Grete Mosheim

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Grete Mosheim, from her 1936 passport

Margaret "Grete" Mosheim (8 January 1905 - 29 December 1986) was a film, theatre and television actress of Hungarian Jewish ancestry.

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[edit] Early life

Mosheim was born in Berlin, Germany on 8 January, 1905. Her sister was fellow actress Lori Lahner, who had a rather briefer film career, appearing only in "Summer Storm" in 1944.

[edit] Theatre

She started in the theatre at the age of 17 and was a member of Deutsches Theater, Berlin from 1922 to 1931. Mosheim became established under Max Reinhardt, and in 1922, he gave her, then only seventeen, the chance to substitute in the American play "The Speaking Ape" when the female lead became ill. Within twenty-four hours Mosheim learned the difficult role from Albert Bassermann and became a superstar almost overnight - "die Mosheim". Until 1933, when she emigrated to London, she was pre-eminent in the Berlin theatre scene, appearing in widely varied roles - equally at home in drama and comedy.

[edit] Film

Mosheim appeared in numerous German films, mostly silent movies. Firstly "Michael" in 1924, then over the next nine years, numerous interesting roles in important films such as "Dreyfus" (1930) and "Yorck" (1931).

[edit] Personal life

Mosheim married twice, but had no children:

  • Secondly, the industrialist Howard Gould in 1937; divorced in 1947.

[edit] Later life

She died in New York, USA on 29 December 1986 of cancer.

[edit] Filmography (selective)

  • Michael (Germany 1924)
  • Derby (Germany 1926)
  • Der Geiger von Florenz (Germany 1926)
  • Junges Blut (Germany 1926)
  • Die Siebzehnjährigen (Germany 1928)
  • Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff (Germany 1931)
  • Yorck (Germany 1931)

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