Elli Silman

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Elli Silman , also Elly Silman ; (* September 1, 1898 as Elly's school father in Berlin ; † November 1982 ) was a German-American dramaturge and after 1945 one of the most important acting agents in Germany.

Life

The native Elly school father began her career as a secretary at UFA . In the late phase of the Weimar Republic she served, among other things, as a dramaturge for UFA director and producer Alfred Zeisler . In 1932/33 she took over the production management of the film No Day Without You , a production by her ex-husband Herbert Silbermann .

As a Jew, she had to leave Germany in 1933 as a result of the “ seizure of power ”. Long years of wandering through Western Europe and the United States followed. First Elli Silman emigrated to the Netherlands , then to France (1937) and finally to the United States in January 1939. In 1940 she found employment with the Playmarket Agency in Hollywood . From June 1943 she ran her own agency for authors and actors. On November 10, 1944, Elli Silman was naturalized.

As a US film officer, Elli Silman returned to Germany immediately after the end of the war, where she initially worked for the US military censorship. In this area she worked closely with Erich Pommer . In 1949 she went to Hollywood again to take care of actors in the Lyons Agency . In the course of the 50s, Elli Silman became one of the most active actor-managers in the young Federal Republic. The first German star she represented, whom she referred to Hollywood in 1948 ( David O. Selznick ), was Hildegard Knef . Other Silman clients included Senta Berger , Elke Sommer , Rolf Eden , Christa Linder , Horst Naumann and Thomas Fritsch . In Munich she was co-owner of the artist agency Alexander-Silman.

Elli Silman was married from 1919 to 1928 to Herbert Silbermann, who had worked for German film as a film producer and production manager until 1933.

literature

  • Kay Less : "In life, more is taken from you than given ...". Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. ACABUS Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 608.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source: Birth certificate no. 1560 from September 2, 1898, registry office Berlin IX, Landesarchiv Berlin.
  2. ↑ Spiegel edition of May 7, 1952
  3. ↑ Source: Marriage certificate No. 998 dated December 24, 1919, Register Office Berlin I / II, Landesarchiv Berlin.
personal data
SURNAME Silman, Elli
ALTERNATIVE NAMES School father, Elly (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dramaturge and acting agent
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 1982