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Carl W. Tetting


1890 - 1966

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The actress Tony Tetzlaff followed in her father's footsteps who was an actor and director at the theater. He gave his daughter acting lessons and Tony Tetzlaff already made her stage debut in 1887 in Salzburg.
In the next years she appeared at different theaters in Germany like Stuttgart, Hamburg and Berlin as well as in Russia in St. Petersburg.

She joined the film business in 1915 as an established stage actress and her first movie was "Der Hermelinmantel" (15). She became established in the silent film as well and she took part in "Feenhände" (17), "Der Kampf um die Ehe" (19), "Lilli" (19) and "Der Weltmeister" (19).

She continued her film career in the 20s and she impersonated numerous support roles in popular productions like "Alkohol" (20), "Die Fürstin Woronzoff" (20), "Das ewige Rätsel" (21), "Die Abenteuerein von Monte Carlo" (21), "Lola Montez, die Tänzerin des Königs" (22), "Die drei Mannequins" (26), "Sein grösster Bluff" (27), "Die raffinierteste Frau Berlin" (27), "Panik" (28), "Unmoral" (28) and "Fräulein Else" (29).

Tony Tetzlaff remained true to the theater during this time and she also played many roles on stages.
She also remained a busy movie actress. To her well-known movies of the 30s belong "Die Frau ohne Nerven" (30), "Hans in allen Gassen" (30), "Elisabeth von Österreich" (31), "Strich durch die Rechnung" (32), "Mazurka" (35), "Allotria "(36), "Die Warschauer Zitadelle" (37), "Serenade" (37) and "Kongo-Express" (39).

Tony Tetzlaff was active as an actress till to her death. Among others she appeared at the Berliner Bühne der Jugend and she still performed roles in movies like "Aus erster Ehe" (40), "Träumerei" (44), "Seinerzeit zu meiner Zeit" (44) and "Das kleine Hofkonzert" (48). Her last movies was released in cinema after her death.


Other movies with Carl W. Tetting (Actor):
Der Mann auf der Flasche (20) Der Falschspieler (20) Die Schreckensmühle (21) Das Mädchen aus dem goldenen Westen (22) Die Schatten jener Nacht (22) Er ist Dein Bruder (23) Time Is Money (23) Kinderfreuden (25) Bushido (26) Das Rätsel der Borobudur (26) Der letzte Walzer (34)

Producer:
Eine Frau wie Du (39) Ein Robinson (40) Die grosse Versuchung (52) André und Ursula (55) San Salvatore (56)

Production Manager:
Espana heroica (38) Dr. Holl (51)

 
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