Max Laurence
Friedrich Rudolf Max Laurence , also Max Lawrence (born August 7, 1852 in Berlin ; † May 26, 1926 there ) was a German actor .
Life
He attended the art academies in Berlin and Düsseldorf, where he trained as a painter. Laurence then became an actor in 1871 and got his first engagement in Magdeburg . He then played in Danzig , Nuremberg , Amsterdam and Breslau .
In 1882 he took part in an American tour and then stayed in the USA until 1892. There he played for Friedrich Haase and Friedrich Mitterwurzer, among others . He spent five years as an actor and director at the Lyceum Theater in New York , most recently in San Francisco .
Back in Germany, he went to the New Theater in Berlin and played at the Schillertheater from 1895 to 1899 , as well as at the Centraltheater and the Trianontheater. Since the beginning of the First World War he was also active as a cabaret artist .
At the age of nearly 60, Laurence was still a busy film actor. He preferred to mimick aristocrats and other notables, such as Prince Hohenfels in the adventure film The Eyes of Mummy Ma . After a stroke with left-sided paralysis as a result, Laurence had to quit his acting activity.
Filmography
- 1912: The general's children
- 1913: America - Europe in an airship
- 1913: The Eisbraut
- 1913: where is Coletti?
- 1914: Miss Lieutenant
- 1914: Second door on the left
- 1914: German heroes
- 1914: Hans and Hanni
- 1915: The waves are silent
- 1916: The yellow Ulster
- 1916: Dora Brandes
- 1916: The Ring of Fate
- 1916: Welker laurel
- 1917: Mountain air
- 1918: The eyes of the mummy Ma
- 1918: Only for a thousand dollars
- 1918: The Diary of a Lost Woman
- 1919: I will not leave you
- 1919: The last son of the sun
- 1919: The Tsarina's toy
- 1919: The world champion
- 1919: The big coup
- 1919: The golden lie
- 1919: Blond poison
- 1919: Veritas vincit
- 1919: The Secret of the America Dock
- 1920: Indian revenge
- 1920: Ferréol
- 1920: The tarantula
- 1920: The flying car
- 1920: Gypsy blood
- 1921: The secret of the six playing cards
- 1922: The struggle for self
- 1923: The woman with the millions
- 1923: Jimmy, the fate of humans and animals - Vera films
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the 19th century . List, Leipzig 1903, p. 579
Web links
- Max Laurence at filmportal.de
- Max Laurence at The German Early Cinema Database
- Max Laurence in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Laurence, Max |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Laurence, Friedrich Rudolf Max (full name); Lawrence, Max |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1852 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 1926 |
Place of death | Berlin |