Susi Lanner
Susi Lanner (August 27, 1911 – March 16, 2006) was an Austrian film actress who played major roles in German productions from 1932 to 1937.
Biography
Born Mechthilde Reif in
Moscow-Shanghai and opposite Heinz Rühmann in Robert A. Stemmle's comedy Heinz in the Moon. She also played in musicals such as The Last Waltz with Camilla Horn
.
Shortly before Germany annexed Austria in 1938, she moved with her husband Roy Frazier Potts, an American businessman (Vice President of the New-York Overseas Corp.), to the United States and did not transplant her film career.
She died in Dobbs Ferry, New York.
Selected filmography
- Three on a Honeymoon (1932)
- Adventures on the Lido (1933)
- Our Emperor (1933)
- Love Conquers All (1934)
- The Daring Swimmer (1934)
- Heinz in the Moon (1934)
- The Last Waltz (1934)
- Herbstmanöver (1935) (Autumn Maneuvers)
- Artisten (1935) (Artists)
- The King's Prisoner (1935)
- Game on Board (1936)
- Moscow-Shanghai(1936)
- Das Schönheitsfleckchen (1936) (The Beauty Mark)
- Ungeküsst soll man nicht schlafen gehn (1936) (You Shouldn't Go to Sleep Unkissed)
- Moscow-Shanghai(1936)
- Hahn im Korb (1937) (Rooster in the Basket)
- Meiseken (1937)