Elvira Clemens
Elvira Clemens ( June 29, 1878 in Vienna - after 1919) was an Austrian theater actress .
Life
Since Clemens already revealed a decided talent for the stage as a child, she tried her hand at acting at an early age. At the age of 15 she stepped onto the boards at the Irving Place Theater in New York for the first time, where she was particularly popular as "Linerl" in Fallen Angels and "Rita" in the talisman of Ludwig Fulda .
The child protection society wanted to prevent her from appearing and Clemens was only able to continue her stage work when she provided evidence that she was making a living for herself and the mother accompanying her through her acting profession.
Returned to Europe was in 1894 a member of the Raimund Theater , came in 1895 to the Residenz Theater in Hannover , where she served as "Rosi" in the butterfly battle of Hermann Sudermann debut and three years successfully worked, 1898 to the Berlin Lessing Theater (starting role "Dauphin" in Pamela by Victorien Sardou ) and 1899 to the Imperial Palace Theater (starting roles on May 2 and 3 May as "Rosi" in the butterfly battle and "Lisbeth" in childhood friends of Ludwig Fulda ).
Clemens was an excellent representative of naive lovers, the grace of her appearance, the heart-touching tone of her pleasant organ, the warmth and inwardness of her lively, well-accented game and the sharp intelligence with which she expressed the poet's words in a natural, sympathetic way they are excellent for portraying young girls in pleasure as well as in drama. Among the series of her praised achievements are “Christine” and “Mizzi” in Liebelei , “Abigail”, “Duczi” in Last Love by L. Duczi, “Hermia” in A Midsummer Night's Dream , “Hannele” in Hanneles Himmelfahrt , “Little Lord " ," Annie "( youth of Max Halbe ).
Elvira Clemens was married to fellow actor Ewald Bach , her sister Martha Clemens was also an actress.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 159 f., ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clemens, Elvira |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian theater actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1919 |