Juana Sujo
Juana Sujo | |
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Born | 14 July 1913[1] |
Died | 12 July 1961 |
Nationality | Argentine |
Other names | Juana Sujovolsky |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1939-1950 (film) |
Juana Sujo (1913–1961) was an Argentine
Biography
She was born as Juana Sujovolsky to an Argentine Jewish family in Buenos Aires and spent some of childhood in Brazil and Germany. She was educated alongside her sisters Berta and Ana in Berlin where they were currently living in 1923. She studied with the renowned Max Reinhardt and Ilka Grüning, and was the companion and friend of actress Lilli Palmer. During her studies, she met Stefan Schnabel and Franz Schnyder in Berlin where she played her first role in a film, The Cold Heart by Karl Ulrich Schnabel. She was contracted to work with Otto Falckenberg in the Munich Kammerspiele.
She was forced to flee to England after the rise of Nazism and returned to Argentina where she debuted in Enrique Susini's theater company with
An opponent of the repressive regime of Venezuelan President
Selected filmography
- The Cold Heart (1932, finished in 2016)
- The Life of Carlos Gardel (1939)
- Flecha de oro (1940)
- Dama de compañía (1940)
- La hora de las sorpresas(1941)
- Último refugio (1941)
- Eclipse of the Sun (1943)
- Cuando florezca el naranjo (1943)
- Our Natacha (1944)
- Lost Kisses (1945)
- Como tú lo soñaste (1947)
- The Demon is an Angel (1949)
- The Trap (1949)
- The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon (1950)
References
- ^ Marquez, p.13
- ^ Finkielman p.234
- ISBN 0823223450.
- ^ Beyer, Rick (March 29, 2011). "The Symphony That Helped Sink a Dictator". Astonish, Bewilder and Stupefy. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
Bibliography
- Finkielman, Jorge. The Film Industry in Argentina: An Illustrated Cultural History. McFarland, 2003.
- Marquez, Carlos. Juana Sujo: impulsora del teatro contemporáneo venezolano. Fondo Editorial FUNDARTE, Alcaldia de Caracas, 01.01.1996
- Dembo, Miriam. Juana Sujo: (1913 1961). Editora El Nacional : Fundación Bancaribe, [2009]
External links
- Juana Sujo at IMDb