Dagmar Godowsky

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Dagmar Godowsky (1924)
Left to right, Hollywood pilot Emery H. Rogers, actress Dagmar Godowsky and violinist Jascha Heifetz (1920)

Mercedes Dagmar Godowsky (born November 24, 1897 in Chicago , † February 13, 1975 in New York City ) was an American silent film actress. She was born in Chicago to the Polish composer and pianist Leopold Godowsky and his wife Frederica Saxa.

Silent film actress

Her film career in Hollywood lasted from 1919 to 1926. She starred in A Sainted Devil (1924) with Rudolph Valentino and The Story Without a Name (1924). In the latter, she performed with Tyrone Power, Sr. and Louis Wolheim . She had other film appearances in Red Lights (1923), The Common Law (1923), Virtuous Liars (1924) and The Price of a Party (1924).

Private life

In 1921 Godowsky married the silent film actor Frank Mayo in Tijuana . She named the actress Anna Luther as a contact in a trial against Mayo in 1925. The marriage was annulled in August 1928 due to the fact that Mayo had another wife.

In 1958 Godowsky published a thoroughly honest autobiography called First Person Plural . She wrote: I lived only for pleasure and I spoiled my own fun. Where was I running? From whom? Little feet running around the globe. Nothing but circles, and I never once bumped into myself. In the book she called Enrico Caruso , Arthur Rubinstein , Jascha Heifetz , Charles Chaplin , Igor Stravinsky , and Valentino your "great love". When asked about the number of her husbands, she replied: two of her own, dear friend and some of my friends.

In her later years, she appeared more frequently on talk shows in London and New York City .

death

Godowsky died on February 13, 1975 at the age of 78 in Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. It was your father's birthday. The funeral took place at Riverside Chapel on Amsterdam Avenue and 76th Street. She was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Westchester, New York. Your brother Leopold Godowsky jr. she survived.

Filmography (selection)

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  • New York Times , Dagmar Godowsky, 78, Vamp Of the Silent Screen, Is Dead , February 14, 1975, Page 35.
  • Oakland Tribune, Frank Mayo Accused By Silent Screen Star , Wednesday Evening, March 18, 1925, Page 1.

Web links

Commons : Dagmar Godowsky  - collection of images, videos and audio files

* Dagmar Godowsky in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ birth certificate
  2. ↑ Birth register
  3. ^ Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922
  4. ^ Passenger List SS Washington November 18, 1933
  5. ↑ Godowsky, Dagmar. First person plural. The Lives of Dagmar Godowsky by Herself . New York: The Viking Press, 1958.
personal data
SURNAME Godowsky, Dagmar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film actress
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1975
Place of death New York City