Ida Wüst
Ida Wüst ( born October 10, 1884 in Frankfurt am Main, † October 4, 1958 in Berlin) was an actress whose career high in the 1920s and 1930s with Universum Film AG was (Ufa ).
Life
Early Wüst discovered the world of theater for themselves. After attending secondary school in Frankfurt / Main Wüst took acting lessons at Thessa Kling Hammer and received at the age of 16 years, her first engagement at the Municipal Theatre of Colmar, followed by further work in Bydgoszcz and from 1904 in Leipzig. In 1907 she became a member of the ensemble of the Lessing Theater in Berlin, where she advanced in trouser roles and comedies for the sought-after actress, and among others in the Berlin premiere of the play chamber music by Heinrich Ilgenstein celebrated successes.
About the spectacle learned Wüst her castmates and later husband Bruno Kastner, with whom she wrote from 1919 screenplays, and his wife she remained until 1927.
Her first major film role was played by Ida Wüst 1922/23, in four-part silent film tragedy of love 1-4, followed by the several other silent films. Also in the sound film could Wüst - celebrate another great success that earned her the nickname in the 1930s, " The desert Ida " - unlike many of her silent film colleagues. They remained faithful to the theater, where her stage successes of her career given a further boost.
The Second World War brought a slump in her career. During the war years, she appeared in film and theater just a few rolls. 1945 seems to have come the End of career.
1946 Wüst's request for de-Nazification was rejected because she is said to have denounced during the Nazi regime castmates as Eduard von Winterstein to the Gestapo. Only in 1949 Ida Wüst was classified as " relieved " to which she played sprightly ladies, grandmothers and Intrigantinnen in the 1950s in several films. Also the theater Ida Wüst returned home, but heard no more at Ensemble.
In her career Ida Wüst stood at the side of all the big stars of their time. She turned with Heinz Rühmann, the Comedian Harmonists, Hans Albers, Peter Lorre, Paul Henckels, Käthe Dorsch, Hans Moser, Hedy Lamarr, Paul Kemp and Theo Lingen.
On October 4, 1958 Ida Wüst died of a stroke, which was accompanied by pneumonia. Your tomb is located in United Glienicke.