Lisa Golm ( Luise Schmertzler; 10 April 1891 – 6 January 1964) was a German

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who emigrated to America and appeared in a number of

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as a character actress. Golm made her first screen appearance in the 1939 film ''

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''. She also featured on American television, appearing on shows such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Biography

On 6 November 1918, she married Ernest Otto Ferdinand Golm in Berlin, Germany and later entered the United States at

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on 3 December 1937. She was

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as an American citizen on 24 September 1943, when a resident of

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Death

Golm died on 6 January 1964, aged 72, in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

from a

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(or tumour). She was buried in the Haifa Cemetery in Israel. She was survived by her sister, Jennie Schmerzler.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1939) * '' Escape'' (1940) * '' So Ends Our Night'' (1941) * '' Journey for Margaret'' (1942) * '' Woman of the Year'' (1942) * '' Calling Dr. Death'' (1943) * '' Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas'' (1943) * ''

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'' (1943) * '' Above Suspicion'' (1943) * '' Madame Curie'' (1943) * ''

The Seventh Cross ''The Seventh Cross'' (german: Das siebte Kreuz) is a novel by Anna Seghers, one of the better-known examples of German literature circa World War II. It was first published in Mexico by ''El Libro Libre'' In 1942. The English translation came o ...

'' (1944) * '' Shadow of a Woman'' (1946) * '' Without Reservations'' (1946) * '' High Wall'' (1947) * '' Possessed'' (1947) * '' Cry Wolf'' (1947) * '' A Foreign Affair'' (1948) * ''

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'' (1948) * '' Little Women'' (1949) * '' Anna Lucasta'' (1949) * '' The Great Sinner'' (1949) * '' The Doctor and the Girl'' (1949) * ''

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'' (1949) * '' East Side, West Side'' (1949) * '' The Happy Years'' (1950) * '' The Hoodlum'' (1951) * '' Payment on Demand'' (1951) * '' A Place in the Sun'' (1951) * '' The Blue Veil'' (1951) * '' Come Back, Little Sheba'' (1952) *'' My Pal Gus'' (1952) * '' Invitation'' (1952) * ''

The Merry Widow ''The Merry Widow'' (german: Die lustige Witwe, links=no ) is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt to ...

'' (1952) * '' Bad for Each Other'' (1953) * '' Ride the High Iron'' (1956) * ''

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'' (1957)

References

Bibliography

* Andreychuk, Ed. ''Burt Lancaster: A Filmography and Biography''. McFarland, 2015. * Capua, Michelangelo. ''Janet Leigh: A Biography''. McFarland, 2013. * Keaney, Michael F. ''Film Noir Guide: 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959''. McFarland, 2003. * McLaughlin, Robert. ''We'll Always Have the Movies: American Cinema during World War II''. University Press of Kentucky, 2006.

External links

* 1891 births 1964 deaths German film actresses German television actresses People from Berlin German emigrants to the United States People who emigrated to escape Nazism {{Germany-film-bio-stub