Nora Gregor

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Nora Gregor

Nora Gregor (born February 3, 1901 in Görz , Kronland Görz and Gradiska, Austria-Hungary ; † January 20, 1949 in Viña del Mar , Chile ) was an Austrian actress .

Life

Nora Gregor took acting lessons in Graz and made her debut there in 1918. At the age of 19 she first appeared in a silent film . She celebrated her first successes in 1922/1923 at the Raimund Theater in Vienna . In 1925 she played in Berlin at the Deutsches Theater with Max Reinhardt , who from 1924–1933 also directed the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna . Gregor was engaged there from 1923/1924 and from 1926 to 1930. Her first marriage was 1925-1934 with the German pianist and dance orchestra leader Mitja Nikisch (1899-1936).

Nora Gregor often embodied noble young women like Princess Zamikoff in the homosexuality-themed film Michael . 1930/1931 she was in Hollywood and participated in several American productions. At the same time she was on stage in Los Angeles. On her return, she was part of the ensemble of the Vienna Burgtheater from 1933–1937 and was appointed chamber actress in 1937 .

Since December 2, 1937, Nora Gregor was married in his second marriage to Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg , the leader of the Heimwehr , which was dissolved by the dictatorship in 1936 . She emigrated with him in 1937 for reasons related to his political stance. During the “Anschluss” of Austria in March 1938, she was in Switzerland with her husband. Since the Austrofascist Starhemberg would have been in danger in National Socialist Austria, they could not go back to Vienna, but went to Paris. There Gregor played the lead role, the Comtesse Christine de la Chesnais, under the direction of Jean Renoir in his film La Regle du Jeu ( The Rules of the Game ). The film is considered her greatest achievement on the big screen today.

During the war, she fled to Argentina with Starhemberg and son Heinrich and, after the divorce from Starhemberg, traveled to Chile, where she worked on the film Le Moulin des Andes (literally: The mill. ) From 1943 to 1945 under the French director Jacques Rémy (1911–1981) of the Andes ), which was to remain her last. Her alleged attempt to return to the Vienna Burgtheater after 1945 is said to have been unsuccessful because of Starhemberg. In 1949 she died of a heart attack or, according to other (unlikely) statements, committed suicide.

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  1. ↑ orf.at - Why Nora Gregor was forgotten . Article dated February 20, 2015, accessed February 21, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Gregor, Nora
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Gorizia , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1949
Place of death Viña del Mar , Chile