Ingeborg Hoffmann (July 1, 1921 – March 27, 1985[1]) was a German actress and the first wife of the writer Michael Ende.
She started her career on stage in her youth and performed at theatres in Salzburg and Bremen during pre-war times.
During World War II Ingeborg Hoffmann participated in plays which were part of the Truppenbetreuung (Engl.
Hoffmann linked Ende to the booming Kabarett scene of Munich, for which he wrote sketches, e.g. for a theatre group called Die Kleinen Fische (English: The Small Fishes).
Her influence on Michael Ende's artistic work and his children's and young people's classics, that are famous worldwide, is said to be immense.