Diana Karenne (born Leucadia Konstantia; 1888 – 14 October 1940) was a Polish film actress and director.
She appeared in more than 40 films between 1916 and 1940. In 1917, she opened her film production company in Milan. Injured in a
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
Allied bombing raid on
Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) in July 1940, after three months in a coma, she died in October of the same year without having regained consciousness.
Selected filmography
* ''Sofia di Kravonia'' (1916)
* ''
Redemption'' (1919)
* ''
Miss Dorothy
''Miss Dorothy'' is a 1920 Italian silent film directed by Giulio Antamoro and starring Carmen Boni.Stewart p.52
Cast
* Carmen Boni
* Romano Calò
Romano Calò (6 May 1883 – 17 August 1952) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 30 ...
'' (1920)
* ''Sophy of Kravonia; or, The Virgin of Paris'' (1920)
* ''
Playing with Fire'' (1921)
* ''
Marie Antoinette, the Love of a King
''Marie Antoinette, the Love of a King'' (german: Marie Antoinette – Das Leben einer Königin) is a 1922 German silent historical drama film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Diana Karenne, Maria Reisenhofer and Gustav May. The film de ...
'' (1922)
* ''
Poor Sinner'' (1923)
* ''
The Wife of Forty Years'' (1925)
* ''
The Loves of Casanova
''The Loves of Casanova'' or ''Casanova'' is a 1927 French Historical drama film directed by Alexandre Volkoff and starring Ivan Mozzhukhin, Suzanne Bianchetti and Diana Karenne. The film portrays the life and adventures of Giacomo Casanova ( ...
'' (1927)
* ''
The Golden Vein
''The Golden Vein'' (Italian: ''La vena d'oro'') is a 1928 Italian silent comedy film directed by Guglielmo Zorzi and starring Diana Karenne, Elio Steiner, and Giovanni Cimara.Lancia & Poppi p.216 It was adapted from Zorzi's own play. It is no ...
'' (1928)
* ''
Pawns of Passion
''Pawns of Passion'' (German:''Marter der Liebe'') is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Wiktor Biegański and Carmine Gallone and starring Olga Tschechowa, Harry Frank and Hans Stüwe. The film was released in the United States in 192 ...
'' (1928)
* ''
A Woman with Style
''A Woman with Style'' (german: Eine Frau von Format) is a 1928 German silent film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Mady Christians, Peter C. Leska and Hans Thimig. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were desig ...
'' (1928)
* ''
The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (1929)
* ''
The Queen's Necklace
''The Queen's Necklace'' is a novel by Alexandre Dumas that was published in 1849 and 1850 (immediately following the French Revolution of 1848). It is loosely based on the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, an episode involving fraud and royal scan ...
'' (1929)
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1888 births
1940 deaths
Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany
German film people
German silent film actresses
20th-century German actresses
20th-century Polish actresses
Polish film actresses
Polish silent film actresses
Polish women film directors
Polish women film producers
Polish film producers
Polish civilians killed in World War II
Actors from Kyiv
People from Kievsky Uyezd
People from the Russian Empire of Polish descent
Ukrainian people of Polish descent
Writers from Kyiv
Deaths by airstrike during World War II
Women film pioneers
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