Catja Görna

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Catja Görna (sometimes also Katja Görna ; born November 18, 1922 in Berlin ; † September 13, 1996 in Berlin; actually Catharina Görner ) was a German actress .

stage

The daughter of an opera singer from the Netherlands completed her acting and dance training at the Babelsberg Film Academy at the age of 15 . In 1937 she made her stage debut as an actress in Berlin. Engagements in Hamburg and Berlin followed (including Theater am Kurfürstendamm ).

Movie

As early as 1942 she made her feature film debut under the direction of Arthur Maria Rabenalt in the comedy Meine Frau Teresa . In her short film career, she played in productions across Germany. At DEFA, she worked in the comedy Mayor Anna based on Friedrich Wolf and the artist drama Carola Lamberti - Eine vom Zirkus alongside Henny Porten .

She appeared in front of the camera four times for German cinema under the direction of her husband at the time, Eugen York : in the war dramas Morituri and The Last Night as well as in the crime films Export in Blond and Der Schatten des Herr Monitor (alongside Carl Raddatz ).

Synchronous activity

Since the end of the Second World War, Catja Görna has repeatedly worked as a voice actress . B. 1947 under the dialogue direction of her then-husband York for Susan Peters in the American feature film Random Harvest . She also lent her voice to well-known cinema stars such as Gina Lollobrigida ( The Miracle of a Voice - Enrico Caruso ) and Loretta Young ( Crusader - Richard the Lionheart ). At the end of the 1950s she finally worked entirely as a production manager and spokesperson for a West Berlin dubbing company and ended her acting career.

Private

In her first marriage, Catja Görna was married to the director Eugen York from 1946, her second husband was the actor Rüdiger Renn .

Catja Görna, who suffered from severe kidney disease for a long time, published her memoir in 1984 under the title Ich bin ein Maschinenmensch .

Filmography

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Biographical data according to Habel / Wachter: Das große der DDR-Stars , p. 113. Paul S. Ulrich, Biographical Directory for Theater, Dance and Music. List of references from German-language reference works and yearbooks. 2 vol., Berlin 1997, vol. 1, p. 630 gives 1919 as the year of birth

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SURNAME Görna, Catja
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Görna, Katja; Görner, Catharina (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1996
Place of death Berlin