Hans Jaray
| Hans Jaray | |
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Hans Jaray in 1940 | |
| Born |
24 June 1906 Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| Died |
January 6, 1990 (aged 83) Vienna, Austria |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1926 - 1978 (film) |
Hans Jaray (1906–1990) was an Austrian actor and playwright. He also wrote and directed several television films. Jaray starred as a leading man in a number of 1930s films, such as the Schubert biopic Gently My Songs Entreat (1933).[1] Jaray emigrated to the United States following the Anchluss of 1938, but returned to Vienna after the Second World War.
The 1934 Czech film Man in Demand on All Sides was based on one of his plays.
Selected filmography
- The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927)
- Gently My Songs Entreat (1933)
- Peter (1934)
- Unfinished Symphony (1934)
- The Affairs of Maupassant (1936)
- Fräulein Lilli (1936)
- Lydia (1941)
- Carnegie Hall (1947)
References
- ↑ Bergfelder & Cargnell p.130
Bibliography
- Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925-1950. Berghahn Books, 2008.