Olga Fabian

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Olga Fabian , nee Olga Fuchs , also Olga Sabin (born September 15, 1885 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary , † December 1983 in New York City , United States ), was an Austrian actress .

Life

Olga Fabian (born as Olga Fuchs) had been on German provincial stages since the beginning of the 20th century, including those in Leipzig , Frankfurt am Main and above all in Dresden , where she worked for years at the local state theater . In 1918 she starred in a film for the first time during a stay in Berlin .

As a result of the takeover of the Nazis , the Jewish artist in 1933 initially fled to Switzerland . At the end of March 1939, together with the director Leo Mittler , she moved to the USA under the name Olga Malzmann with her son Georg. There the actress first found work as a reciter and acting teacher. For example, in November 1940 she set up a German cultural program at the Germanic Museum at Harvard University . “The criticism turned over itself: Her technical ability is as outstanding as her talent and: We have never heard better readings of german poetry in this country .” In 1941 Olga Fuchs gave acting lessons at Bard College . In the same year she gave recitation evenings at the Harvard Summer School.

In the middle of the Second World War , the artist went to Hollywood . There she worked since 1943 under the artist name Olga Fabian, sometimes with tiny supporting roles in a number of cinema and television films. Most of the time she was cast as a poor English-speaking, older Central European woman. Olga Fuchs / Fabian gave her farewell performance on the big screen at the age of almost 80 at the side of Heinz Rühmann and Vivien Leigh in Stanley Kramer's emigrant drama Das Narrenschiff .

From early 1947 to late 1957, Olga Fabian, an American citizen since November 1944, also received roles in four Broadway plays: The Big Two; Come Back, Little Sheba; I am a Camera and The Genius and the Goddess . After the end of her film career, she finally settled in New York. Olga Fabian died there very old at the age of 98.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1918: Cain
  • 1943: Behind Prison Walls
  • 1944: Voice in the Wind
  • 1944: Waterfront
  • 1944: My Pal Wolf
  • 1945: Her Highness and the Bellboy
  • 1947: My Girl Tisa
  • 1948: An Act of Murder
  • 1953: The Goldbergs
  • 1956: The Wrong Man (The Wrong Man)
  • 1961: The Judgment at Nuremberg
  • 1965: The Ship of Fools
  • 1969: JT

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. ACABUS Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 575, (classified there under Olga Fuchs).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biographical data of Olga Fabian in: Österreicher in Hollywood , by Rudolf Ulrich, Verlag Filmarchiv Austria, 2004, page 123
personal data
SURNAME Fabian, Olga
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fuchs, Olga (maiden name); Sabin, Olga
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actress
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH December 1983
Place of death New York City , New York , United States