Hella Kurty

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Hella Kürty , also Hella Kürti , (born July 23, 1900 in Germany , † November 7, 1954 in London , United Kingdom ) was a German actress and singer (soprano).

Live and act

Little is known about Kürty's career. Obviously she received training as a singer ( soprano ). At the beginning of the 1920s she can be seen as a singer and performer at the Breslauer Schauspielhaus, the operetta theater, and since the middle of the same decade she has appeared in Berlin both on the stage ( Theater des Westens ) and in film. In 1930 she made her sound film debut alongside Richard Tauber in the cinema operetta " The Land of Smiles " based on the eponymous model by Franz Lehár . In 1932 Hella Kürty left the capital of the Reich and followed a call to the German Theater in Munich .

The takeover of power by the National Socialists quickly led to the professional isolation of the Jewish artist, and so Hella Kürty decided to emigrate to England in the mid-1930s. There she married in 1937 and was summoned as a witness in a book rights lawsuit that same year. In April 1939 she went on a major tour of South Africa with her great theatrical success " The Land of Smiles ". During the Second World War , Hella Kürty found a little occupation in British film, after which her trail is lost. She remained in London until her death in 1954.

Filmography

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. 588.

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personal data
SURNAME Kurty, Hella
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kürti, Hella
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress and singer
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Germany
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 1954
Place of death London , UK