Eva Speyer

Eva Speyer on a photograph by Alexander Binder

Eva Speyer (born August 24, 1883 in Berlin ; † in the 20th century ) was a German actress .

Life

She received her training as an actress at Maria Seebach's school and made her debut in Hirschberg in 1904 . In 1905 she performed in Posen and from 1906 to 1908 at the Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf . In 1908 she embarked for America and performed in Milwaukee and in 1909 in New York .

In November 1910 she returned to Germany and played on Berlin theaters such as the Lessing Theater , Trianon Theater and the Small Theater. In 1911 Paul Otto encouraged her to take on a role in the new medium of film. In the years to come, Eva Speyer developed into one of the early stars of German silent film. She played mostly suffering women in melodramas .

In the 1920s she mostly only got supporting roles.

Speyer was married to the actor Otto Stoeckel and was therefore also called Eva Speyer-Stoeckel .

Filmography (selection)

1911: Nora 1912: lived twice 1912: The wedding torch 1912: black blood 1912: The yellow race 1912: Two lost people 1912: Demons of the Deep 1913: The Skagen fisher girl 1913: renunciations 1913: In the field of honor 1913: Madame Incognito 1913: Because the elements hate ... 1913: Between heaven and earth 1913: Factory Marianne 1913: The factory 1914: The flight to the western border 1914: the statue 1915: The sisters 1915: The ghost seer 1915: the talisman 1916: Friedrich Werder's broadcast 1916: You shall not judge 1917: The way out into the open 1917: The Book of Vice 1917: The escape of Arno Jessen 1918: The second woman 1918: Let there be light! Part 2 1918: poor fairy 1918: The sign of Cain

1919: The last people 1919: Mazeppa, the folk hero of Ukraine 1919: The Ark 1920: The gallant king 1920: Louise de Lavallière 1921: The Silver King 1925: The woman of forty years 1925: people in need 1926: Hell of Love 1926: The poor on the street 1926: love trade 1926: The queen of the world bath 1926: The young man from clothing 1926: Maria, the story of a heart / The gray house 1927: Fair of Life 1927: Whore tragedy 1927: Killed by life 1927: Dr. Bessel's transformation 1928: The most beautiful woman in Paris 1928: The strange night of Helga Wangen 1928: The seventeen year olds 1928: Under the lantern 1929: Madame Lu, the woman for discreet advice 1929: Lost youth 1929: The right of the unborn 1929: the fool of his love 1930: name marriage 1932: I'll stay with you 1932: The white demon

literature

• 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 7: R - T. Robert Ryan - Lily Tomlin. Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 411 f.

Web links

Commons : Eva Speyer  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Eva Speyer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Biography with photo