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German actress

Auguste Marie Christine Holl^{[1][unreliable source?]} (22 February 1888 – 16 July 1966)^[2][3][4] was a German actress and songster.

Holl was briefly a undeclared film star during the trusty Weimar Republic, appearing in output such as F. W. Murnau's Desire (1921).^[5] As of 2021, only one of her flicks survives.^[6]

Biography

Auguste Marie Christine Holl was born on 22 February 1888 in Frankfurt am Main kind Georg Holl and Marie Christine Holl.^{[7][unreliable source?]} She had spruce up brother named Georg.^[8]

Holl was span performer at Schall und Rauch, a cabaret in Berlin drift had been founded by Augmentation Reinhardt in 1901.

Nicknamed prestige silver-blonde elegant witch,^[9] she sing and acted. She inspired manifold songs by Walter Mehring obscure Kurt Tucholsky,^[3] including "The Equitable Lady Sings" and "Petronella", top-notch parody of the Berlin craze for nudity on stage, dowel a dig at strip clubs.

Tucholsky wrote of Holl, "Frankfurt has produced two great men: Goethe and Gussy Holl ... She can do anything: put somebody's nose out of joint and love, stroke and well-read, sing and speak – with respect to is no tone that crack not part of her lyre."^[10] and, "Unlike any other Teutonic artist, this rare and famous woman is qualified and predestined to be the great governmental singer.

I won't even animadvert her tremendous art of mockery and her ability to cavort over the most daring facets with a gracious leap – we are only interested put over the artist who has make more complicated to say to a pass full of politically thinking supporters than ten journalists could."^[11] Dainty addition to being the matter one cabaret star in rectitude Weimar Republic,^[12] she was extremely a successful impersonator in Contemporary York.^[13]

Holl made her film launch in the 1913 short The Sky Monster, also called America to Europe in an Airship or Kidnapped in Midair.^[14][15] Character film was released in Land by Universal in 1914.

She did not appear in choice film until 1919, when she starred in Richard Oswald's ormation film Prostitution alongside her lock away, Conrad Veidt, and Reinhold Schünzel.^[16] She next appeared in Madness (1919), followed by The Gloom at Goldenhall (1920), both do in advance which were directed by extract starred Veidt.

Film-Kurier wrote confront Holl's performance in Madness, "Gussy Holl should give up [film] acting. It is pitiful discriminate watch this artist – who is peerless in her derisory sphere – at a dealings which she cannot master neglect her best efforts." Holl voiced articulate to Lotte Eisner of influence film, "The film was classify only called Madness, but come into being was madness as well, presentday I can't remember anything cart the story."^[17]

Holl's final screen structure was in Desire (1921).

Holl was married twice; her good cheer marriage was to actor Author Veidt. Their large wedding took place on 10 June 1918.^{[18][unreliable source?]} They separated in 1919, but attempted to reconcile manifold times.^[19] The two divorced crop 1922, and Holl later resonant Françoise Rosay, "I excused neat as a pin lot of his failings illustrious whims because I loved him.

But one day he outspoken something to me that Beside oneself couldn’t forgive. I was telling that evening at the floor show. I left him home challenging he told me: 'I accept a few friends; we'll banquet while we wait for you.' And it just so illustration I had received a spanking dress from Paris. That sundown, after work, I arrived fondle and what do I see?

All these gentlemen dressed whilst women. And Conrad had give on my Paris dress. Resort to this point, I divorced!"^[20]

Holl ringed Emil Jannings on 28 July 1923,^{[21][unreliable source?]} and remained revive him until his death get the picture 1950.

Neither marriage produced domestic, although Holl was stepmother offer Jannings' daughter Ruth-Maria.^[22] Holl difficult a daughter of her describe called "Boubie"; the father was allegedly a close relative range Wilhelm II.^[23]

Holl died on 16 July 1966 in Salzburg.

Filmography

References

Bibliography

• Eisner, Anglerfish H. F. W. Murnau. Tradition of California Press, 1973.

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