Dagny Servaes
| Dagny Servaes | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Servaes in Jedermann at the Salzburg Festival in 1920 | |
| Born |
10 March 1894 Berlin, German Empire |
| Died |
10 July 1961 (aged 67) Vienna, Austria |
| Occupation | Film and stage actress |
| Years active | 1916–1958 |
| Relatives | Reginald Servaes (cousin) |
Dagny Servaes (10 March 1894 – 10 July 1961) was a German-Austrian stage and film actress. In the theatre she appeared in the productions of Max Reinhardt[1] and Berthold Brecht. Servaes appeared in around sixty films during her career, initially in lead and later in supporting roles. One of her earliest screen performances was in the 1917 propaganda film Dr. Hart's Diary.
Personal life
Servaes was born in Berlin in the German Empire (present day Germany) to parents Martha (née Haese) and Franz Theodor Hubert Servaes.[2] She had with Erwin Goldarbeiter, a daughter, Evi Servaes, who also became an actress in movies and on stage. She had a brother, Roderich Servaes, whose son Arnim became a stage actor as well. Through her father, she was cousins with Vice Admiral Reginald Servaes. She is also distant cousins to English actor Tom Hiddleston.[2]
Selected filmography
- Dr. Hart's Diary (1917)
- The Loves of Pharaoh (1922)[3]
- Peter the Great (1922)
- Adam and Eve (1923)
- Carlos and Elisabeth (1924)
- Remembrance (1924)[4]
- Colonel Redl (1925)
- Die lachende Grille (1926)
- The Student of Prague (1926)[5]
- The Weavers (1927)[6]
- Golgotha (1933)[7]
- Florentine (1937)
- Nanon (1938)[8]
- A Prussian Love Story (1938)
- Mirror of Life (1938)
- The Deruga Case (1938)
- Immortal Waltz (1939)
- Sensationsprozess Casilla (1939)[9]
- Friedrich Schiller (1940)
- The Golden City (1942)
- Lache Bajazzo (1943)
- The Queen of the Landstrasse (1948)
- Eroica (1949)
- Maria Theresa (1951)[8]
- Have The World For Me (1953)[8]
- The Daughter of the Regiment (1953)[8]
Theatre
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (December 1927) – Hippolyta
- Jedermann (December 1927 – January 1928) – Lechery
- Danton's Tod (January 1928) – Julie
- Peripherie – Anna
References
Bibliography
- Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.
- Styan, J.L. Max Reinhardt . CUP Archive, 1982.
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