page_title: Franziska Ellmenreich
section_title: Life and career
hierarchical_section_title: Franziska Ellmenreich / Life and career
caption_attribution_description: Hamburg, Germany: Deutsches Schauspielhaus
context_page_description: Franziska Ellmenreich was a German stage actress. Ellmenreich is regarded as the last heroine of the German theater.
context_section_description: Ellmenreich made her debut in 1862 in Meiningen. After performances in Mainz and Kassel 1865–75, she became active on stage in Hanover. In 1869 she was a guest at the Burgtheater in Vienna. This was followed by other engagements in Leipzig, Hamburg, Dresden and Munich. In the early 1880s she toured the Americas and in 1883 made guest performances in London, England. After stopover at the Berlin court theater, from 1887 to 1892 she performed in  Hamburg's city theater.  From 1899 to 1901, she joined the court theater in Berlin.
  Then in 1901, Ellmenreich was co-founder of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. She performed at this theatre from 1901 to 1912. Subsequently, she was appointed as honorary member. Ellmenreich retired from acting in a farewell show at the Berlin court theatre in 1915. She died in 1931.
  In 1948, a street in Hamburg was named after her. The street lies in the district of Mitte, in the suburbs of the city.
caption: Deutsches Schauspielhaus
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