Ilka Grüning (born Ilka Henriette Grunzweig; 4 September 1876 – 11 November 1964) was an Austrian-Hungarian actress. Born in

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in the old

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, she was one of many

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actors and actresses that were forced to flee

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when the

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s came to power in 1933. A respected and famous actress of her time in the German-language area, she was forced to play bit parts in Hollywood.

Career

German career

At age 17, Ilka Grüning made her stage debut in '' Miss Julie'' and quickly became a famous stage actress. Grüning's first film, at age 43, was a German

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called ''Todesurteil'' in 1919. Next, she starred with

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in ''

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''. Later that year, she and Veidt appeared in '' Die sich verkaufen''. She continued making silent movies in Germany into the 1920s. In 1920, she appeared in the film ''Die Bestie im Menschen'' based on the novel ''

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'' by

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. This were two of 11 films she appeared in that year. Grüning appeared in Veidt's two '' Christian Wahnschaffe'' movies: ''Weltbrand'' in 1920 and ''Die Flucht aus dem goldenen Kerker'' in 1921. In 1922, she had a small part as a landlady in ''

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'' starring Veidt as

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. This was one of four movies that she and

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appeared in together;

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's drama ''

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'', '' Es leuchtet meine Liebe'' and ''

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''.

In 1923, she portrayed Frau Gött in Max Mack's '' The Beautiful Girl''. Later that year, she portrayed the wife of Johann Friedrich Schiller in '' Friedrich Schiller - The Young Poet''. Next she played Rosalindes' mother in Max Mack's '' Die Fledermaus'' (this was the 5th film she did with the German director). In 1924, she appeared in F.W. Murnau's drama ''

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''; (this was the third film she made with Murnau, the legendary German director). In 1925, Grüning appeared in the silent ''

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'', directed by the legendary Georg Wilhelm Pabst, which featured a 20-year-old

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. The following year, Grüning appeared in her third Pabst' movie '' Secrets of a Soul''. In 1927, Grüning appeared in ''

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'' which

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helped write. Later that year, she and Sakall appeared together in '' Family Gathering in the House of Prellstein''. In 1929, Grüning appeared in her first 'talkie', '' Melody of the Heart''. It would be three years before she appeared in another film. In 1932, she received a part in Max Neufeld's ', which would be her last movie in Germany. It would be nine years before she appeared in another movie.

American career

Grüning, had played Strindberg and

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for German director

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and had run the second most important drama school in Berlin, left 1938 Germany after Hitler and the Nazis came to power. After arriving in America in february 1939, she received help from the European Film Fund in resettling to America. Sometime in the 1930s, she left Germany for Paris, France, and, in 1939, sailed from LeHavre on the S/S ''Paris'', arriving at the Port of New York on February 8, 1939. It was her first time in America. With the outbreak of

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and the need for older German women for war movies, Grüning started receiving parts. Her first Hollywood movie was in 1941 as

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's husband in Warner Bros.' war drama '' Underground'' starring Philip Dorn and

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(as the evil Nazi Colonel Heller) and

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(who would play her husband in '' Casablanca''). Grüning was busy in 1942. First, Grüning (playing Anna) and Stössel appeared in the

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-nominated ''

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'' starring Ronald Reagan, Ann Sheridan and Claude Rains. She then played Christian Rub's wife in the

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'' starring

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and Raymond Massey. This was followed by playing the wife of Karl Pfeiffer, a German millionaire living in America (played by

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) in '' Friendly Enemies''. Grüning (playing Aunt Sophie) and Stössel appeared together again in a

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film ''

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''. Next, playing a

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impostor, she appeared in ''

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'' with Ronald Reagan and

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Also in 1942, at the age of 66, Grüning received the role of Mrs. Leuchtag, who along with her husband (played by

) are leaving Europe for America in ''Casablanca''. She has only one scene (a total of 30 words) in the movie when she and her husband are having a drink in Rick's Cafe with their good friend Carl the waiter ( S. Z. Sakall) and struggling a bit with their English. Her husband (Ludwig Stössel) asks her for the time, "Liebchen – sweetnessheart, what watch?" She answers, "Ten watch" and he replies, "Such much?" Carl assures them they will get along beautifully in America. In 1943, Grüning received a bit part as

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's mother in ''

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''. Next she appeared in '' The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler'' with Stössel and Twardowski. Grüning received bit parts in ''

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'' starring

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and

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(as the Curies). Grünig appeared in only one movie in 1944 as Mrs. Vronsky in the drama '' An American Romance'' starring

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, Ann Richards, and

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. Grüning would not get another part until 1946 when she received a bit part in the mystery '' Murder in the Music Hall''. She received a couple of other small parts that year; the first as

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's wife in ''

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. Next Grüning and Stössel got to play husband and wife again. Instead of being the Leuchtags, they were now the Muellers in ''

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'' starring

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and

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. The following year, she played Paul E. Burns's wife in the

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'' Desperate'' which featured

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. Playing Mattie, she appeared next in '' Repeat Performance''. In 1948 appeared in '' Letter from an Unknown Woman'' starring

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. Later she played a German woman in

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's comedy romance ''

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'' starring Marlene Dietrich. She also had a small part in the

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musical ''Words and Music''. The following year, she played a grandmother in the film-noir '' Caught'' starring James Mason and Barbara Bel Geddes. Later that year, Grüning and Stössel appeared in their last film together when they received roles in the drama ''

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'' starring Gregory Peck and

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. She played another old woman in ''

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'' with

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. In 1950, she received a good part as Edgar Bergen's wife in the adventure film '' Captain China'' starring John Payne and

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. She had another good role in the film-noir ''

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'' starring Glenn Ford and Broderick Crawford. The following year, she appeared as Brett King's mother in ''

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'' with

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's wife, in the western ''Passage West'' starring John Payne.

Short Return to Germany

Like many German and Austrian actors, Grüning went back to Berlin in the 1950s, but found that Germany was not the same country she had left. Many former Nazis returned and it became difficult for Grüning to integrate back into the film industry. She did, at age 76, appear in a small Swiss movie in 1952 called ', which was her last movie. After this Grüning returned to America.

Death

Grüning died on November 11, 1964, in

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, at the age of 88. She was cremated and her ashes rest at Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica,

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Selected filmography

* ''Peer Gynt – 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod'' (1919) – Aase * ''Peer Gynt'' (1919) – Aase * ''Pogrom'' (1919) – Wera Cheberiak * '' Prostitution'' (1919) * ''

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'' (1919) – Frau Flamm * ''Todesurteil'' (1919) * ''Der Sklave seiner Leidenschaft'' (1920) * ''

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'' (1920) – Witwe Walterspiel * '' Mary Magdalene'' (1920) – Ehefrau von Meister Anton * ''Das Grauen'' (1920) – Mutter Claar * ''Eine Demimonde-Heirat'' (1920) – Anuschka * ''Können Gedanken töten?'' (1920) – Bäuerin * ''

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'' (1920) * '' The Marriage of Figaro'' (1920) – Marcelline * ''

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'' (1920) * ''Der Abenteurer von Paris'' (1920) * '' Catherine the Great'' (1920) * '' Christian Wahnschaffe'' (1920) * ''Menschen'' (1920) * ''Die Bestie im Menschen'' (1920) * '' Hannerl and Her Lovers'' (1921) * '' The Conspiracy in Genoa'' (1921) – Matrone * ''Die Diktatur der Liebe, 2. Teil – Die Welt ohne Liebe'' (1921) – Ihre Mutter * ''Die große und die kleine Welt'' (1921) – Frau aus dem Volke * ''Aus den Tiefen der Großstadt'' (1921) * '' About the Son'' (1921) * '' The Fateful Day'' (1921) – Gräfin * '' The Stranger from Alster Street'' (1921) * '' Trix, the Romance of a Millionairess'' (1921) * ''

The Inheritance of Tordis ''The Inheritance of Tordis'' (German: ''Die Erbin von Tordis'') is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Robert Dinesen and starring Ica von Lenkeffy, Paul Hartmann and Adolf Klein.Grange p.95 The film's sets were designed by the art ...

'' (1921) – seine Frau * '' Seafaring Is Necessary'' (1921) * ''Der Leidensweg eines Achtzehnjährigen'' (1921) * '' Memoirs of a Film Actress'' (1921) * ''

The Story of Christine von Herre ''The Story of Christine von Herre'' (german: Der Roman der Christine von Herre) is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Agnes Straub, Werner Krauss, and Paul Hartmann. It was based on a novella by Heinrich ...

'' (1921) – Die alte Comtesse * ''

'' (1921) – Eine Wirtin * ''Das zweite Leben'' (1921) * ''Die Schuldige'' (1921) – Gräfin Wuthenow * ''

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'' (1921) * ''Die Geheimnisse von Berlin, 3. Teil – Berlin-Moabit. Hinter Gitterfenstern'' (1921) * ''Die Kreutzersonate'' (1922) – Frau Suchoff * ''Die Dame und der Landstreicher'' (1922) * ''Die siebtente Nacht'' (1922) – Frau Freese * ''Aus den Erinnerungen eines Frauenarztes – 2. Lüge und Wahrheit'' (1922) * ''Jenseits des Stromes'' (1922) * '' Luise Millerin'' (1922) – Millerin * ''

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'' (1922) * '' Power of Temptation'' (1922) * ''

'' (1922) – Baronin / Baroness * ''Es leuchtet meine Liebe'' (1922) – Mutter von Saint Just * ''

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'' (1922) * ''

'' (1922) – Amme Pawlowa * '' Two Worlds'' (1922) * ''Wem nie durch Liebe Leid geschah!'' (1922) * '' The Big Shot'' (1922) – Frau Steinreich * '' The Anthem of Love'' (1922) * ''Tiefland'' (1923) – Die Duenna * ''

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'' (1923) – Marianne, Noras alte Amme * '' The Treasure'' (1923) – Anna * '' Friedrich Schiller'' (1923) – Elisabeth Dorothea, seine Frau * '' The Woman on the Panther'' (1923) * '' Die Fledermaus'' (1923) – Rosalindes Mutter * ''Der Menschenfeind'' (1923) * ''Der rote Reiter'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1923) * '' Daisy'' (1923) * ''Freund Ripp'' (1923) * '' The Beautiful Girl'' (1923) – Frau Gött * ''

'' (1924) – Augustine, die Köchin * '' The Creature'' (1924) * ''Mater dolorosa'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1924) – Madame Sidonie Ehrenthal * ''Gehetzte Menschen'' (1924) – Frau Garson * ''Die Liebesbriefe einer Verlassenen'' (1924) * ''

'' (1925) – Frau Rosenow * '' The Dice Game of Life'' (1925) – Emils Mutter * '' The Elegant Bunch'' (1925) – Leos Mutter * '' Secrets of a Soul'' (1926) – Die mutter * ''

'' (1927) – Frau Svoboda * ''

The Transformation of Dr. Bessel ''The Transformation of Dr. Bessel'' (German: ''Dr. Bessels Verwandlung '') is a 1927 German silent film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Jakob Tiedtke, Sophie Pagay and Hans Stüwe. The film was based on a novel by . It premiered at the U ...

'' (1927) – Frau Regierer * '' Family Gathering in the House of Prellstein'' (1927) – Seraphine * '' Autumn on the Rhine'' (1928) – Frau Holm * '' Dyckerpotts' Heirs'' (1928) * ''

The Three Kings "The Three Kings", or "Three Kings From Persian Lands Afar", is a Christmas carol by the German composer Peter Cornelius. He set "Die Könige" for a vocal soloist, accompanied by Philip Nicolai's hymn " Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" ("H ...

'' (1928) – Landlady * '' The Crimson Circle'' (1929) – Eine Vermieterin * ''Zwischen vierzehn und siebzehn – Sexualnot der Jugend'' (1929) * '' Melody of the Heart'' (1929) – Fräulein Czibulka * ' (1932) – Frau Hasenklein * '' Underground'' (1941) – Frau Franken * ''

'' (1941) – Mrs. Steiner * ''

'' (1942) – Anna * '' Friendly Enemies'' (1942) – Mrs. Pfeiffer * ''

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

'' (1942) – Aunt Sophie (uncredited) * ''

'' (1942) – Frau Brahms * '' Casablanca'' (1942) – Mrs. Leuchtag (uncredited) * ''

'' (1943) – Mrs. Twardofsky (uncredited) * '' The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler'' (1943) – Middle-Class woman * ''There's Something About a Soldier'' (1943) – Anna Grybinski (uncredited) * ''

'' (1943) – Seamstress (uncredited) * '' Address Unknown'' (1944) – Grandma (uncredited) * '' An American Romance'' (1944) – Mrs. Vronsky (uncredited) * '' Murder in the Music Hall'' (1946) – Mom * ''

'' (1946) – Frau Schmidt (uncredited) * ''

'' (1946) – Frau Mueller (uncredited) * '' Repeat Performance'' (1947) – Mattie * '' Desperate'' (1947) – Aunt Klara * '' Letter from an Unknown Woman'' (1948) – Ticket-Taker (uncredited) * '' Raw Deal'' (1948) – Fran – Oscar's Housekeeper (uncredited) * ''

'' (1948) – German Wife (uncredited) * '' Words and Music'' (1948) – Mrs. Rogers * '' Caught'' (1949) – Grandmother Rudetzki (uncredited) * ''

'' (1949) – Pauline's Duenna (uncredited) * ''

'' (1949) – Old Woman (uncredited) * '' Captain China'' (1950) – Mrs. Haasvelt * ''

'' (1950) – Martha Lorry (uncredited) * ''

'' (1951) – Mrs. Polanski (uncredited) * ''

Passage West Passage West (locally known as "Passage"; ) is a port town in County Cork, Ireland, situated on the west bank of Cork Harbour, some 10 km south-east of Cork city. The town has many services, amenities and social outlets. Passage West wa ...

'' (1951) – Mama Ludwig * ' (1953) – Frau Stransky (final film role)

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grunig, Ilka 1876 births 1964 deaths Austrian stage actresses Austrian film actresses Austrian silent film actresses 20th-century Austrian actresses Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States Actresses from Vienna Burials at Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica