Valy Arnhem

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Valy Arnheim on a photograph by Alexander Binder

Valy Arnheim , born in Valentin Appel , (born June 8, 1883 in Waldau , Bernburg , Saxony-Anhalt , † November 11, 1950 in Berlin ) was a German actor and director of stage and film.

Life

Arnheim received his acting training from the theater director Rieckhoff in Riga . He began his stage career in 1904 with an engagement at the local Hagenberger Theater. From 1910 he played in Libau , Bremen and Schaffhausen , occasionally he also took on directing duties.

His roles included Ferdinand in Cabal and Love , the Templar in Nathan the Wise , Marc Antony in Julius Caesar , the title characters in Clavigo and Torquato Tasso , Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, and Oswald in Ghosts . From 1913 to 1914 he directed the Cines Theater in Berlin.

In 1917 he began his film career, which he focused on for the next few years. Since 1918 he has played the detective Harry Hill in several episodes in a successful film series directed and produced by Arnhem. In the 30s and 40s he still worked in numerous films, but mostly only as a minor supporting actor. During these years, Arnhem turned to the theater again. However, he was listed as an important actor on Joseph Goebbels ' list of God- favored people. Arnheim's first marriage was to actress Marga Lindt .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernst Klee: Cultural Lexicon for the Third Reich . Fischer Verlag, ISBN 978-3-596-17153-8 , pp. 22 .
personal data
SURNAME Arnhem, Valy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Appel, Valentin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Waldau , Bernburg , Saxony-Anhalt
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 1950
Place of death Berlin