Lucie Höflich (born Helene Lucie von Holwede; 20 February 1883 – 9 October 1956) was a German actress, teacher and head of the Staatliche Schauspielschule (State Drama School) in Berlin.[1][2] In 1937 she was named the Staats-Schauspielerin (State Actress) and in 1953 she was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz.[3]

Lucie Höflich
Höflich as Viola in Twelfth Night in 1907
Born
Helene Lucie von Holwede

(1883-02-20)20 February 1883
Died9 October 1956(1956-10-09) (aged 73)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • teacher

Stage appearances

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Höflich as Kätchen in Kleist's Das Käthchen von Heilbronn in 1905

Lucie Höflich was born in Hanover and debuted at the age of 16 at the Bromberg City Theater and in 1901 moved to the Intime Theater von Nürnberg, and then to the Raimund-Theater in Vienna.[1] In 1903 Max Reinhardt recruited her to the Deutsches Theater in Berlin[1] where she performed until 1932.[3]

Examples of her appearances were as Kätchen in Heinrich von Kleist's Das Käthchen von Heilbronn in 1905 and as Viola in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in 1907. While still active on stage she appeared in her first film, the Gendarm Möbius in 1913.

She died in West Berlin in 1956, aged 73.[1]

Selected filmography

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Among the films she acted in were Maria Magdalene in 1929, Die Straße in 1923, Tartüff in 1925, the 1936 The Abduction of the Sabine Women, the Nazi Propaganda Film Ohm Krüger in 1941, with her last being the 1956 The Story of Anastasia.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Lucie Höflich - Biografie[permanent dead link] filmportal.de
  2. ^ Lucie Höflich | Biographies. FemBio
  3. ^ a b Porträt der Schauspielerin Lucie Höflich by Thomas Staedeli (in German), retrieved 14 April 2009
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