Hella Kürty (1900–1954) was a German actress and singer. An

operetta Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs and including dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, and length of the work. Apart from its shorter length, the oper ...

performer, she originated the role of Mi in Franz Lehar's 1929 work ''

The Land of Smiles ''The Land of Smiles'' (German: ') is a 1929 romantic operetta in three acts by Franz Lehár. The German language libretto was by Ludwig Herzer and Fritz Löhner-Beda. The performance duration is about 100 minutes. This was one of Lehár's late ...

'' alongside

Richard Tauber Richard Tauber (16 May 1891, Linz – 8 January 1948, London) was an Austrian lyric tenor and film actor. He performed the tenor role in numerous operas, including ''Don Giovanni'' by Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte. Early life Richard Tauber was b ...

. The following year she appeared in a film version of the operetta. Of

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background, she was forced to emigrate from Germany following the Nazi takeover in 1933. She emigrated to Britain, settling in London.

Selected filmography

* '' The Transformation of Dr. Bessel'' (1927) * ''

A Crazy Night ''A Crazy Night'' () is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Ossi Oswalda, Harry Liedtke and Henry Bender.Bock & Bergfelder p. 353 It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by ...

'' (1927) * '' A Day of Roses in August'' (1927) * '' Diary of a Coquette'' (1929) * ''

'' (1930) * ''

Candlelight in Algeria ''Candlelight in Algeria'' is a 1944 British war film directed by George King and starring James Mason, Carla Lehmann and Raymond Lovell. The story is loosely based on an October 1942 secret conference in Cherchell, Algeria between American gen ...

'' (1944) * ''

Hotel Reserve ''Hotel Reserve'' is a 1944 British spy film starring James Mason as an innocent man caught up in pre-Second World War espionage. Other cast members include Lucie Mannheim, Raymond Lovell and Herbert Lom. It was based on Eric Ambler's 1938 novel ...

'' (1944)

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* 1900 births 1954 deaths German film actresses 20th-century German women singers Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom {{Germany-singer-stub