Annie Dirkens
Annie Dirkens (25 September 1869 (some sources give 1870) – 11 November 1942) was a German actress and singer based in Vienna; after her marriage in 1898 she was sometimes billed as Baroness von Hammerstein. Early life Annie Dirkens was born in Berlin as Marie Therese Drews. Her father Peter August Drews was an English railroad employee. She trained as a singer in Berlin, and with Nina Falkenberg in Dresden. Career Annie Dirkens debuted as a singer in 1893, in Berlin. She appeared in operettas, including the lead breeches role in ''The Little Genius'' at London's Shaftesbury Theatre in 1896. "Miss Annie Dirkens sings and plays very nicely as the little genius," a reviewer commented, "and the whole play is got up in such splendid style that it will probably have a good run." in 1897 she sang the role of the Comtesse Mathilde in the premiere of Johann Strauss II's last operetta, ''Die Göttin der Vernunft'', in Vienna. After she acquired the title "Baroness" upon marriage, she c ...
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