Margot Ebert

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Margot Ebert
Born
Margot Elisabeth Ebert

(1926-06-08)8 June 1926
Died26 June 2009(2009-06-26) (aged 83)
Berlin, Germany
OccupationActress
Television presenter
Dancer
entertainer
writer
Spouse(s) Wilfried Ortmann

Margot Elisabeth Ebert (born Magdeburg 8 June 1926: died Berlin 26 June 2009) was a German actress, presenter, dancer, entertainer and writer. [1] [2]

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Life

Margot Ebert grew up in the great northern port city of Hamburg, but her first stage engagement took place in Erfurt. In 1952 she became one of the first presenters on her new country's recently founded DFF (National Television Broadcaster), working on numerous broadcasts from the purpose-built Adlershof television centre. She also took roles in various popular television dramas and was several times voted a "Television favourite" by viewers in the annual "Television favourites" poll. [1]

Her annual appearances co-hosting the two-hour Christmas Television song-and-dance extravaganza "Zwischen Frühstück und Gänsebraten" ("Between Breakfast[-time] and roast goose"), which was screened between 11.00 and 13.00 on the first day of Christmas, are remembered with particular affection. She co-hosted the show every year between 1957 and 1991, except in 1984, in partnership with Heinz Quermann. [3] She also entertained many fans with her leading role in the Tragi-comedy television series Maxe Baumann which ran between 1976 and 1982.

Margot Ebert was married to the actor Wilfried Ortmann until he died in 1994. She continued to live in Berlin till June 2009 when she unexpectedly took her own life with an overdose of pills. [4]

Filmography

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References

  1. 1 2 Ingrid Kirschey-Feix. "Ebert, Margot Elisabeth 8.6.1926, † 26.6.2009 Schauspielerin, Moderatorin". Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: Biographische Datenbanken. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  2. Birgit Walter (2 July 2009). "Ruhm durch Gänsebraten: Zum Tod der Schauspielerin und Moderatorin Margot Ebert". Berliner Zeitung (online). Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  3. Michael Reufsteck in Fernsehlexikon (Goldmann Verlag); Stefan Niggemeier in Fernsehlexikon (Goldmann Verlag) (3 November 2005). "Zwischen Frühstück und Gänsebraten DDR/D 1957–1991". imfernsehen GmbH & Co. KG, Köln. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  4. Marcus Hellwig (2 July 2009). "TV-Star Margot Ebert (83): Das letzte Foto, der letzte Brief". Bild (online). Retrieved 5 January 2015.