Herta Natzler
Herta Natzler (born February 18, 1911 in Vienna , † August 5, 1985 in Los Angeles , California , United States ) was an Austrian actress .
Live and act
Herta Natzler comes from a widespread Viennese artist family, her father Leopold Natzler , who founded the cabaret Die Hölle together with his brother Siegmund Natzler in the basement of the Theater an der Wien , her two sisters Lizzi Natzler and Grete Natzler , were well known on the stage and in the film worked and cousin and film actor Alfred Reginald Natzler . In the late 1920s, Herta Natzler made her first theater contacts in her hometown of Vienna. She made her debut in May 1928 in Franz Lehár's operetta Der Zarewitsch at the Johann Strauss Theater . In the same year she could be seen in the Austrian capital in the revue Jetzt oder nie and in the comedy Weekend im Paradies , a performance by the Wiener Kammerspiele . Further appearances led her to the small revue stage Femina .
In 1934, Herta Natzler received four film roles, but there were still no further film offers, and the increasing anti-Semitism in Austria ultimately led to Herta Natzler being de facto unemployed at the theater after March 1936. Together with her sister Lizzi, she and their mother, widowed since 1926, the actress Lilli Natzler, b. Meißner left for the United States via Rotterdam in August 1937. In April 1938 Herta Natzler married the businessman Frank Leddy in Cairo , whom she had already met in Vienna. At the beginning of 1942 her husband was recalled by his employer Philips to Sydney (Australia). In 1945 she divorced her husband and moved to Los Angeles to see her sisters and mother again. What Herta Natzler did there over the next four decades is unknown; at any rate, she does not seem to have resumed acting.
Filmography (complete)
- 1934: Peter
- 1934: masquerade
- 1934: somersault into bliss
- 1934: Nocturno
Web links
- Herta Natzler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Herta Natzler at filmportal.de
- Herta Natzler in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Natzler, Herta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austro-American actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th August 1985 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |