Hedda Forsten
Hedda Forsten (born June 27, 1897 in Frankfurt am Main , † beginning of January 1933 in Berlin ) was a German silent film and theater actress .
Life
The cousin of the actress Maria Orska and niece of the theater impresario Eugen Frankfurter had attended the secondary school for girls and, when she was not even 16, began a six-month acting training with Friedrich Basil in Munich. This was followed by engagements in Nuremberg at the Intime Theater and in Hamburg at the Thalia Theater . Finally, they took the head of the New Drama Theater of Konigsberg , Leopold Jessner , in the East Prussian metropolis. In the middle of the First World War she made guest appearances on stages on the Eastern Front.
When she arrived in Berlin in autumn 1919, the film caught the eye of the artist immediately. Even for her first role, 16-year-old Lilith in " Defoliated Blossoms ", she received great press praise. The trade journal " Der Deutsche Film " wrote in its November 11, 1920 issue: " The small forest is a pretty, cute thing; the main character could learn a lot from her." Despite the respectable initial success, Hedda Forsten only stayed with film for two years, then she returned to the theater. She played u. a. at Berlin's Rotter theaters and gave recitation evenings, performed in cabarets and tried his hand at chansonets.
The sporty actress - among the skills she had learned in the mid-1920s a. a. Horseback riding, tennis, swimming and, quite unusual for the time, "chauffeur" - obviously led a turbulent life at a young age and suffered numerous setbacks. She stated in a short biography: " Father died in 1921, I have been standing all alone since then - inherited my fortune and villa in Homburg vdH at the most inopportune moment - lost everything in three years of inflation. During this time I was engaged three times without success, now have become careful, although unnecessary, since I have nothing left . "
When Hedda Forsten died under unknown circumstances at the beginning of January 1933, largely forgotten by the general public, she was working as a freelance artist at the Staatliches Schauspielhaus am Gendarmenmarkt.
Filmography
- 1920: Defoliated flowers
- 1920: Longing love
- 1920: The girl from Ackerstrasse, part 2
- 1921: In the battle for diamond fields
- 1922: Under the sign of the snake
literature
- Hans Richter (ed.): Filmstern 1922 . Hans Hermann Richter Verlag, Berlin-Wilmersdorf 1921/22, p. 27
- Kurt Mühsam / Egon Jacobsohn: Lexicon of the film . Lichtbildbühne publishing house, Berlin 1926, p. 56 f.
- German Stage Yearbook 45 . Born in 1934, Berlin 1933. p. 98
Web links
- Hedda Forsten at filmportal.de
- Hedda forests in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Mühsam / Jacobsohn: Lexicon of the film. Berlin 1926, p. 57
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Forests, Hedda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German silent film and theater actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1933 |
| Place of death | Berlin |