Trude von Molo explained
Trude von Molo (22 December 1906 – 27 November 1989) was an Austrian film actress.[1] She was the daughter of the writer Walter von Molo and the twin sister of Conrad von Molo. Von Molo attended the Max Reinhardt training school.[2] She emerged as a leading actress of German cinema in the early 1930s,[3] but then retired and emigrated to Latin America. In 1947 she returned to Paris, France, where she liked to visit the castle of Corbilly in Arthon, and began spending her time painting. She died in Paris in 1989.[4]
Her American debut was in the German film, The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931), which played in the United States.[5] [6]
Selected filmography
Bibliography
- Youngkin, Stephen. The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre. University Press of Kentucky, 2005.
- Book: Weniger, Kay . 2011 . Trude von Molo (1906-1989) . 'Es wird im Leben dir mehr genommen als gegeben ...' Lexikon der aus Deutschland und Österreich emigrierten Filmschaffenden 1933 bis 1945: Eine Gesamt bersicht . ACABUS Verlag . 9783862820498.
- https://www.trudevonmolo-artistepeintredegenrefeminin.com
Notes and References
- Youngkin p.465
- News: 'Mona Lisa' Continues. 1932-04-17. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 2017-11-05. 61. Newspapers.com.
- Weniger p.595
- Web site: Trude Von Molo (1906-1989) Une expressionniste entre Paris et Berry . 2023-06-21 . Trude Von Molo . fr.
- News: Film Relates Story of Theft of Picture. 1933. The Cincinnati Enquirer. 2017-11-05. 28. Newspapers.com.
- News: German Movie at American Theater Christmas Week. 1932-12-17. The St. Louis Star and Times. 2017-11-05. 9. Newspapers.com.
- News: Misjudges Sweetheart in Musical Film. 1932-11-06. The Baltimore Sun. 2017-11-05. 86. Newspapers.com.
- Book: Phillips, Alastair. City of Darkness, City of Light: Émigré Filmmakers in Paris, 1929-1939. 2004. Amsterdam University Press. 9789053566343. 51. en.
