Lydia Potechina

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Lydia Potechina (born September 5, 1883 in Saint Petersburg , † April 7, 1934 in Moscow ) was a Russian actress .

Life

She attended the imperial theater school in Saint Petersburg around 1900. After that she performed on Russian stages for years. During the Revolutionary Wars, she fled to Berlin in 1919 .

Here she soon came to German film. She appeared in numerous films, including many comedies. Often Potechina played a mother or mother-in-law. She was married to the UFA producer Max Pfeiffer (1881-1947).

Filmography

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. P. 398, ACABUS-Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8

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