Evelyn Holt
Evelyn Holt , born Edith Sklarz , (born October 3, 1906 in Berlin , † February 22, 2001 in Los Angeles , USA ) was a German actress .
Life
The daughter of a journalist began her film career under her real name. Only after she was noticed in the film "Letters That Did Not Reach Him" and was hired for the title role in The Orphan of Lowood , did she take on the stage name Evelyn Holt . The attractive young woman quickly advanced to leading roles alongside Gustav Fröhlich and Hans Albers . After singing lessons, she was hired as a soubrette at the Große Schauspielhaus in Berlin in 1931 .
However, the transfer of power to the National Socialists ended her film career after seven successful years, as she was banned from filming as an alleged “ half-Jew ”. She stayed afloat with engagements as soubrette at the Komische Oper in Berlin. When she married the Jewish publisher Felix Guggenheim (1904–1976) in 1937 , that was no longer possible for her either. In 1938 the couple first emigrated to Switzerland before moving to England in 1940 , and later to the USA . There Felix Guggenheim became an exile publisher of authors such as Thomas Mann , Franz Werfel , Lion Feuchtwanger and Alfred Döblin .
Evelyn Holt stayed in the USA until the end of her life and never made a film again.
Filmography (selection)
- 1925: letters that did not reach him; Director: Friedrich Zelnik
- 1926: The orphan of Lowood
- 1927: love affair
- 1927: The eleven devils
- 1928: Gynecologist Dr. shepherd
- 1928: The dashing hussar; Directed by Géza von Bolváry
- 1928: A girl and three clowns
- 1928: fair game; Director: Holger Madsen
- 1928: The man with the tree frog
- 1929: Marriage in need
- 1930: an hour of happiness; Director: William Dieterle
- 1930: The Volga Girl; Director: Robert Wohlmuth
- 1930: name marriage; Director: Heinz Paul
- 1931: the disgust; Direction: Eugen Schüfftan and Franz Wenzler
- 1932: Three from the stamp office
- 1932: fight
literature
- Kay Less : Between the stage and the barracks. Lexicon of persecuted theater, film and music artists from 1933 to 1945 . With a foreword by Paul Spiegel . Metropol, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938690-10-9 , p. 180.
- 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. P. 248 f., ACABUS-Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8
Web links
- Evelyn Holt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Pictures by Evelyn Holt In: Virtual History
Individual evidence
- ^ Michaela Ullmann: Felix Guggenheim , at Immigrant Entrepreneurship
- ↑ s. a. Free wild
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holt, Evelyn |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sklarz, Edith (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 2001 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California, United States |