Genia Nikolayeva
Genia Nikolayeva ; actually Eugenia Nikolajewa (born January 2, 1904 in Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire ; † January 13, 2001 in Los Angeles ) was a German- American actress who appeared in many German feature films in the 1930s.
Life
The daughter of a German and a Russian came to Berlin early with her parents. She received ballet lessons and had her first dance appearance in the Wintergarten Varieté in 1920. In 1921/22 she danced at the ballet of the Königsberg City Theater and then joined the ensemble of the choreographer Ernst Matray . She made guest appearances with his troupe in England and South America before appearing again in Berlin in 1925. From 1926 to 1930 she was a solo dancer at the Berlin State Opera under the ballet master Max Terpis .
In 1930 she made her debut as an actress in the revue Alles Schwindel , followed by roles in several revues and operettas. At the same time, the film became aware of her and gave Genia Nikolajewa several dance appearances or minor, sometimes, as in the crime film Shot at Dawn , also major supporting roles.
The actress, who was considered a “ half-Jew ”, received fewer and fewer tasks despite her permission to play. In 1938 she emigrated to the USA and also worked there on several films. Then she worked at Warner Bros. in the administration. From 1937 until his death in 1997 she was married to the film editor Carl Forcht, who also emigrated .
During her lifetime, she handed over her dance-related documents to the German Dance Archive in Cologne .
Filmography (selection)
- 1930: two ties
- 1931: Shooting festival in Schilda
- 1932: Scandal in Parkstrasse
- 1932: A great idea
- 1932: Quick
- 1932: Shot at dawn
- 1932: The child's first right
- 1933: The Ugly Girl
- 1933: The Grand Duke's finances
- 1934: The master boxer
- 1934: The Brencken case
- 1934: Black hunter Johanna
- 1934: Love and the first railroad
- 1934: your greatest success
- 1935: Why is Miss Käthe lying?
- 1935: A breath of fresh air from Canada
- 1935: A whole guy
- 1935: The multiplication table of love
- 1935: The bird dealer
- 1935: Artist's love
- 1936: You cannot be faithful
- 1936: The big and the small world
- 1936: stowaways
- 1936: 90 minutes stop
- 1936: A woman of no importance
- 1937: And you, my darling, are going with me
- 1937: My wife, the pearl
- 1937: The unexcused hour
- 1938: Ride a Crooked Mile
- 1940: Adventure in Diamonds
- 1942: The Lady Has Plans
literature
- 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. ACABUS-Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 638 ff.
- Nikolajewa, Eugenia , in: Frithjof Trapp , Bärbel Schrader, Dieter Wenk, Ingrid Maaß: Handbook of the German-speaking Exile Theater 1933-1945. Volume 2. Biographical Lexicon of Theater Artists . Munich: Saur, 1999, ISBN 3-598-11375-7 , p. 702
Web links
- Page about Genia Nikolajewa at the German Dance Archive Cologne.
- Genia Nikolajewa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Genia Nikolajewa at filmportal.de
- Pictures by Genia Nikolajewa In: Virtual History
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nikolayeva, Genia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nikolayeva, Eugenia (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 2001 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |