Margarete "Grete" Diercks (September 1, 1890, in

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

– July 15, 1978, in

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) was a German actress. Grete Diercks Berlin 1912 - Restored

Biography

Diercks had been active since childhood as an actress at the 1900

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. On her 11th birthday, she became a member of the ensemble there and regularly appeared on stage between the seasons of 1902–1903 to 1908–1909. Although she had never attended a formal acting school, she remained dedicated to the theater as a young woman. Through her work in 1912 at the theater in Riga, she gathered further acting experience. In Riga, she also met her future husband, an engineer. Then, she went to Berlin where she took on various theater engagements, including roles in the theater in the Königgrätzer street in 1917. Diercks was not only active as a theater actress, but occasionally appeared as a singer, appearing in the title role in the operetta Prinzessin Herzlieb by

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. The

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gained importance in Diercks' artistic career only towards the end of

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, and she was cast in a series of minor, supporting, and leading roles in a number of German productions, including

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's ''Carmen'' and ''Rausch'' and

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's ''Der brennende Acker'' and E. A. Dupont's first adaptation of the popular high-alpine drama ''Die Geierwally''. She meanwhile continued to act in live theater performances, appearing in 1918 at the comedy house in

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and Lajos Bíró's play ''Die Zarin'' and 1921 at the Berlin Lustspielhaus in Angelo Cana's ''Der Werwolf''. Her last film was ''Die Sonne von St. Moritz'' from 1923. In the same year, she married, and she ended her acting career. Grete Diercks Riga 1912 - Restored

Filmography

Diercks was cast in several silent films: *1916: ''Die Fiebersonate'' (The Fever Sonata) * '' Unusable'' (1917) *1918: ''Carmen'' (Released with subtitles in the United States in 1918 as ''Gypsy Blood'') *1918: ''Fünf Minuten zu spät'' (Five Minutes Too Late) * ''

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'' (1918) * ''

His Majesty the Hypochondriac ''His Majesty the Hypochondriac'' (german: Durchlaucht Hypochonder) is a 1918 German silent comedy film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lisa Weise, Karl Beckersachs, and Grete Diercks. Cast * Lisa Weise as Serene Hypochondriac *Karl ...

'' (1918) *1919: ''Rausch'' (Intoxication) *1919: ''Todesurteil'' (Death Sentence) *1919: ''Zwangsliebe im Freistaat'' (Forced Love in the Free State) *1921: ''

The Women of Gnadenstein ''The Women of Gnadenstein'' (german: Frauen vom Gnadenstein) is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Robert Dinesen and Joe May and starring Erich Kaiser-Titz, Margarete Schön and Grete Diercks. The film was produced in 1920, but was n ...

'' *1921: ''Die Geierwally'' (The Vulture Wally) *1922: ''Der brennende Acker'' (The Burning Soil) * '' At the Edge of the Great City'' (1922) * '' The Fire Ship'' (1922) *1922: ''Der Kampf ums Ich'' (The Fight for the Self) *1922: '' Der Liebe Pilgerfahrt'' (The Pilgrimage of Love) *1923: ''

And Yet Luck Came ''And Yet Luck Came'' (german: Und dennoch kam das Glück) is a 1923 German silent film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Grete Diercks, Eduard Rothauser and Heinrich Schroth.Bock & Bergfelder p. 275 The film's sets were designed by the ...

'' (Und dennoch kam das Glück') * ''

The Chain Clinks ''The Chain Clinks'' (german: Die Kette klirrt) is a 1923 German silent film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Ressel Orla, Alfons Fryland, and Grete Diercks. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Lederer. Cast * Ress ...

'' (1923) *1923: ''Die Sonne von St. Moritz'' (The Sun of St. Moritz)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Diercks, Grete 1890 births 1978 deaths German silent film actresses German stage actresses Actresses from Hamburg 20th-century German actresses