Charlotte Ander
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Singer/actress Charlotte Ander (14 August 1902 in Berlin - 5 August 1969 in Berlin; born Charlotte Andersch) was the daughter of German
stage/film couple Rudolf Andersch and Ida Perry. Ander was trained at the Berliner Staatstheater. Charlotte was a star in the silent era before making the transition to sound. Her film career started in 1920 with the film Die letzte Stunde and Danton (1921). Innumerable starring roles in silent movies and early talkies with super-stars Emil Jannings
, Marlene Dietrich
and Hans Albers
followed.
She celebrated her greatest success in 1933 with the role of the record shop assistant Nina in Ein Lied geht um die Welt aka A Song Goes Around the World in which she starred with then popular singer Joseph Schmidt and her mother, Ida Perry. In 1933, after the Nazis came to power, because she was not reinrassig
or pure-blood, it became difficult for Charlotte to find work. She went to England
and made at least two films including Maid Happy (1933), but soon found roles as hard, or harder, to find in England than they had been in Germany.
Despite the difficult conditions for her in Nazi Germany, Charlotte returned. She could make a living although not often in front of the cameras. Her only two Nazi era German films were Wie einst im Mai (1937) and Anton, der Letzte (1939). Here fortunes were somewhat better on the stage where she worked until 1950 before returning to the screen in Familie Benthin. Her final film was Das tanzende Herz (1953).
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
stage/film couple Rudolf Andersch and Ida Perry. Ander was trained at the Berliner Staatstheater. Charlotte was a star in the silent era before making the transition to sound. Her film career started in 1920 with the film Die letzte Stunde and Danton (1921). Innumerable starring roles in silent movies and early talkies with super-stars Emil Jannings
Emil Jannings
Emil Jannings was a German actor. He was not only the first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, but also the first person to be presented an Oscar...
, Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer.Dietrich remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself, professionally and characteristically. In the Berlin of the 1920s, she acted on the stage and in silent films...
and Hans Albers
Hans Albers
Hans Philipp August Albers was a German actor and singer. He was the single biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1945 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century.- Life and work :...
followed.
She celebrated her greatest success in 1933 with the role of the record shop assistant Nina in Ein Lied geht um die Welt aka A Song Goes Around the World in which she starred with then popular singer Joseph Schmidt and her mother, Ida Perry. In 1933, after the Nazis came to power, because she was not reinrassig
Reinrassig
Reinrassig is a German zoological term meaning "of pure breed". In Nazi Germany, the term was applied to human races.By the racial policy of Nazi Germany, persons who could not trace Aryan ancestry back at least four generations could be considered nicht reinrassig or impure...
or pure-blood, it became difficult for Charlotte to find work. She went to England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and made at least two films including Maid Happy (1933), but soon found roles as hard, or harder, to find in England than they had been in Germany.
Despite the difficult conditions for her in Nazi Germany, Charlotte returned. She could make a living although not often in front of the cameras. Her only two Nazi era German films were Wie einst im Mai (1937) and Anton, der Letzte (1939). Here fortunes were somewhat better on the stage where she worked until 1950 before returning to the screen in Familie Benthin. Her final film was Das tanzende Herz (1953).
Filmography
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External links
- Photographs of Charlotte Ander
- Charlotte Ander by Thomas Staedeli at www.cyranos.ch