J%C3%BCrgen Frohriep

Jrgen Frohriep was a German actor. After 1972 he became widely known for his role as Oberleutnant Jrgen Hbner in Polizeiruf 110, a long running television series that originated in the German Democratic Republic, but which continues to win large television audiences across Germany, following reunification.

Jrgen Frohriep was born in the port city of Rostock. When he wasthe war broke out, towards the end of which he was involved in national airdefence as a Flak helper. When the war ended, in May 1945, Frohriep, by now aged 17, found that his home city had become part of the Soviet occupation zone in what remained of Germany. His school days being behind him, he took casual work in the locally based boat and fishing industries, and in farming. Fairly early on he also became involved with the FDJ amateur theatre movement. He never received any formal training as an actor, but was nevertheless recruited in 1951 by the Friendship Theatre in Berlin. By this time the soviet occupation zone had become the German Democratic Republic , formally founded in October 1949, and after his debut at the Friendship Theatre there followed a succession of stage appearances at various theatres, including those at Stralsund, Erfurt and Altenburg, across the GDR.

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