Elizza La Porta (born Eliza Streinu; 1 March 1902 – 15 November 1997) was a Romanian-born

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.Goble p.515 La Porta was born in

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into a

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family. She appeared in a number of German films during the

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era. She retired from acting at the onset of the sound film. She later emigrated to the United States where she died in

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in 1997, aged 95.

Selected filmography

* '' The Student of Prague'' (1926) * ''

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'' (1927) * ''

The Bordellos of Algiers ''The Bordellos of Algiers'' () is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Wolfgang Hoffmann-Harnisch and starring Maria Jacobini, Camilla Horn and Warwick Ward. The film was shot on location in North Africa.Segel p. 30 The film's sets wer ...

'' (1927) * '' The Sporck Battalion'' (1927) * '' The Trial of Donald Westhof'' (1927) * ''

The Vice of Humanity ''The Vice of Humanity'' (German: ''Laster der Menschheit'') is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Asta Nielsen, Werner Krauss and Alfred Abel. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin. Plot Opera singer Ta ...

'' (1927) * '' The Right to Live'' (1927) * ''

Casanova's Legacy ''Casanova's Legacy'' (German: ''Casanovas Erbe'') is a 1928 German silent film directed by Manfred Noa and starring Andrée Lafayette, Maly Delschaft and Elizza La Porta.Bock & Bergfelder p.156 The film's sets were designed by the art directo ...

'' (1928) * ''

Give Me Life ''Give Me Life'' (German: ''Schenk mir das Leben'') is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Klaus Fery and starring Grete Reinwald, Henry Stuart and Elizza La Porta.Lamprecht p.195 The film's sets were designed by the art director Wi ...

'' (1928) * ''

Anastasia, the False Czar's Daughter ''Anastasia, the False Czar's Daughter'' () is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Arthur Bergen and starring Lee Parry, Hans Stüwe and Elizza La Porta. It was shot at the National Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Ot ...

'' (1928) * '' Robert and Bertram'' (1928) * ''

The Right of the Unborn ''The Right of the Unborn'' (German: ''Das Recht der Ungeborenen'') is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Adolf Trotz and starring Maly Delschaft, Elizza La Porta and Hans Adalbert Schlettow. The film is in the Weimar tradition of En ...

'' (1929)

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1902 births 1997 deaths Romanian film actresses Romanian silent film actresses German film actresses Romanian emigrants to Germany Romanian emigrants to the United States People from Craiova Romanian Jews {{Romania-actor-stub