Hermann Blaß

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Hermann Blass , alternatively Hermann Blass (born March 29, 1888 in Vienna , † September 18, 1941 in New York City ), was an Austrian actor .

Life

Blaß's father came from Lemberg and worked as a clothing salesman. Hermann Blaß received training in singing and acting and began his career as a singer in Sibiu in 1909 . Other theater stations were Saaz , the opera from Brno and Berlin , where he arrived in 1918 to fulfill an obligation at the Theater des Westens . In the German capital he also appeared at the Komische Oper and the Thalia Theater. His most famous role was Count Danilo in the operetta The Merry Widow .

Blaß, who had some film experience since the 1920s, became a busy supporting actor at the start of the talkies. He played notaries, doctors, directors and pianists in a number of entertainment films, among others. As a result of the seizure of power , the Jew Blaß had to leave Germany in 1933 and returned to Vienna via Hungary , where he starred in two emigre films. After the annexation of Austria , Blaß left for the USA in February 1939. There he found a little occupation in cabaret events by other emigrants and took part in a tiny role in a movie production by Max Nosseck .

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. 104.

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personal data
SURNAME Pale, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pale, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH September 18, 1941
Place of death New York City