Marianne Walla was an

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n film and theater actress. After Hitler's

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of Austria she was forced to emigrate to

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Career

Little is known about the life and work of Marianne Walla. She performed the role ''Good Works'' in '' Jedermann'' by

Hugo von Hofmannsthal Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (; 1 February 1874 – 15 July 1929) was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist. Early life Hofmannsthal was born in Landstraße, Vienna, the son of an upper-class ...

at the

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from 1930 to 1937. Only two further productions in Austria are documented, both at ''ABC im Regenbogen'' in Vienna, both in plays by

Jura Soyfer Jura Soyfer (8 December 1912, Kharkov, Russian Empire – 15/16 February 1939, Buchenwald concentration camp, Germany) was an Austrian political journalist and cabaret writer. Life Jura Soyfer was the son of the industrialist Vladimir Soyfer a ...

. In 1937, she was seen in ''Die Botschaft von Astoria'', in 1938 she embodied the Queen in ''Broadway-Melodie 1492'', directed by Rudolf Steinböck. After her emigration to London, she participated in the opening of the Austrian exile stage ''Das Laterndl'' on 27 June 1939. The performances took place at the Austrian Center and were directed by

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, another emigrant from Austria. Again she performed in a play by Soyfer, she played Fritzi in ''The Lechner Edi looks into paradise''. In 1943, she married British citizen John M. Brice.Marriage of Marianne Walla
ancestry.com In the post-war years, she performed in several film and television productions.

Filmography

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Theatre photography: ''Der Lechner Edi'', 1940

References

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