Trude von Molo

Trude von Molo
Born 22 December 1906
Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died 27 November 1989 (1989-11-28) (aged 82)
Paris, France
Occupation Actress
Years active 1930-33

Trude von Molo (22 December 1906 – 27 November 1989) was an Austrian film actress.[1] She was the daughter of the writer Walter von Molo and the twin sister of Conrad von Molo. Von Molo attended the Max Reinhardt training school.[2] She emerged as a leading actress of German cinema in the early 1930s,[3] but then retired and emigrated to Latin America.

Her American debut was in the film, The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931), when the German-made film played in the United States.[4][5]

Selected filmography

References

  1. 1 2 Youngkin p.465
  2. ↑ "'Mona Lisa' Continues". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1932-04-17. p. 61. Retrieved 2017-11-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Weniger p.595
  4. ↑ "Film Relates Story of Theft of Picture". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 1933. p. 28. Retrieved 2017-11-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "German Movie at American Theater Christmas Week". The St. Louis Star and Times. 1932-12-17. p. 9. Retrieved 2017-11-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Misjudges Sweetheart in Musical Film". The Baltimore Sun. 1932-11-06. p. 86. Retrieved 2017-11-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Phillips, Alastair (2004). City of Darkness, City of Light: Émigré Filmmakers in Paris, 1929-1939. Amsterdam University Press. p. 51. ISBN 9789053566343.

Bibliography

  • Youngkin, Stephen. The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre. University Press of Kentucky, 2005.
  • Weniger, Kay (2011). "Trude von Molo (1906-1989)". 'Es wird im Leben dir mehr genommen als gegeben ...' Lexikon der aus Deutschland und Österreich emigrierten Filmschaffenden 1933 bis 1945: Eine Gesamt bersicht. ACABUS Verlag. ISBN 9783862820498.
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