Harry Meyen | |
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Harry Meyen, Romy Schneider, Rut Brandt (1971) |
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Born | Harald Haubenstock 31 August 1924 Hamburg, Germany |
Died | 15 April 1979 Hamburg, Germany |
(aged 54)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1948 – 1975 |
Harry Meyen (born as Harald Haubenstock, 31 August 1924 – 15 April 1979) was a German film actor. He appeared in over 40 films and television productions between 1948 and 1975. In the 1960s he worked as a successful theatre director in West Germany.
Meyen was the son of a Jewish family in Hamburg and was incarcerated during the Nazi regime.[1] He was married to actress Romy Schneider from 1966 to 1975; their son David (1966–1981) died in an accident two years after Meyen's suicide in 1979 in Hamburg.