Helga Molander (born Ruth Werner; 19 March 1896 – 1986), was a German actress and mother of
Hans Eysenck
Hans Jürgen Eysenck (; 4 March 1916 – 4 September 1997) was a German-born British psychologist who spent his professional career in Great Britain. He is best remembered for his work on intelligence and personality, although he worked on other ...
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Life
Helga Molander was born in Königshütte, Upper Silesia, then Germany, to Jewish parents. She began her artistic career in 1918 at the Trianon Theater in Berlin. During the twenties, she performed in a number of silent movies. She played major roles in the productions of the Berlin film producer and director
Max Glass
Max Glass (12 June 1881 – 18 July 1965) was an Austrian screenwriter, film director, and producer.
Glass was born in Jaroslau, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, into a Jewish family, but later converted to Catholicism. ...
in films such as ''Der Mann mit der Eisernen Maske'' (Man with the Iron Mask) and ''Bob und Mary''.
With the advent of the Nazi times in Germany, Helga Molander left for France, then to Brazil and then to the United States. In 1957, she married Max Glass. Helga Molander is the mother of psychologist
Hans Eysenck
Hans Jürgen Eysenck (; 4 March 1916 – 4 September 1997) was a German-born British psychologist who spent his professional career in Great Britain. He is best remembered for his work on intelligence and personality, although he worked on other ...
.
Filmography
*1918: ''Im Zeichen der Schuld''
*1919: ''Der Weg der Grete Lessen''
*1919: ''
Revenge Is Mine''
*1919: ''Verrat und Sühne''
* ''
The Gambler'' (1919)
*1919: ''
Anders als die Andern''
*1920: Der Ruf aus dem Jenseits
* ''
Christian Wahnschaffe
''Christian Wahnschaffe'' is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by Urban Gad and starring Conrad Veidt, Lillebil Ibsen, and Fritz Kortner. It was released in two parts ''World Ablaze'' (''Weltbrand'') in November 1920 and ''The Escape from ...
'' (1920)
* ''
Love at the Wheel
''Love at the Wheel'' (german: Amor am Steuer) is a 1921 German silent film, silent comedy film directed by Victor Janson and starring Ossi Oswalda, Janson and Rudolf Forster.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Neppach and ...
'' (1921)
* ''
The Terror of the Red Mill
''The Terror of the Red Mill'' (german: Der Schrecken der roten Mühle) is a 1921 German silent film directed by Carl Boese and starring Aud Egede-Nissen, Otto Gebühr, and Alfred Abel
Alfred Peter Abel (12 March 1879 – 12 December 193 ...
'' (1921)
* ''
Sappho
Sappho (; el, Σαπφώ ''Sapphō'' ; Aeolic Greek ''Psápphō''; c. 630 – c. 570 BC) was an Archaic Greek poet from Eresos or Mytilene on the island of Lesbos. Sappho is known for her Greek lyric, lyric poetry, written to be sung while ...
'' (1921)
*1921: Opfer der Liebe
* ''
Rose of the Asphalt Streets
''Rose of the Asphalt Streets'' (german: Die Asphaltrose) is a 1922 German silent film, silent drama film directed by Richard Löwenbein and starring , Robert Leffler, and Olga Engl.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Siegfried Wr ...
'' (1922)
*1922: Die sündige Vestalin
*1922: Der alte Gospodar
*1923: ''
Bob and Mary
''Bob and Mary'' (german: Bob und Mary) is a 1923 German silent film directed by Max Glass and starring Helga Molander, Anton Edthofer, and Paul Biensfeldt.
The film's art direction was by Robert Neppach
Robert Neppach (2 March 1890 – 18 A ...
''
*1923: Der Mann mit der eisernen Maske
* ''
If You Have an Aunt
''If You Have an Aunt'' (German:''Wenn Du eine Tante hast'') is a 1925 German silent film directed by Carl Boese and starring Maly Delschaft, Wilhelm Diegelmann and Robert Garrison.Grange p.209
The film's sets were designed by the art directo ...
'' (1925)
* ''
The Man Who Sold Himself'' (1925)
* ''
Three Waiting Maids
''Three Waiting Maids'' (german: Die drei Portiermädel) is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Hanni Weisse, Maly Delschaft, and Bruno Kastner. It was remade in 1932 as '' Mrs. Lehmann's Daughters'' and the 1933 ...
'' (1925)
* ''
The Three Mannequins
''The Three Mannequins'' (german: Die drei Mannequins) is a 1926 German silent film directed by Jaap Speyer and starring Hans Albers, Anton Pointner, and Paul Graetz. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by t ...
'' (1926)
* ''
The Man Without Sleep
''The Man Without Sleep'' (German: ''Der Mann ohne Schlaf'') is a 1926 German silent film directed by Carl Boese and starring Harry Liedtke, Maly Delschaft, and Fritz Kampers. It premiered in Berlin on 12 February 1926.Grange p.217-18 The film's ...
'' (1926)
* ''
The Tragedy of a Lost Soul
''The Tragedy of a Lost Soul'' (german: Die Tragödie eines Verlorenen) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Alfred Abel, Helga Molander and Ralph Arthur Roberts.Grange p. 250 It was shot at the Terra Studio ...
'' (1927)
*1928: Königin Luise (2 Parts)
* ''
The Schorrsiegel Affair
''The Schorrsiegel Affair'' (german: Die Sache mit Schorrsiegel) is a 1928 German silent film directed by Jaap Speyer that featured Bernhard Goetzke, Walter Rilla and Anita Dorris. It was adapted from a novel by . It was shot at the Terra Studios ...
'' (1928)
Helga Molander in the Internet Movie Database
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References
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1896 births
1986 deaths
German stage actresses
German film actresses
German silent film actresses
Jewish German actresses
People from Chorzów
People from the Province of Silesia
20th-century German actresses