German character actress (1891–1964)
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Born | Luise Schmertzler (1891-04-10)10 April 1891
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Died | 6 January 1964(1964-01-06) (aged 72)
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Resting place | Haifa Cemetery, Israel |
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Other names | Der rote Besen |
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Occupation | Actress |
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Years active | 1939–1962 |
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Spouse(s) | Ernest Golm (m. 1918; died 1962) |
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Lisa Golm (née Luise Schmertzler, Hebrew: לואיז שמרצלר; 10 April 1891 – 6 January 1964) was a German actress who emigrated to America and appeared in a number of Hollywood films as a character actress.[1][2][3] Golm made her first screen appearance in the 1939 film Confessions of a Nazi Spy. She also featured on American television, appearing on shows such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Third Man and The Twilight Zone.
Biography
On 6 November 1918, she married Ernest Otto Ferdinand Golm in Berlin, Germany and later entered the United States at New York City on 3 December 1937.[4] She was naturalized as an American citizen on 24 September 1943, when a resident of Los Angeles.[5]
Death
Golm died on 6 January 1964, aged 72, in Tel Aviv, Israel from a neoplasm (or tumour).[clarification needed] She was buried in the Haifa Cemetery in Israel. She was survived by her sister, Jennie Schmerzler.[6]
Selected filmography
References
Bibliography
- Andreychuk, Ed. Burt Lancaster: A Filmography and Biography. McFarland, 2015.
- Capua, Michelangelo. Janet Leigh: A Biography. McFarland, 2013.
- Keaney, Michael F. Film Noir Guide: 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959. McFarland, 2003.
- McLaughlin, Robert. We'll Always Have the Movies: American Cinema during World War II. University Press of Kentucky, 2006.
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