She is most noted for creating several Brecht roles, including: Pelagea Vlassova, The Mother of 1932; Antigone in Brecht's version of the Greek tragedy; the title role in his civil war play, Señora Carrar's Rifles; and the iconic Mother Courage.
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Between 1933 and 1947, as a refugee from Hitler's Germany, she was seldom able to pursue her acting craft—even during the family's six-year stay in Los Angeles.
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