Johanna Hofer was born on July 30, 1896 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Possession (1981), Im Reservat (1973) and Der Verlorene (1951). She was married to Fritz Kortner. She died on June 30, 1988 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.
The petite actress Johanna Hofer was an impressive interpreter who nearly exclusively orientated her creative urge to the theater. There she had great successes and acquired soon a considerable name.
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Johanna Hofer already made her film debut in 1926 with the silent movie "Die Schwestern vom Roten Kreuz", it followed "Die Ausgestossenen" (1927), but her short excursion to the world of the film didn't convince her to continue her career in this profession. Instead of it she continued acting at the theater and went on tour.
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After her return to Germany she appeared from time to time in German movies.
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She and her husband returned to Germany in 1947 and Johanna Hofer was able to continue her theater career.
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When the atmosphere in Germany overturned in 1933 and a chase against Jews began, the couple Hofer/Kortner didn't return to Germany after a foreign country tour.
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The attacks against Fritz Kortner became more violent and they emigrated to Vienna and later to London, New York and Hollywood.
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She got married with the actor and director Fritz Kortner in 1924 and both influenced the Berliner theater in the next years.
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Diminutive stage actress, who began her career with Max Reinhardt in Berlin. Married to the leading actor Fritz Kortner in 1924. Left Germany with her husband to escape Nazi persecution, emigrating to the United States via England. Appeared in supporting roles in a few Hollywood productions, returning to Germany in 1948. Alternated acting on stage in Munich and Berlin with more frequent appearances in television, including guest spots on popular crime shows like "Derrick" and "Der Alte".
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Der Alte
1983
TV Series
Liselotte Badura
Die Pawlaks - Eine Geschichte aus dem Ruhrgebiet
1982
TV Series
Großmutter Pawlak
Veronika Voss
1982
Alte Frau
Die unsterblichen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger
1982
TV Series
Anne
Possession
1981
Heinrich's mother
Groß und Klein
1980
Alte
Max und Traudl
1979
TV Short
Beate S.
1979
TV Mini-Series
Großmutter
Der Geist der Mirabelle. Geschichten von Bollerup
1978
TV Movie
Birte
Hedda Gabler
1978/II
TV Movie
Juliane Tesman
Marija
1978
TV Movie
Nefedowna
Rückfälle
1977
TV Movie
Mutter Burger
Auf dem Chimborazo
1977
TV Movie
Klara
Derrick
1976
TV Series
Frau Balte
Ich will doch nur, daß ihr mich liebt
1976
TV Movie
Erikas Großmutter
Seniorenschweiz
1976
TV Movie
J. Kannemann
Memento Mori
1975
TV Movie
Lady Lettie
Im Hause des Kommerzienrates
1975
TV Movie
Frau Diakonus
Silverson
1974
TV Movie
Marguerite
The Pedestrian
1973
Frau Bergedorf
Im Reservat
1973
TV Movie
Frau Minkwitz
Ein Fall für Männdli
1973
TV Series
Frau Portmann
Finito l'amor
1972
TV Movie
Oma Bartels
Altersheim
1972
TV Movie
Frau Amsel
Recht oder Unrecht
1970
TV Series
Alma Linkmann
Nach Damaskus
1966
TV Movie
Die Mutter
Die schönste Reise der Welt
1965
TV Short
Tilly Galvin
Maria Stuart
1963
TV Movie
Kennedy
Dreht euch nicht um!
1962
TV Short
Rebekka
Mord im Dom
1962
TV Movie
Erste Frau
Waldhausstraße 20
1960
TV Movie
Frau Aronsohn
Hexenjagd
1960
TV Movie
Rebecca Nurse (as Johanna Hofer-Kortner)
Dubrowsky
1959
Maria Jegorowna
Ein Lied geht um die Welt
1958
Frau von Hilden
Die selige Edwina Black
1958
TV Movie
Ellen
Die Alkestiade
1958
TV Movie
Aglaja
A Farewell to Arms
1957
Mrs. Zimmerman
Die grosse Chance
1957
Großmutter Degner
Vor Sonnenuntergang
1956
Frau Peters, Inkens Mutter
Toxi
1952
Grossmutter Helene
Der Verlorene
1951
Frau Hermann
Der Ruf
1949
Lina
Hotel Berlin
1945
Frau Plottke (uncredited)
Hitler's Madman
1943
Frau Magda Bauer (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
1943
Frau Kleist
Caught in Berlin's Underworld
1927
Frau des Gefangenen
Die Schwester vom Roten Kreuz - Ein Lebenslauf
1926
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Kortnergeschichten
1980
TV Movie documentary
Herself
The Memory of Justice
1976
Documentary
Herself
Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland
1975
TV Series documentary
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Von der Liebe und den Zwängen: Mutmaßungen über Fassbinders 'Ich will doch nur, daß ihr mich liebt'