Gertrud Wolle

Gertrud Wolle (11 March 1891 – 6 July 1952) was a German film actress. Wolle worked as a nanny for two years and then attended drama school in Berlin. In September 1916, she joined the Deutsches Theater, where she made her debut in Goethe's Faust. Early on, she was typecast on stage and in silent films as the eccentric older woman. With the introduction of sound films, she was cast in this role in an enormous number of productions. She played mostly small parts meant to amuse the audience as a shrill, ridiculous woman in the role of a secretary, teacher, headmistress, saleswoman, employee, or neighbor. Due to her constant film work, she had little time for theater performances and only returned to the stage during the film-free period after 1945, for example at the Stadttheater Passau. After that, she was active in film again in her usual manner until her death. In 1944, she was included in the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda's Gottbegnadeten list.