Osa crowds
Osa Massen (as Aase Madsen ; born January 13, 1914 in Copenhagen , † January 2, 2006 in Santa Monica , California ) was a Danish actress .
Live and act
Osa Massen first trained as a photo reporter and then became a film editor . The Swedish director Alice O'Fredericks discovered her for working in front of the camera. She made her debut in the Danish film Kidnapped in 1935 . After another film in Denmark, Hollywood scouts became aware of her. In the 20th Century Fox finally got a contract. After the great success with Greta Garbo, Hollywood was looking for more actresses from Scandinavia. In addition to Osa Massen, there were Signe Hasso , Sigrid Gurie , Gwili Andre and Ingrid Bergmanto hollywood. However, it was enough except for the Bergman only to careers in B-movie . Her Hollywood debut in 1939 in the film masses Honeymoon in Bali alongside Fred MacMurray and Madeleine Carroll . Other important films in Hollywood were George Cukor's The Woman with the Scar ( A Woman's Face , 1941), Raoul Walsh's spy on the Orient Express ( Background to Danger , 1943) and Henry Levin's Cry of the Werewolf (1944). During the Second World War , she often played the femme fatale and women with dark secrets. Often mistaken for actresses Ilona Massey and Ona Munson , she changed her stage name for her theater appearances to Stefanie Paull .
Her penultimate feature film was the 1950 Kurt Neumann film Rocket Moon Starts ( Rocketship XM , 1950) alongside Lloyd Bridges , the last finally being Outcasts of the City in 1958 . In the 1950s she only appeared in television series, such as B. in Perry Mason , and retired from the film business in the early 1960s. Around 1940 she was married to the actor Allan Hersholt , son of Jean Hersholt .
Filmography (selection)
- 1935: Kidnapped
- 1941: The Woman with the Scar ( A Woman's Face )
- 1941: Empire you'll never ( You'll Never Get Rich )
- 1941: The Devil Pays Off
- 1943: Spy on the Orient Express ( Background to Danger )
- 1943: Jack London
- 1950: Rocket Moon launches ( Rocketship XM )
- 1958: Outcasts of the City
- 1958–1962: Perry Mason (TV series, 3 episodes)
Web links
- Osa Massen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Masses, Osa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carrion Madsen; Stefanie Paull |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen , Denmark |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 2, 2006 |
| Place of death | Santa Monica , California , United States |