Olga_Wohlbrück

Olga Wohlbrück

Olga Wohlbrück

Austrian author and actress (1867-1933)


Olga Wohlbrück (5 July 1867 – 20 July 1933) was an Austrian-German actress, director, and writer. She is considered the first female director in Germany.[1]

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Biography

Olga Wohlbrück was born in Austria in 1867 to Max and Olga Wohlbrück; her parents both came from acting families. She spent much of her childhood in Russia before moving to Germany and studying acting from her maternal grandmother.

She established a flourishing literary career for herself, producing novels, short stories, and plays while continuing to work as an actress in Berlin. In 1913, with the release of To Give a Girl Away (Ein Mädchen zu Verschenken), she became Germany's first female director.[2] She wrote other scripts over the years, but that was her sole directorial effort.

She was married three times: first to writer Maximilian Bern, second to author Leo Feld, and third to composer Waldemar Wendland,[3] and was related to Austrian actor Anton Walbrook (her second cousin).[4]

Selected filmography

  • To Give a Girl Away (1913, script and direction)
  • The Golden Belt (1913, script)

References

  1. Mahar, Karen Ward (2008-08-25). Women Filmmakers in Early Hollywood. JHU Press. ISBN 9780801890840.
  2. "Ein Mädchen zu verschenken | filmportal.de". www.filmportal.de. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  3. "Anton Walbrook at The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum". www.bdcmuseum.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-01-19.



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