Leonore Ehn

Leonore Ehn (born October 8, 1888 in Langenlois , Austria , † June 23, 1978 in Berlin ) was an Austrian actress .

Life

Leonore Ehn dedicated himself to acting at an early age. In 1910 she came to Berlin at the Schiller Theater , where she achieved great success alongside well-known colleagues here and on other stages in the city until the establishment of the Nazi regime .

Hans von Zedlitz , her husband, also an actor, was defamed and marginalized after 1933 because of his Jewish origins. In 1935 she emigrated with him and their two children, first to Austria , then to the Soviet Union . After the Hitler-Stalin Pact , her husband was arrested by the Soviet authorities.

One after the other both managed to get back to Germany, where Hans von Zedlitz was arrested again. While her husband was able to leave the country shortly before the outbreak of war (he died in Switzerland in 1948 ), she stayed in Germany because of her son, Gerd von Zedlitz (1923–1945), child actor in film. For Ehn, the artistic work was over for the time being - with the exception of one tour. After 1950, Ehn withdrew from theater life after a series of failed attempts to get engagements.

Honorary grave of Leonore Ehn in the Heerstraße cemetery in Berlin-Westend

Leonore Ehn died in Berlin in June 1978 at the age of almost 90. Her grave is in the state-owned cemetery Heerstraße in Berlin-Westend . By resolution of the Berlin Senate , Leonore Ehn's final resting place (grave location: 18-B-5) was dedicated in 1997 for twenty years as an honorary grave for the State of Berlin . The possible extension of the dedication for a further twenty years is currently pending (as of November 2019).

Web links

Commons : Leonore Ehn - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Leonore Ehn in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 . P. 486.
↑ Senate Department for Environment, Transport and Climate Protection: Honorary Graves of the State of Berlin (Status: November 2018) (PDF, 413 kB), p. 19. Accessed on November 9, 2019. Submission - for information - about the recognition and further preservation of graves Well-known and deserving personalities as honorary graves in Berlin (PDF, 41 kB). Berlin House of Representatives, printed matter 13/2017 of September 12, 1997, pp. 1–2. Retrieved November 9, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Ehn, Leonore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian actress
DATE OF BIRTH	October 8, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH	Langenlois , Austria
DATE OF DEATH	June 23, 1978
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 . P. 486.

[2] Senate Department for Environment, Transport and Climate Protection: Honorary Graves of the State of Berlin (Status: November 2018) (PDF, 413 kB), p. 19. Accessed on November 9, 2019. Submission - for information - about the recognition and further preservation of graves Well-known and deserving personalities as honorary graves in Berlin (PDF, 41 kB). Berlin House of Representatives, printed matter 13/2017 of September 12, 1997, pp. 1–2. Retrieved November 9, 2019.