Marie Luise Claudius (6 January 1912 – 2 August 1941) was a

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. Claudius was the daughter of the court actor and writer Erich Claudius and the actress Lisbeth Reschke. During her childhood, she appeared several times on the stage of the Meininger Theater. Her first engagement was in 1932 in

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. At the age of 29 years she died of heart failure and was buried in the New Cemetery Wannsee in Berlin. Her grave has since been lost.

Filmography

* '' Ripening Youth'' (as Christa von Borck, a high schooler) (1933) * ''

The Lost Valley ''The Lost Valley'' (German: ''Das verlorene Tal'') is a 1934 German-Swiss drama film directed by Edmund Heuberger and starring Mathias Wieman, Marieluise Claudius and Harry Hardt. It is based on the 1931 novel of the same title by Gustav Renker. ...

'' (as Verena Stettler, daughter) (1934) * '' The Voice of Love'' (as Zenzi (as Marie Luise Claudius) (1934) * ''

Trouble with Jolanthe ''Trouble with Jolanthe'' (German: ''Krach um Jolanthe'') is a 1934 German romantic comedy film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Wilhelm P. Krüger, Marianne Hoppe and Olaf Bach. It was remade in 1955 as ''The Happy Village''. A separate ...

'' (as Sophie, her sister) (1934) * ''

Peer Gynt ''Peer Gynt'' (, ) is a five-Act (drama), act play in verse written in 1867 by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. It is one of Ibsen's best known and most widely performed plays. ''Peer Gynt'' chronicles the journey of its title character fr ...

'' (as Solveig) (1934) * '' The Valley of Love'' (as Lisbeth) (1935) * ''

The Red Rider ''The Red Rider'' is a 1934 American Western film serial from Universal Pictures and starring Buck Jones. It has 15 chapters based on the short story "The Redhead from Sun Dog" by W. C. Tuttle, and is a remake of Buck Jones' earlier 1931 film ...

'' (as Etelka, her daughter) (1935) * '' I Was Jack Mortimer'' (as Marie Polikow) (1935) * ''

The Old and the Young King ''The Old and the Young King'' (German: ''Der alte und der junge König'') is a 1935 German historical drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Emil Jannings, Werner Hinz and Leopoldine Konstantin. The film's sets were designed by ...

'' (as Princess Wilhelmine) (1935) * ' (as Suzanne Merville) (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) (as Countess Anna Constanze Cosel) (1936) * ''Pan'' (as Eva) (1937) * ''

The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes ''The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes'' (German: ''Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war'') is a 1937 German mystery comedy film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Hans Albers, Heinz Rühmann and Marieluise Claudius. The film's sets were designed by ...

'' (as Mary Berry) (1937) * ''Einmal werd' ich Dir gefallen'' (as Matthesi Stuck) (1938) * ''Maja zwischen zwei Ehen'' (as Eva Adrian) (1938) * '' Schatten über St. Pauli'' (as Hanna Carstens) (1938) * ''

Ein Robinson ''A German Robinson Crusoe'' () is a 1940 German drama film directed by Arnold Fanck and starring Herbert A.E. Böhme, Marieluise Claudius, and Claus Clausen. Written by Arnold Fanck and Rolf Meyer, the film is a modern-day Robinson Crusoe st ...

'' (as Antje) (1940)

External links

* German film actresses German stage actresses 1912 births 1941 deaths 20th-century German actresses Actresses from Thuringia People from Meiningen {{Germany-stage-actor-stub