Lotte Spira

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Lotte Spira , born in Charlotte Andresen , also Lotte Spira-Andersen and Lotte Spira-Andresen (born April 24, 1883 in Berlin , German Empire , † December 17, 1943 in Berlin, German Empire ), was a German actress .

Life

Born in Charlotte Andresen, she first performed at the Berlin Lustspielhaus in 1904 . She also received a few small film roles in the 1920s. Only in later years did the film offerings increase. Lotte Spira played mainly good middle-class ladies of society. She continued to take the stage at the Thalia Theater , the Theater am Admiralspalast and most recently at the Rose Theater.

Lotte Spira's family life is of particular importance. On December 20, 1905, she married the Viennese actor and later silent film star Fritz Spira in Hamburg . The actresses Steffie Spira and Camilla Spira come from this marriage . Under pressure from the Nazis, her husband, who was considered a Jew and who had fled abroad in 1933, was divorced in 1934. Her arrested daughter Camilla Spira, who was registered in the Westerbork transit camp for transport to an extermination camp , was able to protect her from this until final clarification by claiming that she was allegedly the child of a connection with a Christian.

Lotte Spira died shortly after learning of her ex-husband's death in the concentration camp.

Filmography

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography of the daughter on DEFA-Sternstunden.de ( Memento from February 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
personal data
SURNAME Spira, Lotte
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Andresen, Charlotte (maiden name); Spira-Andersen, Lotte (full name); Spira-Andresen, Lotte (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH December 17, 1943
Place of death Berlin , German Empire