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Fern Andra
Watseka, Illinois, U.S.A
From Wikipedia Fern Andra (November 24, 1893 – February 8, 1974) was an American actress, film director, script writer and producer. Next to Henny Porten and Asta Nielsen she was…
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From Wikipedia Fern Andra (November 24, 1893 – February 8, 1974) was an American actress, film director, script writer and producer. Next to Henny Porten and Asta Nielsen she was one of the most popular and best-known actresses in German silent films. Born as Vernal Edna Andrews in Watseka, Illinois in 1893, the daughter of a circus performer and an opera singer, Andra was already appearing in public in a tightrope act by the age of four. She later trained in song and dance. As early as 1899, in New York, she made her first film, a version of Uncle Tom's Cabin. She remained however with the circus, with which she embarked on an extensive tour across the United States, Canada and Europe. In Berlin she met Max Reinhardt, who gave her acting lessons. In 1913, aged 19, she appeared in her first German film, Das Ave Maria. Still only moderately well-known, she made her only Austrian film in 1915: Zwei Freunde. From 1916-18 she appeared almost exclusively on camera with Alfred Abel. In 1920 she starred in Robert Wiene's expressionist horror film Genuine. In the mid-1920s she lost her public appeal in Germany. From 1928 she worked in the UK and the US, later expanding her range to include radio and television. Fern Andra died in Aiken, South Carolina, on February 8, 1974, aged 80.
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1930
The Eyes of the World
Movie Mrs. Gertrude Taine
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1929
The Burgomaster of Stilemonde
Movie Isabelle Hilmer
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1928
Spangles
Movie Spangles
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1927
Radio Magic
Movie Melitta Mirabella
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1926
Frauen der Leidenschaft
Movie Cléo de Mérode
- 1925
- 1924
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1924
Za-la-mort
Movie Perla
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1923
The Red Rider
Movie
- 1921
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1921
Driving Force
Movie
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1920
Saferndri, die Tänzerin von Dschiapur
Movie Saferndri Yelama
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1920
The Night of Queen Isabeau
Movie Königin Isabeau
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1920
Madame Récamier
Movie Madame Récamier
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1920
Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire
Movie Genuine
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1919
Die Rache des Titanen
Movie
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1919
Zwei Menschen
Movie Fern
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1919
Gebannt und erlöst
Movie Fern
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1919
Geheimnisvolle Gewalten
Movie
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1919
Um Krone und Peitsche
Movie
- 1918
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1918
Frühlingsstürme im Herbste des Lebens
Movie Comtesse von Hagen
- 1918
- 1918
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1917
Des Lebens ungemischte Freude
Movie Fern
- 1917
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1917
Der Seele Saiten schwingen nicht
Movie Fern
- 1916
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1916
Ernst ist das Leben
Movie Fany
- 1916
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1916
The Artificial Man
Movie o. A.
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1916
Die Seele einer Frau
Movie
- 1915
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1915
Eine Motte flog zum Licht
Movie Fern
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1915
Gesprengte Ketten
Movie
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1914
The Sign of the Star
Movie
- 1914
- 1914
