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Hedwig Pringsheim

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Hedwig Dohm Pringsheim
(painting by Franz von Lenbach)

Hedwig Pringsheim (born Gertrud Hedwig Anna Dohm; 13 July 1855 – 27 July 1942) was a German actress.

Born in Berlin, she was the daughter of Ernst Dohm and Hedwig Dohm-Schleh, who were Jewish converts to Christianity. She married Alfred Pringsheim. They had 5 children: Erich Pringsheim, Peter Pringsheim, Heinz Pringsheim, Klaus Pringsheim Sr. and Katia Pringsheim who married Thomas Mann.

Pringsheim died in Zurich at the age of 87.

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