Hedy Lamarr born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; September or November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000 was an American actress, inventor, and film producer. She appeared in 30 films over a 28-year career, and co-invented an early version of frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication for torpedo guidance. Lamarr was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, and acted in a number of Austrian, German,
Marguerita Maria “Mady” Christians January 19, 1892 – October 28, 1951 was an Austrian-born German actress who had a successful acting career in theatre and film in the United States until she was blacklisted during the McCarthy period. Contents 1Biography 2Blacklisting 3Death 4Selected filmography 5References 6External links Biography Mady Christians and Paul Lukas in the original Broadway production
Hannelore Emilie Käte Grete Schroth 10 January 1922 – 7 July 1987 was a German film, stage, and television actress whose career spanned over five decades. Contents 1Career 2Awards 3Personal life 4Partial filmography 5References 6External links Career Born in Berlin in 1922, she was the daughter of popular stage and film actors Heinrich Schroth and Käthe Haack. Her older half-brother
Hildegard Frieda Albertine Knef 28 December 1925 – 1 February 2002 was a German actress, voice actress, singer, and writer. She was billed in some English-language films as Hildegard Neff or Hildegarde Neff. Contents 1Early years 2United States 3Chanteuse 4Publications 5Family 6Death 7Selected filmography 8Further reading 9References 10External links Early years Hildegard Knef was born in Ulm. Her
Sybille Maria Christina Schmitz (2 December 1909 – 13 April 1955) was a German actress. Contents 1Biography 1.1Death 2Legacy 3Selected filmography 4Literature 5References 6External links Biography Schmitz attended an acting school in Cologne and got her first engagement at Max Reinhardt’s Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1927. Only one year later, she made her film debut with Freie Fahrt (1928), which attracted her first
Nora Gregor (3 February 1901 – 20 January 1949) was an Austrian stage and film actress. Contents 1Biography 2Career 3Filmography 4Names and Styles 5References 6External links Biography She was born Eleonora Hermina Gregor in Görz, a town which then belonged to Austria-Hungary but is now part of Italy, to Austrian parents. Her first husband was Mitja Nikisch, a pianist and son
Dita Parlo (born Grethe Gerda Kornstädt or Gerda Olga Justine Kornstädt; 4 September 1908 – 12 December 1971) was a German actress. Contents 1Early life and career 2Personal life and death 3In popular culture 4Filmography 5References 6External links Early life and career Dita Parlo was born on 4 September 1908 in Stettin, Pomerania, then in the German Empire. Sources
Marie Magdalene “Marlene” Dietrich 27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992 was a German-born American actress and singer. Her career spanned from the 1910s to the 1980s. In 1920s Berlin, Dietrich performed on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as Lola-Lola in Josef von Sternberg’s The Blue Angel (1930) brought her international acclaim and a contract with Paramount Pictures. Dietrich starred in many Hollywood films
Carola Neher (born Karola Neher; 2 November 1900 – 26 June 1942) was a German actress and singer. Contents 1Biography 2Burial 3Filmography 4Legacy 5Literature 6References 7External links Biography This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: “Carola Neher” – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2017) (Learn how and when to remove
Lotte Lenya (born Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer; 18 October 1898 – 27 November 1981) was an Austrian-American singer, diseuse, and actress, long based in the United States. In the German-speaking and classical music world, she is best remembered for her performances of the songs of her first husband, Kurt Weill. In English-language cinema, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her role as a