Irene von Meyendorff

Irene von Meyendorff

actress

Irene von Meyendorff was born on Jun 06, 1916 in Estonia]. Irene von Meyendorff's big-screen debut came with Die letzten Vier von Santa Cruz directed by Werner Klingler in 1936. Irene von Meyendorff is known for Film Without a Name directed by Rudolf Jugert, Hans Söhnker stars as Martin Delius and Hildegard Knef as Christine Fleming. The most recent award Irene von Meyendorff achieved is German Film Awards. The upcoming new movie Irene von Meyendorff plays is Hell Is Empty which will be released on Jun 01, 1969.

Born in 1916 as the eldest child of a German-Baltic aristocrat, Baroness Irene Isabella Margarete Pauline Caecila von Meyendorff actually never planned to become a movie star. When the Russian Revolution broke out, the family escaped to Germany, where Irene's mother Elisabeth left her conservative husband with the children to live a very unconventional life in the theatre circles of Weimar/Thuringia. In the early 1930's Irene came to Berlin to work as a cutter in the UFA film studios of Babelsberg. As a breathtaking beautiful, ice-cold blond young woman she would have been the ideal star for

  • Birthday

    Jun 06, 1916
  • Place of Birth

    Reval, Russian Empire [now Tallinn, Estonia]

Known For

Awards

1 wins & 0 nominations

German Film Awards
1988
For her continued outstanding individual contributions to the german film over the years.
Winner - Honorary Award

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