Sophie Pagay

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Sophie Pagay , also Sofie Pagay , born Sofie Berg (born April 22, 1857 or 1860 in Brno , † January 23, 1937 in Berlin ), was an Austrian actress .

Life

The daughter of a post office clerk took on her first theater roles at the age of seven and made her professional debut in 1872 at the Brno City Theater as Hedwig in Sie hat haben seine Herz discovered , a comedy by Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter . She received further engagements in Reval , Kiel , Görlitz , Breslau , Augsburg and Hanover .

In 1885 Pagay was committed to the Residenztheater in Berlin, from 1896 she played at the Lessing Theater and from 1899 at the Court Theater . Max Reinhardt brought her to the Deutsches Theater in 1912 .

Her subject was initially that of the lively and naive, for example as Marthe Schwerdtlein in Faust and Luise Millerin in Kabale und Liebe , later she could be seen as a wet nurse in Romeo and Juliet or Gina in Die Wildente . Pagay has worked in silent films since 1916 and was a busy supporting actress in the 1920s, for example as a mother, aunt, housekeeper or neighbor. She was married to the actor Hans Pagay (1845-1915), her sister-in-law was the theater actress and operetta singer Josefine Pagay (1849-1892).

Sophie Pagay's grave is located in the Wilmersdorfer Waldfriedhof Stahnsdorf (field H II-UR-170).

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  1. ↑ Year of birth 1857 according to Less and Filmportal, year of birth 1860 according to Eisenberg and IMDb
personal data
SURNAME Pagay, Sophie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pagay, Sofie; Berg, Sophie (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-German actress
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 1937
Place of death Berlin