Steffie Spira
Steffie Spira | |
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Austro-Hungarian Empire | |
| Died | 10 May 1995 (aged 86) |
| Occupation(s) | Film and stage actress |
| Years active | 1929–1992 (film) |
| Parent(s) | Fritz Spira Lotte Spira |
| Relatives | Camilla Spira (sister) |
Steffie Spira (2 June 1908 – 10 May 1995) was an
television actress. Spira was the daughter of actors Fritz and Lotte Spira. Her sister was actress Camilla Spira
.
Her father was of
Holocaust. Spira became a theatre actress during the Weimar Republic, and joined the German Communist Party in 1929.[citation needed
]
Following the
interned by the French government at the Camp de Rieucros, she escaped to Mexico. Spira returned to Europe in 1947 and settled in East Germany. She became a leading stage actor at the Volksbühne and appeared frequently in East German film and television productions.[citation needed
]
In 1989, Spira was a speaker at the large Alexanderplatz demonstration calling for the current East German government to step down.[1][2]
Selected filmography
- The Great Mandarin (1949)
- Bürgermeister Anna (1950)
- Ernst Thälmann (1954–1955)
- Heimliche Ehen (1956)
- Thomas Müntzer(1956)
- Apple Trees (1992)
References
- ^ Edwards pp. 18–19
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPgviMTBx48 Video in YouTube minute 4:08–4:50
Bibliography
- Edwards, Lee (2000). The Collapse of Communism. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press. ISBN 978-0-8179-9812-7.
External links
- Steffie Spira at IMDb
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