Helen von Münchhofen
Helen von Münchhofen (born February 19, 1904 in Copenhagen , † 1956 ) was a Danish actress who mainly worked in Germany .
Live and act
Helen von Münchhofen came to Germany at an early age and became the mother of a daughter of the same name at the age of 20 , who was to work as a theater actress and voice actress after the Second World War . Born in Copenhagen, she made her début in front of the camera at the age of 21 with a tiny role in Fritz Lang's legendary silent film classic Metropolis . Numerous other film roles followed up to the end of the silent film era; Helen von Münchhofen was only seen once in German sound films (1930), alongside Anny Ondra .
After the seizure of power , the artist returned to her Danish homeland, played theater there and appeared in front of the camera for the last time in 1935 with a leading role in a film adaptation of a novel. After that, their track is lost. While her daughter Helen took on numerous theater roles in the Federal Republic of Germany after 1945, her mother can no longer be proven as an artist. She died in 1956. Her granddaughter Suzanne Doucet works as a singer and composer .
Filmography
- 1926: Metropolis
- 1926: The girl without a home
- 1926: Give me life
- 1927: Stolzenfels on the Rhine
- 1927: From the house of joy to marriage
- 1927: The splendor and misery of the courtesans
- 1927: The rolling ball
- 1927: storm surge
- 1929: Madame in the lido (Venus in the world bath)
- 1930: A friend as cute as you
- 1935: Det gyldne smil
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. 597.
Web links
- Helen von Münchhofen in the Internet Movie Database (English) - the filmography there combines works by mother and daughter Helen von Münchhofen
- Helen von Münchhofen at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Münchhofen, Helen von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1956 |