Erika Glässner

Marie Johanna Erika Glässner (born February 28, 1890 in Erfurt , † July 21, 1959 in Gießen ) was a German actress .

Erika Glässner 1927 on a photograph by Alexander Binder

Life and work

Erika Glässner was born in 1890 as the daughter of the painter Gottfried Glässner . Her brother was the opera singer Kurt Glässner. In her youth, Glässner received ballet lessons. She made her debut in 1910 as a dancer at the Stadttheater in Erfurt. In the following years she received engagements as a dancer and actress in Olbernhau , Halberstadt and Frankfurt am Main. In 1914 she was on stage for the first time in Berlin at the Lustspielhaus .

From 1915 Glässner took on leading roles as a silent film actress. The most common type of character portrayed by her was that of the perky seductress, as in the film Tragedy of Love with Emil Jannings . In 1926 she married the politician Arnold Kalle .

Although her roles became smaller over the years, Erika Glässner remained a busy film actress for a long time, who also continued to act in the theater. As she got older, she embodied mostly strict aunts and mothers-in-law.

After the Second World War, she received her last film duties in two DEFA productions as an elegant elderly lady. After the death of her husband in 1952, Erika Glässner settled in Gießen in March 1956, where she committed suicide three years later.

Filmography

1915: Modern Paris or: The pharmacist marries 1916: game within game 1916: Werner Krafft 1916: A nice little plant 1916: His Serene Highness' s laundress 1916: Paulchen Semmelmann 1917: Uncle's favorite 1918: Katinka 1919: The Ghosts of Garden Hall 1919: morality and sensuality 1919: The sinner 1919: From a man's girlhood 1920: The giant smuggling 1920: Ferréol 1920: The Three Dances of Mary Wilford 1920: The dead hour 1920: The seven faces 1921: The red witch 1921: The love corridor 1921: A maid's novel 1921: The hunt for the truth 1921: The walk through hell 1922: Your valet 1922: The Kreutzer Sonata 1923: tragedy of love 1924: The secret of writing 1924: A woman's tragedy 1924: The Forbidden Land 1924: Four nights of a beautiful woman 1925: marriage swindler 1925: The flower woman from Potsdamer Platz 1926: people among each other 1926: The Wiskottens

1927: Family day in the Prellstein house 1927: break-in 1928: Children of the street 1929: Disturbed serenade 1930: The funny musicians 1930: two ties 1931: The high tourist 1931: Father goes on a journey 1932: The girl from Montparnasse 1932: What do men know? 1933: Madame does not want children 1933: Greetings and kisses to Veronika 1933: The hotel in love 1934: Heinz in the moon 1934: visit in the evening 1934: Punks comes from America 1934: It's nice to be in love 1935: Pygmalion 1935: A whole guy 1935: The unsuspecting angel 1935: Hangover lamp 1936: The tired Theodor 1936: A small gold ring / Hummel - Hummel 1937: Sparkasse with liqueur 1937: I would really like to be alone with you / millionaires 1938: The Pentecost organ 1938: Guest performance in paradise 1938: Women for Golden Hill 1939: Rosemarie no longer wants to lie 1940: Left the Isar - right the Spree 1941: Riots in the women's monastery 1943: Why are you lying, Elisabeth? 1951: Corinna Schmidt 1951: career in Paris

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1. ↑ Kosch gives the wrong year of birth 1896. See Wilhelm Kosch : Deutsches Theater-Lexikon. Biographical and Bibliographical Handbook. Volume 1: A - Hurk. Kleinmayr, Klagenfurt et al. 1953, p. 952.
2. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 3: F - H. John Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 277 f.

Web links

• Erika Glässner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Erika Glässner at www.defa-sternstunden.de
• Pictures by Erika Glässner In: Virtual History