Fritz Spira

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Spira, around 1910

Fritz Spira , born in Jakob Spira (born August 1, 1877 in Vienna , † 1943 in Ruma concentration camp , Yugoslavia), was an Austrian actor .

Life

Spira attended the Vienna Conservatory and began his artistic career as an operetta singer at the theaters of Olomouc and Troppau . In 1899 he first appeared at the City Theater of Wroclaw . In 1900 he received an engagement at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna. In 1901 he came to Berlin, where he worked for three decades at various stages such as the Residenz Theater , the New Theater, the Small Theater, the Lustspielhaus , the Komische Oper and the Metropoltheater .

Since 1910, Spira was often used in silent films, but was mostly limited to small roles, even if he embodied high personalities such as Emperor Franz Joseph in 1926 The Third Squadron or the almighty governor in Sacco and Vanzetti .

After the seizure of power of the Nazis , he emigrated to Poland . His marriage to his wife, actress Lotte Spira , whom he married on December 20, 1905, was divorced in 1934. Spira played at the German-speaking city theater in Bielitz , Poland , where he became senior director. In 1935 he went to Austria, but as a Jew he could hardly find any job opportunities.

Stolperstein , Behrenstrasse 55-57, in Berlin-Mitte

After the annexation of Austria , he tried in vain to escape abroad. While attempting to get a visa to Shanghai, he was arrested and deported in early March 1941. Spira probably came in the in the Vojvodina lying KZ Ruma killed. He is the father of the actresses Camilla Spira and Steffie Spira .

Filmography

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nanette does everything. In: Illustrierte Filmwoche 1926. Retrieved on May 9, 2020 .

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personal data
SURNAME Spira, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spira, Jakob (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH 1943
Place of death Ruma concentration camp , Yugoslavia