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Dorsch in 1946
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Born |
Katharina Dorsch 29 December 1890 Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany |
Died | 25 December 1957 Vienna, Austria |
(aged 66)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1905-1957 |
Spouse(s) | Harry Liedtke (1920-1928) |
Käthe (Katharina) Dorsch (29 December 1890 – 25 December 1957) was a German actress.
She was born in the Bavarian town of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, the daughter of a bakery helper. Her family moved to Nuremberg, when she was three years old. Dorsch attended a commercial school and had her first engagement aged 15 as a choir singer at the Staatstheater, performing Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. She appeared in Carl Zuckmayer's 1927 play Schinderhannes.
Dorsch is buried at the cemetery of Bad Saarow-Pieskow. A memorial stands at Waldfriedhof Dahlem in Berlin.