Valerie Boothby

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Valerie Boothby (photography by Alexander Binder )

Valerie Boothby , born in Wally Drucker , (born October 18, 1904 in Hamburg , † April 14, 1982 ibid) was a German actress and author of young books .

Life

The daughter of the Hamburg theater director Ernst Drucker worked in German silent films since 1926. She embodied the flapper, popular at the time, or the femme fatale type . Since 1929 she also played on the Berlin stages of Victor Barnowsky and Fritz Rotter .

After the seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933, she emigrated to France. She lived in Egypt for many years and worked as a portrait painter and author of books for young people. In 1970 she returned to her hometown Hamburg.

Filmography

  • 1927: Manege
  • 1927: The woman with the world record
  • 1927: The victory of the youth
  • 1928: The girl from the revue
  • 1928: The dance student
  • 1928: Anxiety (Anxiety - A Woman's Weak Hour)
  • 1928: Adam and Eve
  • 1928: Honor your mother
  • 1928: The last supper
  • 1929: Inherited drives
  • 1929: All about love
  • 1929: The Monte Christo of Prague
  • 1929: Women on the brink
  • 1929: The death ride in the world record
  • 1929: girl on the cross
  • 1929: The Man Who Doesn't Love
  • 1930: Assault on three hearts
  • 1930: In a small pastry shop
  • 1930: He or I
  • 1930: name marriage
  • 1930: Mr. Finance Director
  • 1931: As long as Strauss's waltz continues

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. P. 108, ACABUS-Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Year of birth according to Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . IMDb and filmportal.de. indicate 1906 as the year of birth.
personal data
SURNAME Boothby, Valerie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Drucker, Wally (maiden name); Boothby-Colonna, Valerie; Boothby, Valery
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress and author of young books
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1982
Place of death Hamburg