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At the age of four, Thalbach was playing children's roles on stage, on television and in films.[4] After the death of her mother in 1966, Helene Weigel took her under her care.[4] In 1967, she made her debut as the whore Betty (later the Polly) in Erich Engel's production of Brecht's Dreigroschenoper.[7][4] She completed her Abitur at the Max-Planck-Oberschule.[4][8] She obtained her stage maturity examination (Bühnenreifeprüfung) as a master student of Helene Weigel, Berliner Ensemble.[9] Thalbach played at the Berliner Ensemble and at the Volksbühne Berlin, where her father worked as artistic director.[4]
Since 1987, she worked as a director.[10] Her break through was the award-winning production Macbeth.[10] Since 1997, she was opera director, with productions of Mozart's Don Giovanni and Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen in Berlin.[10]
Personal life
Thalbach's partner Thomas Brasch was an author.[12][13] Her daughter Anna (born 1973) from a former relationship with Vladimir Weigl [de][14] and her granddaughter Nellie [de] (born 1995) are actresses. She is married to Uwe Hamacher.[15][16] She lives in Berlin.[7]
Tante Augusta in Ernst und seine tiefere Bedeutung (Komödie am Kurfürstendamm) 2006 (also stage director)[19]
Emanuel Striese und Luise Striese in Der Raub der Sabinerinnen (The Abduction of the Sabine Women) (Hans Otto Theater Potsdam) 2006 (also stage director)[20]
^Thalbach, Katharina (2014). Böhm, Claudius; Kunze, Hagen (eds.). "Katharina Thalbach im Interview". Gewandhaus-Magazin (Interview) (in German). No. 78. Leipig, Germany: Gewandhaus zu Leipzig. Archived from the original on 2014-07-25. […] War Ihr Urgroßvater auch Musiker? […] Thalbach: Ja. Er hieß Alois Joachim, war Hofopernsänger in München und bekam vom verrückten Ludwig II. einen Titel verliehen. Seitdem tragen alle seine Nachkommen den Namen »Joachim genannt Thalbach«. So heißen auch meine Tochter Anna Joachim genannt Thalbach und meine Enkelin Nelly Joachim genannt Thalbach. Das ist manchmal lästig bei Ämtern, weil die nie wissen, ob wir unter J oder unter T geführt werden. Aber ich wollte diesen Namen nicht aufgeben, weil ich ihn immer schön fand. Ich bin ja auch stolz darauf. […]
