In all friendship: Jutta Kammann was kicked out very “hurt”

“In all friendship” star Jutta Kammann
Serial kicking out “hurt a lot”

From 1998 to 2014 she played the role of head nurse Ingrid Rischke in the series “In aller Freunde”. That Jutta Kammann, 77, got this role at all was unusual. “I was already 48. And at 48 a woman can hardly have a second career in our trade,” she explains in an interview with Nico Gutjahr for the “web talk show” on YouTube.

“In all friendship” role saved them from poverty in old age

After the death of her husband, director Wilhelm Semmelroth, in 1992, she was left with nothing, had taken care of him for the past ten years. “And that I succeeded again was of course a really big deal and, to be honest, it saved me from old-age poverty,” said the now 77-year-old.

Jutta Kammann found out about the series dismissal from her colleague

Although annual contracts are normal in the industry, Jutta Kammann managed to stay with the ensemble for over a decade. Until she found out in 2014 about the end of her career with “In allerfreund” – in the mask on the set. “Yes, that wasn’t so nice. That went wrong,” she recalls. A colleague had already known about it before her and said to her: “I was informed and there will be some old heads rolling here in the near future”. A heavy blow for the actress. “That hurt a lot. It hurt a lot,” she admits.

Relocation to the retirement home at the age of 70

With her surprising end to the series and the diagnosis of macular degeneration, an eye disease that can lead to severe visual impairment, Jutta Kammann made a big decision. At the age of 70 she moved to the Augustinum, a senior citizens’ residence in Munich. She suddenly got scared, knew that she probably wouldn’t get any more roles.

“And then I sit all alone in my beautiful penthouse, which I had, and get depressed because I have no friends, no environment,” says the native of Heidenheim. Fortunately, it never got that far. Social contacts are “a hundred times more important than beautiful furniture or large square meters”. She is happy in her new home, enjoys the diverse cultural program and has made some good friends.

“This is exactly the right thing for the heart”

In her book “Red-haired and wildly determined – giving up doesn’t exist”, she tells of her life, what she experienced, the difficult relationship with her mother and, among other things, delighted her roommates in the senior citizens’ residence with a reading.

A big highlight for Jutta Kammann today are the guest appearances on “In allerfreund”, where she was last seen last June. She is then welcomed on set with open arms. “It’s home,” she enthuses about her colleagues and employees. “Everyone is so extraordinarily kind and good to me, that is just the right thing for the heart.”

Source used: youtube.com/c/webtalkshow

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