Marianne Oswald
Marianne Oswald (born January 9, 1901 in Saargemünd as Sarah Alice Bloch , † February 25, 1985 in Limeil-Brévannes ) also known as Marianne Lorraine was a French singer , actress and author .
Life
Marianne Oswald was born as Alice Bloch into a wealthy Jewish family in the then German town of Saargemünd (now Sarreguemines ) in Lorraine . Her family originally came from Poland ; the father was a teacher, the mother ran a fabric shop.
Marianne Oswald began her career in Berlin in the 1920s. In 1930 she moved to Paris, where she made a career as a chanson singer on cabaret and music hall stages. Tours within France, Switzerland and Belgium followed. Shortly before the outbreak of war, she was hired by a French cabaret in New York. In 1942 she played with accordionist John Serry Sr. at Town Hall , New York City , USA in performances of poems by the American poet Carl Sandburg . In 1947 she returned to France.
From 1949 to 1958, Oswald was seen in seven film productions, four of which were released in 1958. She was seen in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956) and in Montparnasse 19 (1958). In the 1950s and 1960s she made half a dozen productions in which she was involved in other scripts.
Web links
- Marianne Oswald in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Marianne Oswald at Discogs (English)
- Marianne Oswald on the Internet portal for music education and gender research
Individual evidence
- ^ Marianne Lorraine ( Memento from August 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ The New York Times March 1, 1942, p. 36
- ↑ The Nation March 7, 1942, Vol. 154, # 10
- ^ Marianne Lorraine ( Memento from August 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oswald, Marianne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bloch, Sarah Alice (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French singer and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sarreguemines |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 1985 |
| Place of death | Limeil-Brévannes |