Franz Schönemann (actor)

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Franz Schönemann (born May 25, 1880 in Hamburg , German Reich ; † March 2, 1960 in Berlin-Grunewald ) was a German actor in the stage and film industry.

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Born in Hamburg, he started his stage career at the dawn of the 20th century and was active in the German provinces, such as Hanover , as well as on guest tours until the First World War . In Berlin, where he set up his domicile in Wilmersdorf, Schönemann made a remarkable early appearance in front of the camera in 1914, when he and the garment manufacturer Werdenberg were able to draw attention to himself for the first time in the turbulent comedy The company is getting married alongside the young actor Ernst Lubitsch .

Despite this brilliant start, Schönemann remained largely absent from the new medium until the dawn of the sound film age and continued to concentrate on his work as an actor. Permanent engagements brought him to the German Art Theater (Berlin) and Die Komödie ( Vienna ). Franz Schönemann now appeared regularly in feature films throughout the 1930s. There he embodied both high-ranking personalities (the agency director in The Suitcase of Mr. OF , the architect Schnabel in Glückspilze , the Baron Thornberg in family parade ) as well as simple people from the people (a gendarme in Fahrendes Volk , a border official in Sergeant Berry , both times at the side of Hans Albers ).

After his last tiny film role as captain in Between Hamburg and Haiti , Franz Schönemann only retired from film acting in 1940, and from the theater in 1943, when he last took part in guest performance. Although still a member of the GDBA , Franz Schönemann remained abstinent from the stage until his death.

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SURNAME Schönemann, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor on stage and film
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1960
Place of death Berlin-Grunewald