Mia May ( German: Mia May , real name Hermine Pfleger; German: Hermine Pfleger [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] ; June 2, 1884 Vienna , Austria-Hungary [10] - November 28, 1980 Los Angeles , USA [11] ) - Austrian actress .
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| Profession | actress |
| Career | 1912-1924 |
| Awards | Deutscher filmpreis |
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The wife of Austrian producer and director Joe May [9] , from whom she had a daughter, Eva May , who also became an actress. From 1912 to 1924 she starred in 41 films.
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Biography
At the age of five, she first appeared in the theater [10] , after which she received children's roles. She appeared on the Vienna stage as an actress and singer under the pseudonym Herma Angelot ( German: Herma Angelot ). In 1902, she married director and producer Joe May, from whom she had a daughter, Eva. Later, she also began to play children's roles in the productions of Joe May [12] .
Under the new pseudonym, Mia Mei began working in the theater again in 1910, namely the Operetta House in Hamburg . Later, her husband took a pseudonym for himself [12] . In 1912, May starred in her husband ’s first film “In a Deep Pit” ( German: In der Tiefe des Schachtes ) [13] . In subsequent years, her work was not limited to Joe May's projects. She starred in the film Fritz Lang's “ Wandering Image ” ( 1920 ) and in major projects by Joe May - “Veritas Vincit” ( 1919 ), “Mistress of the World” ( German Die Herrin der Welt ) (1919), “ Indian Tomb ” ( 1921 ) and The Tragedy of Love ( German: Tragödie der Liebe ) ( 1923 ).
After the suicide of her daughter Eve, in 1924, Mia ended her acting career. Together with her husband in 1933 she emigrated to the United States.
Selected Filmography
| Year | Russian name | original name |
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| 1912 | In a deep hole | In der tiefe des schachts |
| 1913 | Chains of the past | Ketten der vergangenheit |
| 1915 | Worst case | Sein schwierigster fall |
| 1916 | Sin Helgi Arndt | Die Sünde der Helga Arndt |
| 1916 | Poor Eva Maria | Arme Eva Maria |
| 1916 | Lonely grave | Ein einsam grab |
| 1916 | Charly der der wunderaffe | |
| 1916 | Gespensteruhr | |
| 1916 | Fog and sun | Nebel und sonne |
| 1917 | Silhouette of the devil | Die Silhouette des Teufels |
| 1917 | Love Hetty Raymond | Die Liebe der Hetty Raymond |
| 1917 | Hilda Warren and Death | Hilde Warren und der Tod |
| 1917 | Black driver | Der schwarze chauffeur |
| 1917 | Ray of light in the dark kingdom | Ein lichtstrahl im dunkel |
| 1918 | Beggar Countess | Die bettelgräfin |
| 1918 | Waves of fate | Wogen des schicksals |
| 1918 | Victim | Das opfer |
| 1919 | Veritas vincit | |
| 1919 | Platonic marriage | Die platonische ehe |
| 1919 | Miss Dentist | Fräulein zahnarzt |
| 1919 | Mistress of the world | Die Herrin der Welt |
| 1920 | Lafinia Morland Wines | Die Schuld der Lavinia Morland |
| 1920 | Wandering image | Das wandernde bild |
| 1921 | Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft | |
| 1921 | Indian tomb | Das indische grabmal |
| 1923 | Tragedy of love | Tragödie der liebe |
| 1924 | Baroness’s love letters | Die Liebesbriefe der Baronin von S ... |
Rewards
- 1969 - Deutscher Filmpreis
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 116859016 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Find a Grave - 1995. - ed. size: 165000000
- ↑ 1 2 filmportal.de - 2005.
- ↑ FemBio
- ↑ O. Ashkenazi. Weimar Film and Modern Jewish Identity. - Springer, 2012 .-- 234 p. - ISBN 1137010843 . - ISBN 9781137010841 .
- ↑ Frank-Burkhard Habel. Das war unser Kintopp! Die ersten fünfzig Jahre / Frank-Burkhard Habel, Billy Wilder. - Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 1995 .-- S. 114 .-- 191 p.
- ↑ Erich Kettelhut . Der Schatten des Architekten: Erinnerungen / Werner Sudendorf. - Belleville, 2009 .-- S. 18. - 483 p. - ISBN 3936298556 . - ISBN 9783936298550 .
- ↑ Hans Helmut Prinzler, Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek. Chronik des deutschen Films. - Metzler, 1995 .-- S. 300 .-- 464 p. - ISBN 3476012905 . - ISBN 9783476012906 .
- ↑ 1 2 Antoni Słonimski . Romans z X Muzą: teksty filmowe z lat 1917-1976 / Małgorzata Hendrykowska, Marek Hendrykowski. - Biblioteka "Więzi", 2007. - S. 62, 299. - 305 p. - ISBN 9788360356227 .
- ↑ 1 2 Georges Sturm. Die Circe, der Pfau und das Halbblut: die Filme von Fritz Lang, 1916-1921. - Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, 2001 .-- S. 79 .-- 247 p. - ISBN 3884764349 . - ISBN 9783884764343 .
- ↑ Eugene Michael Vazzana. Silent Film Necrology. - 2. - McFarland, 2001 .-- S. 358. - 585 p. - ISBN 0786410590 . - ISBN 9780786410590 .
- ↑ 1 2 The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema / Hans-Michael Bock. - Berghahn Books, 2009 .-- S. 315. - 600 p. - ISBN 0857455656 . - ISBN 9780857455659 .
- ↑ Horst (-ky) Bosetzky. Fahnenflucht: Kriminalroman. - Gmeiner-Verlag, 2013 .-- C. Section 4. - 271 p. - ISBN 9783839241264 .