Evelyn Hamann


Eveline Braun, née Hamann, commonly known as Evelyn Hamann was a German actress best known for her work with popular German comedian Loriot as well as for her appearances in television series such as The Black Forest Clinic and Adelheid und ihre Mörder.

Private life

She was born into a family of musicians in Hamburg, Germany. Her father Bernhard Hamann was a violinist, the concertmaster of the NDR symphony orchestra, and founder of the Hamann Quartet; her mother was a singer and music teacher, and her brother Gerhard was a professor of cello at the Trossingen School of Music. Evelyn Hamann liked to keep her private life out of the public eye, so little is known about her life off-camera. Between 1964 and 1976 she was married to Hans Walter Braun, whom she met while acting in Hamburg. After her divorce she lived with her partner, actor :de:Stefan Behrens|Stefan Behrens.
She died from lymphoma during the night of 28 to 29 October 2007 in Hamburg.

Education and first work

After an acting course at Hamburg University of Music and the Performing Arts, where she was taught by Eduard Marks, among others, Hamann started a career on the stage. She took on small roles at the Thalia Theater, and from 1968 her stage career took her to Göttingen, Heidelberg and Bremen, where she played Marthe Schwertlein in Goethe's Urfaust.

Acting career

From 1976 Evelyn Hamann featured in many comedy sketches in Loriot's television programmes. Her comedic shtick often consisted of stiffly formal, deadpan reactions, even in the most absurd situations.
Hamann acted in Loriot's films Ödipussi and Pappa Ante Portas. She also appeared in the film Piratensender Powerplay starring famous German entertainers Thomas Gottschalk and Mike Krüger.
Hamann appeared as housekeeper Karsta Michaelis in the television soap opera The Black Forest Clinic in the 1980s and later as Thea in medical drama Der Landarzt.
From 1992 to 2006 she played the title role in the ARD television series Adelheid und ihre Mörder.

Literary readings

Evelyn Hamann also read authors' works aloud at literary readings and narrated audiobooks, including Patricia Highsmith's crime thrillers.

Some roles

Television