Maria Orska
Maria Orska , native Effi Rachel Blindermann , Russian Мария Орская / Marija Orskaja (March 4 . Jul / 16th March 1893 greg. In Nikolaev , Russian Empire - 16th May 1930 in Vienna ) was a theater and cinema actress Russian - Jewish origin .
Life
Maria Orska was discovered by the German actor Ferdinand Gregori in St. Petersburg and in 1909 brought to the conservatory in Vienna, which he directed . In 1910 she followed Gregori to the Hoftheater Mannheim , where she made her debut as “Daisy Orska” and attracted attention in plays by Strindberg and Schnitzler . In 1911 she came to the Schauspielhaus in Hamburg and in 1915 to Max Reinhardt's Berlin theaters. In the same year she was “recommended to Edith Andreae as a young beginner”, which marked the beginning of an intense friendship for many years.
In Berlin , the Russian woman in exile became known as an interpreter of works by Strindberg, Wedekind and Pirandello . Since 1915 she also appeared in silent films, repeatedly directed by Max Mack . However, the theater remained her main field of work, especially the Hebbel Theater , where she enjoyed great popularity in the twenties with her intellectual, aesthetic style of playing.
In 1927 there followed a performance of Hans Kaltneker's mystery Die Sister at the theater on Königgrätzer Strasse in Berlin, in which Maria Orska played the lesbian Ruth.
She was a drug addict and committed suicide in 1930 with an overdose of veronal suicide .
Quote
“Maria Orska was completely subject to the intoxication of the stage until she collapsed under it. This strange phenomenon showed how difficult it is to interpret the phenomenon of acting. It seemed to be enveloped in the air of the scenery just as it was then again of ultimate simplicity. She was a theater snake and an opinionated star, for example in Wilde's 'Salome', and was also the most humble Hedwig in 'Wildente' [Ibsen]. She was hot and cold, she played and she lived "
Filmography
- 1915: demon and man
- 1916: The swamp
- 1916: The green mask's confession
- 1916: The dancing heart
- 1916: The champagne bet
- 1917: The black loo
- 1917: Adamant's last race
- 1917: The living dead
- 1920: the last hour
- 1921: The thieves' strike
- 1921: The beast in humans
- 1922: victim of passion
- 1923: Fridericus Rex
literature
- Salomon Wininger : Great Jewish National Biography . Volume 4. Chernivtsi, 1927, p. 588
- Jutta Dick, Marina Sassenberg (ed.): Jewish women in the 19th and 20th centuries . Lexicon to life and work, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1993, ISBN 3-499-16344-6 .
- Obituaries
- Ottomar Starke : Little Daisy Orska † . In: Der Cross Section , 1930, June issue, pp. 412 - 413 .
- Otto König : Maria Orska. In: Neues Wiener Journal , May 16, 1930, pp. 5-6 (online at ANNO ).
Web links
- Maria Orska in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ´Maria Orska biography with photo at www.cyranos.ch
- Pictures by Maria Orska In: Virtual History
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ursula von Mangoldt : On the threshold between yesterday and tomorrow - experiences and encounters. OW Barth, Weilheim / Oberbayern 1963, p. 119
- ↑ Quoted from Fritz Engel. In: Siegmund Kaznelson : Jews in the German cultural area . Jüdischer Verlag, Berlin 1962, page I11
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Orska, Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blindermann, Effi Rahel (maiden name); Orskaja, Marija; Орская, Мария (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Theater and cinema actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nikolayev |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1930 |
| Place of death | Vienna |