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Roma Bahn as Polly in Threepenny Opera

Roma Bahn (born October 30, 1896 in Berlin , † January 11, 1975 in Bonn ; born Roma Helena Anna Bahn ) was a German actress .

Life

Roma Bahn was the daughter of the lawyer Paul Bahn. At the age of 16 she began taking lessons at Max Reinhardt's drama school of the Deutsches Theater and received her first engagement in Frankfurt am Main . She later worked in Hamburg until Reinhardt brought her back to the Berlin theaters in 1926.

In 1928 she replaced the prevented Carola Neher in the role of Polly at the premiere of Bertolt Brecht's Die Dreigroschenoper at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm . The piece was an extraordinary success and helped Roma Bahn achieve a breakthrough. She then played Desdemona in Othello with Paul Wegener in the title role, alongside Hermine Körner in Jean Giraudoux 's Die Irre von Chaillot and particularly successful Klytämnestra in Die Flies . Other roles were Ophelia in Hamlet and Lulu in Earth Spirit .

During the silent film era, she was a leading actress in films several times, including in 1920 the expressionist From Morning to Midnight . In the sound film she was a frequently used supporting actress, but often only with short appearances. In the post-war period she also worked as a voice actress . She spoke, among others, Jo Van Fleet in her Oscar- winning role in Beyond Eden , Judith Anderson as Big Mama in The Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Dame Gladys Cooper in My Fair Lady .

In 1961 the actress left Berlin and then only appeared as guest performers. Roma Bahn, the first to wear the Hermine-Körner- Ring, was married to the director Karlheinz Martin , and her second marriage (from 1950) to the architect Hugo Häring .

Roma Bahn was sister-in-law of the Mayor of Brunswick , Ernst Böhme , who married her sister Lili in 1925.

Filmography (selection)

theatre

Radio plays

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birth register StA Berlin I / II No. 1226/96 .
  2. ↑ Gerd Biegel : Ernst Böhme (1929–1933; 1945–1948). In: Henning Steinführer , Claudia Böhler (Hrsg.): The Braunschweiger Mayors. From the establishment of the office in the late Middle Ages to the 20th century. P. 394, FN 6.
personal data
SURNAME Railway, Roma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Railway, Roma Helena (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 1975
Place of death Bonn