Heidi Kabel

Kabel got into theater almost by chance. In 1932, a friend accompanied her to the audition at the Niederdeutsche Bühne, the forerunner of the later famous Ohnsorg Theater, in Hamburg. This led to a commitment for her, after which she took acting lessons. In the same year she had her stage premiere with the play "Ralves Carstens". Her previous dream of becoming a pianist was quickly forgotten. In 1937, Kabel married the actor and director Hans Mahler, who ten years later took over the management of the Ohnsorg Theater and promoted his wife's career. Her marriage to Mahler resulted in three children: sons Jan Rasmus Mahler (1938) and Heiko Mahler (1942) and daughter Heidi Mahler (1944), who also became an actress at the Ohnsorg Theater. From 1954 onwards, Heidi Kabel made numerous television broadcasts from the Ohnsorg Theater, through which she became popular and experienced her breakthrough as a successful actress. Her greatest successes included the leading roles in the plays "The Mo