Josy Holsten
Josy Holsten ; actually Josefine Pyro (born October 14, 1897 in Düsseldorf , † November 26, 1963 in Zurich ) was a Swiss actress .
Life
Josy Holsten began her stage career in 1927 at the Münchner Kammerspiele and was seen at the Stadttheater in Augsburg in the 1928/1929 season . Since 1929 she played regularly at the Schauspielhaus in Zurich. From the late 1930s she had engagements at the Bremer Schauspielhaus and later at the Deutsches Theater in The Hague . After returning to Switzerland in 1944, Josy Holsten appeared there on all major stages (including the Schauspielhaus Zürich, the Komödie Basel , the Stadttheater Luzern and the Stadttheater St. Gallen ). Occasionally in later years they also performed guest performances in Baden-Baden and Berlin ( Theater am Kurfürstendamm ).
Josy Holsten also worked in several film productions . Among them were 1939 Wie d'Warret works by Walter Lesch with Heinrich Gretler , Hans Rehmann and Emil Hegetschweiler , 1937 The model husband directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner with Heinz Rühmann , Leny Marenbach and Hans Söhnker and Gewitterflug to Claudia by Erich Waschneck with Willy Fritsch , Karl Schönböck and Jutta Freybe .
Filmography (selection)
- 1933: How d'Warret works
- 1937: The model husband
- 1937: Thunderstorm flight to Claudia
- 1939: man for man
literature
- Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 2: Hed – Peis. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560744 , pp. 705-706.
- Julia Danielczyk, Tanja Stenzl: Josy Holsten . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 866.
Web links
- Josy Holsten in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Josy Holsten at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Theaterlexikon der Schweiz , Volume 2, p. 866
- ↑ Thunderstorm flight to Claudia on Murnau Foundation online; accessed on May 1, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holsten, Josy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pyro, Josefine (real name); Holsten, Josi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1963 |
| Place of death | Zurich |