Fern Andra
Actor/Actriz
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Movies
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TV Shows
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.
As Actor/Actress
Treibende Kraft
The Eyes of the World
Mrs. Gertrude Taine
Genuine, die Tragödie eines seltsamen Hauses
Genuine
Zwei Menschen
Fern
Gesprengte Ketten
Homunculus, 1. Teil: Der künstliche Mensch
o. A.
...und es lockt ein Ruf aus sündiger Welt
Frühlingsstürme im Herbste des Lebens
Comtesse von Hagen
Ernst ist das Leben
Fany
Der Seele Saiten schwingen nicht
Fern
Za-la-mort
Perla
Des Lebens ungemischte Freude
Fern
Madame Récamier
Madame Récamier
Die nach Glück und Liebe suchen
Um Krone und Peitsche
Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht
Drohende Wolken am Firmament
Der rote Reiter
Der Stern
Auf des Lebens rauher Bahn
Die Seele einer Frau
Wenn Menschen reif zur Liebe werden
Funkzauber
Melitta Mirabella
Eine Motte flog zum Licht
Fern
Behind the Camera
Zwei Menschen
Productor, Director, Escritor
Gesprengte Ketten
Director, Guionista, Productor
Frühlingsstürme im Herbste des Lebens
Escritor, Director
Ernst ist das Leben
Productor, Director, Escritor
Der Seele Saiten schwingen nicht
Escritor
Des Lebens ungemischte Freude
Escritor
Madame Récamier
Productor
Die nach Glück und Liebe suchen
Escritor
Um Krone und Peitsche
Director, Escritor
Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht
Escritor, Director
Drohende Wolken am Firmament
Escritor
Auf des Lebens rauher Bahn
Escritor
Die Seele einer Frau
Escritor
Wenn Menschen reif zur Liebe werden
Productor, Escritor, Director
Eine Motte flog zum Licht
Productor, Director, Escritor