971)
TV show
Writer

Gezeiten (1970)
Movie
Tine

Der Pfarrer von St. Pauli (1970)
Movie
Fräulein Sachse

Familie Bergmann (1969)
TV show
Frl. Heinlein

Der Versager (1969)
Movie
herself

Die ZDF-Hitparade (1969)
TV show
Lore Elvers

Vier Stunden von Elbe 1 (1968)
Movie

Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats (1967)
Movie
Junge Frau

Die Frau des Fotografen oder Die große Liebe (1967)
Movie
Erika Lauenstein

Der Zug der Zeit (1967)
Movie
Gisela Vortäschel - seine Frau

Geibelstraße 27 (1966)
Movie

Undine (1965)
Movie
Frau Austerley

Ich fahre Patschold (1964)
Movie
Passantin

Hafenpolizei (1963)
TV show

Finden Sie, daß Constanze sich richtig verhält? (1962)
Movie
Fräulein Lengsfeld

Annoncentheater (1962)
Movie

Girl from Hong Kong (1961)
Movie
Janet

The Green Archer (1961)
Movie
Clothilde Buddenbrook

Buddenbrooks - 2. Teil (1959)
Movie
Clothilde Buddenbrook

Buddenbrooks (1959)
Movie
Fräulein Hildegard Fette

Stahlnetz (1958)
TV show
Self

Zum blauen Bock (1957)
TV show
Schülerin Helga

Professor Nachtfalter (1951)
Movie
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Known for Acting
Gender Female
Birthday 1930-03-14
Deathday 1990-11-24 (60 years old)
Place of birth Hamburg, Germany
Citizenships Germany

Helga Feddersen
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