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Maria Krahn
1896 - 1977 |
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. The actress Maria Krahn learnt her acting abilities at the acting school of Louise Dumont, afterwards she got her first engagement at the theater in Bochum. It followed other engagements in big cities like Frankfurt, Hamburg and from 1933 Berlin. After many years on stage she was developed by the film business at the beginning of the sound film era and Maria Krahn impersonated numerous support roles in popular productions in the next years. To these movies belong "Schneider Wibbel" (31), "Ein Mädchen mit Prokura" (34), "Liselotte von der Pfalz" (35), "August der Starke" (36), "Inkognito" (36), "Togger" (37), "Der Unwiderstehliche" (37), "Mordsache Holm" (38), "Napoleon ist an allem schuld" (38) and "Schneider Wibbel" (39). Till the end of war she took part in the movies "Wie konntest Du, Veronika!" (40), "Herz modern möbliert" (40), "Illusion" (41), "Der grosse König" (42) and "Abenteuer im Grandhotel" (43). She was able to continue her film career after the war and she appeared in movies like "Das doppelte Lottchen" (50), "Gesprengte Gitter" (53), "Rosen im Herbst" (55), "Rosenmontag" (55) and "Das Wunder des Malachias" (61). Besides her activity as an actress Maria Krahn was also busy as a dubbing artist. Maria Krahn was married with the director Hans Hinrich. When he was
not accepted at the Reichskulturkammer because he was a "Half Jew" he was
not able to work. Maria Krahn intervened and was able to get a special
permit for him temporarily.
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