Cilly Feindt

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Cilly Feindt (born April 8, 1909 in Berlin ; † August 21, 1999 in Los Angeles ) was a German actress and artistic rider .

Life

Cilly Feindt was the daughter of a Berlin merchant. She was trained by Karl Heß and performed in the Paul Busch Circus at the age of 14 . She also performed with horse performances at the Scala in Berlin and in the Varieté Wintergarten . After she had established herself as an artist, she was discovered in 1926 by the director Adolf Gärtner for the film " Die Zirkusprinzessin ", based on an operetta by Emmerich Kálmán . After that, she often played the roles of horsewomen on the screen.

In the following years she switched between her careers as a film actress and artist, toured Europe, North and South America. The Second World War initially stopped her artistic career. After the war, engagements at the Althoff Circus and, between 1948 and 1951, at the Ringling Brothers' American circus followed. After that, Cilly Feindt finally settled in California and only appeared in short appearances in film productions.

Cilly Feindt had a temporary relationship with the boxer Max Schmeling ; a golden chain, which he wore during his fights, is said to have been a present from her.

Filmography

Web links

Commons : Cilly Feindt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Volker Kluge : Max Schmeling. A biography in 15 rounds, 2004; ISBN 335102570X
  2. ↑ a b cyranos.ch: Portrait of the actress Cilly Feindt; http://www.cyranos.ch/smfein-d.htm
personal data
SURNAME Enemy, Cilly
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress and artistic rider
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1999
Place of death los Angeles