Ada van Roon
Ada van Roon (* May 4, 1882 as Adelheid Magdalene Schneider in Berlin ; † January 27, 1953 in Berlin-Neukölln ) was a German theater actress , screenwriter and film producer .
Live and act
Since her debut in 1902, Adelheid Schneider had worked as a stage actress under her maiden name at Berlin's New Theater, both in the capital and in the provinces (e.g. at the Deutsches Theater in Hanover ). In Berlin she met the Austrian screenwriter and later director Gernot Bock-Stieber , whom she married on October 16, 1917 in Charlottenburg .
At his side and under the pseudonym Ada van Roon, the former actress changed careers in 1919 and became a screenwriter. In this position she wrote the manuscripts for numerous productions by Bock-Stieber. She also worked as a businesswoman in her husband's production company. Shortly after the start of the sound film era, Ada van Roon withdrew from screenwriting and started producing cultural films with her own company, Ada van Roon Produktion . In 1934 she had to stop her cinematographic work completely.
Filmography
Scripts
- 1920: The haunt of life
- 1920: The invisible thief
- 1920: The rays of death
- 1921: The Man in the Closet (film role)
- 1923: Paddy, the Foundling or: The Fight of the Four
- 1923: The escape from life
- 1923: The Prince of the Highway
- 1923: The Fool and the Others
- 1924: The house in the dark
- 1924: people in the fog
- 1924: altitude fever
- 1925: The Inca handwriting
- 1925: The unknown enemy
- 1927: The world without weapons
- 1929: Three make their fortune
- 1929: Alimony
- 1930: Through Africa with rifle and lasso (documentary film)
- 1930: The mountain guide of Zakopane
Production of short documentaries
- 1931: Escape from everyday life
- 1932: Swimming artist
- 1932: The king of the animals and his clan
- 1933: ungulates
- 1933: Water sports and hiking
- 1933: May 1st, 1933. National Labor Day
- 1933: German Bells on the Rhine (also director)
- 1934: In the spring of life
literature
- Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 6: N - R. Mary Nolan - Meg Ryan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 617.
Web links
- Ada van Roon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ada van Roon at filmportal.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roon, Ada van |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schneider, Adelheid Magdalene (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater actress, screenwriter and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 1953 |
| Place of death | Berlin-Neukölln |