Kopp, Mila

(1904-1973)

   Actress. Kopp began acting in her native Vienna during the 1920s and worked in several provincial theaters before becoming a regular member of the Schiller Theater company during the Third Reich under Heinrich George. She was most effective in the 1950s playing character women under Heinz Hilpert's direction in Göttingen. Among the best of her portrayals were Mrs. Antrobus in Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth, Lady Brito-mart in George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara, Gina Ekdal in Henrik Ibsen's The Wild Duck, the Maid in Federico Garcia Lorca's House of Bernarda Alba, and Mother Wolff in Gerhart Haupt-mann's Der Biberpelz (The Beaver Coat). She also did several films in the 1950s and television productions in the 1960s.