Luli Deste
{{Short description|German-American actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Luli Deste
| image = Luli von Hohenberg pg936.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Luli Deste (Luli von Hohenberg) in 1936
| birth_name = Julie Dorothea von Bodenhausen-Degener
| birth_date = {{birth date|1902|11|07|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Heidelberg, German Empire
| death_date = {{death date and age|1951|07|07|1902|11|07|df=yes}}
| death_place = New York City, U.S.
| othername = Luli von Hohenberg, Dorothea
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1932–1941 (film)
| spouse =
| children = 1. Baron Gottfried von Meyern-Hohenberg alias Goli (1924 - 1995)
| relatives = - Baron Christophe von Hohenberg (von Meyern-Hohenberg) (b.1952 ) (grandson) (photographer)
- Baron Nicholas von Hohenberg (Niki) (von Meyern-Hohenberg) (1962 - 2017) (grandson)
}}
Luli Deste ({{nee}} Julie Dorothea von Bodenhausen-Degener;p. xxiv von Hofmannsthal, Hugo(Author), Miller-Degenfeld, Marie-Therese The Poet and the Countess: Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Correspondence With Countess Ottonie Degenfeld Camden House; Reprinted from edition (26 September 2000) 7 November 1902 – 7 July 1951){{Citation needed |date=August 2022}} was a German-American stage and film actress.{{cite news |last1=Harrison |first1=Paul |title=Luli Deste Is Viennese, a Baroness -- And Hollywood Keeps Quiet About It |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72839111/luli-deste/ |access-date=March 7, 2021 |work=The Central New Jersey Home News |agency=NEA |date=February 11, 1937 |location=New Jersey, New Brunswick |page=7|via = Newspapers.com}}
Career
Deste studied dancing with Mary Wigman in Berlin but changed to acting. She was an understudy to Elisabeth Bergner, acted in repertory theater, and progressed to leading roles in Vienna, after which she acted in London.
In London, Deste acted in films directed by Marion Gering. After he put her under personal contract, he brought her to the United States and directed her films for Columbia Pictures. Her Hollywood film debut came in 1937, and she later acted for Universal Pictures.{{cite web |last1=Wollstein |first1=Hans J. |title=Luli Deste |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/luli-deste-p18775 |website=AllMovie |access-date=March 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210307023948/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/luli-deste-p18775 |archive-date=March 7, 2021 |url-status=live }}
Personal life
Deste was married to Baron Gottfried von Meyern-Hohenberg, and they were divorced in 1930.
She authored the book Come, Take My Hand as Luli Kollsman, published by Duell, Sloan and Pearce (c.1949), New York, 1949.
In 1944 Deste married Paul Kollsman in New York City; she died in 1951.
Filmography
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Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
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1932 | My Friend the King | Countess Zena | |
1936 | Thank You, Madame | Corinne Dalma | |
1936 | Silhouetten | Lydia Sanina | |
1937 | Thunder in the City | Lady Patricia | |
1937 | She Married an Artist | Toni Bonnet | |
1939 | Verdacht auf Ursula | Ursula von Tweel | |
1940 | Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe | Queen Fria | Serial, [Chs. 1-2], Uncredited |
1940 | Ski Patrol | Julia Engel | |
1940 | South to Karanga | Julia Garrett | |
1941 | The Case of the Black Parrot | Madame de Charriere | |
1941 | Outlaws of the Desert | Marie Karitza | (final film role) |
References
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Bibliography
- Robert McLaughlin. We'll Always Have the Movies: American Cinema during World War II. University Press of Kentucky, 2006.
External links
- {{IMDb name|0221797}}
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Category:German film actresses
Category:German stage actresses
Category:Immigrants to the United States
Category:Actresses from Heidelberg
Category:German emigrants to the United States
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