 She took on small roles at the Thalia Theater, and from 1968 her stage career took her to Göttingen, Heidelberg and Bremen, where she played Marthe Schwertlein in Goethe's "Urfaust".From 1976 Evelyn Hamann featured in many comedy sketches in Loriot's television programmes.Her comedic shtick often consisted of stiffly formal, deadpan reactions, even in the most absurd situations.