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Kiel, Germany
Wera Engels was a daughter of a German Admiral and Governor of the then German colony Tsing-tau-China. After successful leading roles in productions of the well-established German UFA-studios in Babelsberg as well as in France, Engels was invited to Hollywood. Producers saw her as a cheap alternative to Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich. She was contracted with RKO. Engels was given roles under…
Known for
- Talking About Jacqueline — Jacqueline Topelius1937
- Stjenka Rasin — Prinzessin Dolgoruki1936
- Together We Live — Sonia1935
- Hong Kong Nights — Trina Vidor1935
- Sweepstake Annie — Baroness Yvonne Baritska1935
- The Great Impersonation — Princess Stephanie Elderstrom1935
- Fugitive Road — Sonya Valinoff1934
- The Great Jasper — Norma McGowd1933
- The Ringer — Cora Ann Milton1932
- English as it is spoken1931
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
Discography
- Engels2025
- ENGELS II2025
- ENGELS III2026
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Kiel
- Place of death
- Denklingen
- Spouse
- Ivan Lebedeff
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- German
- Work location
- Germany
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- date of death
- 1988-11-16
- date of birth
- 1909-05-12
- name in native language
- Wera Engels
- unmarried partner
- Gary Cooper
- cause of death
- disease
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- P8168
- Posta
- manner of death
- natural causes
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