Camilla Eibenschütz

Camilla Eibenschütz as "Sumurun", photo from a print product, 1912.

Camilla Eibenschütz as "Turandot"

Camilla Eibenschütz , married Ordyński and Huck (born July 20, 1884 in Cologne , † July 12, 1958 ) was a German theater actress.

Life

Eibenschütz was the daughter of the music professor Albert Eibenschütz and his wife Anna Theresa Rosa Eibenschütz, née Knorr. The Hungarian pianist Ilona Eibenschütz was her father's cousin.

In 1906, Camilla Eibenschütz played the role of "Wendla" in the world premiere of Frank Wedekind's controversial play Spring Awakening in Berlin. In 1907 she played Juliet in Max Reinhardt's Romeo and Juliet , alongside Alexander Moissi . In other Shakespeare productions of Reinhardt she played Ophelia , Viola, and Titania . Albert von Keller painted her in 1909 as Myrrhine, her role in the play Lysistrata . She started on Broadway in 1912 with Reinhardt's pantomime Sumurun , together with Leopoldine Konstantin , Emil Lind , and other European actors. She played in 1912 in Berlin in Der Blaue Vogel , and in 1914 in The Yellow Jacket , also in Berlin.

Eibenschütz became known as a collector of art with which she decorated her country house in Bogensberglehen and her villa in Dahlem .

Offenbach, old cemetery, grave of the Huck family

Camilla Eibenschütz was married twice; In 1913 briefly with the Polish playwright Ryszard Ordyński in 1913, and later with the magazine editor Wolfgang Huck (1889–1966). They had a son, Andreas Michael Huck (born 1919). She died in 1958 at the age of 75 a few months after divorcing her second husband. Her grave is in Offenbach am Main , along with the graves of other members of the Huck family.

Web links

Camilla Eibenschiitz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Camille Eibenschütz Picture in the Billy Rose Theater Collection, Photograph File, New York Public Library Digital Collections
Camilla Eibenschiitz in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
Camilla Eibenschutz on Billion Graves.com

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Marriage Register Berlin XII a, No. 264/1918.
^ Edward Braun: The Director & The Stage: From Naturalism to Grotowski . A&C Black, 1986, ISBN 978-1-4081-4924-9 ( google.com [accessed March 26, 2019]).
^ EFS, "The Stage from the Stalls" The Sketch (February 20, 1907): 172.
^ "About People" Woman's Home Companion (April 1912): 20.
^ "To Produce 'Sumurun' Here" New York Times (December 17, 1911): C4. via ProQuest
^ "Sumurun" Theater Magazine (February 1912): 54-55.
^ "'Blue Bird' Given in Berlin" New York Times (December 29, 1912): 27. via ProQuest
↑ Camilla Eibenschutz 1914. Retrieved on March 26, 2019 (English).
^ "Catalog Note: The Huck-Eibenschütz Collection" European Furniture and Good Decorations (Sotheby's 2005).
↑ "Host of Tourists Invading Berlin" New York Times (August 17, 1913): 2. via ProQuest

personal data
SURNAME	Eibenschütz, Camilla
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ordyński, Camilla; Huck, Camilla
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German theater actress
DATE OF BIRTH	July 20, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cologne
DATE OF DEATH	July 12, 1958

[:0-1] Marriage Register Berlin XII a, No. 264/1918.

[2] Edward Braun: The Director & The Stage: From Naturalism to Grotowski . A&C Black, 1986, ISBN 978-1-4081-4924-9 ( google.com [accessed March 26, 2019]).

[3] EFS, "The Stage from the Stalls" The Sketch (February 20, 1907): 172.

[4] "About People" Woman's Home Companion (April 1912): 20.

[5] "To Produce 'Sumurun' Here" New York Times (December 17, 1911): C4. via ProQuest

[6] "Sumurun" Theater Magazine (February 1912): 54-55.

[7] "'Blue Bird' Given in Berlin" New York Times (December 29, 1912): 27. via ProQuest

[8] Camilla Eibenschutz 1914. Retrieved on March 26, 2019 (English).

[9] "Catalog Note: The Huck-Eibenschütz Collection" European Furniture and Good Decorations (Sotheby's 2005).

[10] "Host of Tourists Invading Berlin" New York Times (August 17, 1913): 2. via ProQuest