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Eugen Jensen


1871 - 1957

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The actor Eugen Jensen was born as Eugen Jacobsen in Vienna.
He got acting lessons by Ludwig Gabillon, afterwards he made his stage debut at the Deutsches Theater in Bukarest in 1893.
In the next years followed among others engagements in Graz, Dresden and from 1898 Berlin.

There he entered the film business in 1914 and he impersonated numerous roles in productions like "Sterbewalzer" (14), "Das erste Weib" (15), "Bogdan Stimoff" (16), "Die Rache des Fakirs" (18), "Der Teufelsschlosser" (19) and "Der Leibeigene" (19).

He continued his film career in the 20s with the silent movies "Bruder Martin" (20), "Golgatha" (20), "Das Haus in der Dragonerstrasse" (21), "Im Banne der Kralle" (21), "Das Bildnis" (23), "Hotel Potemkin" (24), "Der ungebetene Gast" (25), "Die dritte Eskadron" (26), "Lützows wilde vewegene Jagd" (27) and "Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney" (27).

In the sound film era of the 30s he took part in few more movies like "Leichtsinnige Jugend" (31), "Die Männer um Lucie" (31), "Die Fledermaus" (31), "Wehe, wenn er losgelassen" (32) and "Tausend für eine Nacht" (33).

When Austria became part of the German Reich he emigrated to Switzerland in 1938 where he continued his stage career in Basle, Bern and Zurich.

He only appeared one more time in front of the camera after the war for "Es liegt was in der Luft" (50).

Eugen Jensen was married with the actresses Rosa Monati and Alice Lach.


Other movies with Eugen Jensen:
Das Strumpfband (14) Halalitelet (17) Das Geheimnis des Goldpokals (18) Das Grab ihrer Liebe (19) Notar Möller (19) Der Mord an der Bajadere (19) Integritas (20) Wie Satan starb (20) Ihre Liebe war ihr Tod (20) Das grinsende Gesicht (21) Der Findling des Glücks (21) Hotel Tartarus (21) Das Geheimnis der Santa Maria (21) Die trennende Brücke (22) Die Kurtisane von Venedig (24) Die letzte Stunde (24) Primanerliebe (27) Der Bettler vom Kölner Dom (27) Zwei Krawatten (30) Der Herzog von Reichstadt (31) Goldblondes Mädchen, ich schenk Dir mein Herz (32) Abenteuer am Lido (33)

 
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