Elisabeth Wendt
Elisabeth Wendt (born January 11, 1906 in Cologne , † March 24, 1980 in Berlin ) was a German actress .
Life
Elisabeth Wendt was one of the well-known actresses in the 1930s and was involved in many feature films during this time . In the post-war years , however, she was no longer able to build on her earlier film career.
Among the productions that feature films were 1,931 M by Fritz Lang with Peter Lorre , Gustaf and Theo Lingen and camaraderie in the direction of Georg Wilhelm Pabst with Alexander Cranach , Fritz Kamper and Ernst Busch . In 1938 she starred as Jenny in the crime film Mordsache Holm by Erich Engels with Walter Steinbeck , Harald Paulsen and Hans Leibelt in a leading role . She also embodied the actress Marven in the revue film Es die Sterne by Hans H. Zerlett with Ernst Fritz Fürbringer and La Jana in 1938 and the role of Majady Passy in the Harry Piel film People, Animals, Sensations in the same year . Harry Piel, Ruth Eweler and Edith Oss played next to her . Elisabeth Wendt's last appearance in a movie was in 1953 in Ave Maria by Alfred Braun with Zarah Leander , Hans Stüwe and Marianne Hold .
Filmography (selection)
- 1931: M
- 1931: comradeship
- 1932: Theodor Körner
- 1932: The child's first right
- 1932: On holy waters
- 1932: Impossible love
- 1933: The one from the Lower Rhine
- 1934: mother and child
- 1934: Hanneles Ascension
- 1935: Stradivarius
- 1936: a strange guest
- 1936: The hour of temptation
- 1937: In the country house near Chicago
- 1937: Sherlock Holmes
- 1938: Around head and collar
- 1938: Vacation on word of honor
- 1938: Mrs. Sylvelin
- 1938: The stars shine
- 1938: Holm's murderous matter
- 1938: people, animals, sensations
- 1939: The fourth does not come
- 1939: The honeymoon
- 1939: The strange woman
- 1939: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- 1941: My life for Ireland
- 1944: The green salon
- 1945: the puppeteer (unfinished)
- 1949: girl behind bars
- 1949: The colored checkers
- 1950: Semmelweis - savior of mothers
- 1950: the stairs
- 1953: Ave Maria
literature
- Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 3: Peit – Zz. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560752 , p. 1863.
Web links
- Elisabeth Wendt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Elisabeth Wendt at filmportal.de
- Elisabeth Wendt at cinema.de with film image
- Short biography with picture at cyranos.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ The stars are shining on Murnau Foundation online; accessed on February 24, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wendt, Elisabeth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 1980 |
| Place of death | Berlin |