Johanna Hofer (born Johanna Therese Stern; 30 July 1896 – 30 June 1988) was a German film actress. She appeared in 34 films between 1926 and 1982.

Biography

Hofer was born in Berlin. She was the daughter of engineer and later director of AEG Georg Stern and his wife Lisbeth (''née'' Schmidt), who was the younger sister of artist Käthe Kollwitz. Hofer's younger sisters were dancer Katta Sterna and actress Maria Matray. Hofer's father was

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and her mother was

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. In 1932, Hofer and her husband, Austrian actor

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, left Germany and lived in Switzerland, then Austria and the United Kingdom, before settling in the United States in 1938. In 1941, the couple moved from New York City to Los Angeles.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hofer, Johanna German film actresses 1896 births 1988 deaths German people of Jewish descent Actresses from Berlin 20th-century German actresses German television actresses German stage actresses Burials at Munich Waldfriedhof