Eva von Berne

Eva von Berne was born on Jul 08, 1910 in Austria-Hungary [now Bosnia and Herzegovina]. Eva von Berne's big-screen debut came with The Masks of the Devil directed by Victor Sjöström in 1928. Eva von Berne is known for The Masks of the Devil directed by Victor Sjöström, John Gilbert stars as Baron Erwin Reiner and Alma Rubens as Countess Zellner. The upcoming new movie Eva von Berne plays is The Masks of the Devil which will be released on Nov 17, 1928.

In the quest to discover "another Garbo" M.G.M. production chief Irving Thalberg and his actress wife, Norma Shearer saw a picture in a newspaper of a dancing instructor by the name of Eva Plentzner von Sharneck while on a belated honeymoon to Europe, specifically Vienna in late 1927 - early 1928. The 17 year old Miss Plentzner was signed to a contract and arrived in New York in July of 1928. She spoke only a couple of words of English, but was the beneficiary of extra publicity by the studio's press department who feared a repeat of their overlooking a potential star in the way they had done with Garbo. She was renamed Eva von Berne.