Lya Ley
Lya Ley (born October 19, 1899 in Troppau in Austria-Hungary , † 1992 in Munich ) was a German-speaking silent film actress .
Life
Both mother and father of Lya Ley were actors. Ley made her stage debut around 1910 as a small child in the role of Hansel in the popular theater play " Der Verschwender " by Ferdinand Raimund . It fell through in the truest sense of the word: a fall into oblivion ended lightly; Ley was able to play the role again the next day.
In 1914, at the age of 15, she was discovered for the film by the director and producer Paul Heidemann during an engagement at the Berlin Theater on Nollendorfplatz . He cast Ley in a number of comedy films. From 1916, Franz Hofer shot a series with her, the films Heidenröschen and The Pumped Papa being the most successful. Then she played in a detective series with the director Hubert Moest . She shot eight Lya Ley comedy films for the Kowo Film Society.
At the height of her career, Ley was considered the star of the silent film on par with Pola Negri , Asta Nielsen , Henny Porten , Fern Andra , Mia May , Marija Leiko and Lya Mara , with whom she was pictured in a 1920 cartoon by Olaf Gulbransson in Simplicissimus was - with the simple heading "Stars". In the 1920s, Lya Ley retired from the film business.
Filmography (selection)
- 1916: The Giant Baby, directed by Franz Hofer
- 1916: The Pumped Papa , directed by Franz Hofer
- 1916: Dressage for marriage , direction and screenplay by Franz Hofer
- 1916: Heidenröschen , director and screenplay Franz Hofer
- 1916: Dead Thoughts , directed by Franz Hofer
- 1916: We did it , directed by Franz Hofer
- 1917: the second me
- 1917: The luxury bathroom , directed by Franz Hofer
- 1917: The Bell , directed by Franz Hofer
- 1917: The emergency wedding , directed by Franz Hofer
- 1917: Strange People , director and screenplay Franz Hofer
- 1917: When the Wolf Comes , directed by Hubert Moest
- 1918: Fräulein Pfiffikus , directed by Franz Hofer
- 1918: Lieutenant Mucki , directed by Franz Hofer
- 1918: His Highness Bridal Trip , directed by Franz Hofer
- 1919: hanging braids
- 1919: Lya's flirtation with the saint , directed by Ernst Reicher
- 1919: The pink garter
- 1921: The Christ of Oberammergau
Web links
- Lya Ley in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Short portrait of Lya Ley with autograph postcard
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Lya Ley: How did I get into filming? ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: The woman in the film. Altheer & Co., Zurich 1919, pp. 17-20.
- ↑ Olaf Gulbransson: Stars. In: Simplicissimus. Vol. 24, issue 34, November 19, 1919, p. 459 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ley, Lya |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-speaking silent film actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Troppau |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1992 |
| Place of death | Munich |