Fern Andra

Fern Andra

Born: November 24, 1894
Died: February 8, 1974
in Watseka, Illinois, U.S.A
From Wikipedia

Fern Andra (November 24, 1893 – February 8, 1974) was an American actress, film director, script writer and producer. Next to Henny Porten and Asta Nielsen she was one of the most popular and best-known actresses in German silent films.

Born as Vernal Edna Andrews in Watseka, Illinois in 1893, the daughter of a circus performer and an opera singer, Andra was already appearing in public in a tightrope act by the age of four. She later trained in song and dance. As early as 1899, in New York, she made her first film, a version of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

She remained however with the circus, with which she embarked on an extensive tour across the United States, Canada and Europe. In Berlin she met Max Reinhardt, who gave her acting lessons. In 1913, aged 19, she appeared in her first German film, Das Ave Maria. Still only moderately well-known, she made her only Austrian film in 1915: Zwei Freunde. From 1916-18 she appeared almost exclusively on camera with Alfred Abel. In 1920 she starred in Robert Wiene's expressionist horror film Genuine.

In the mid-1920s she lost her public appeal in Germany. From 1928 she worked in the UK and the US, later expanding her range to include radio and television. Fern Andra died in Aiken, South Carolina, on February 8, 1974, aged 80.

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The Eyes of the World
Title: The Eyes of the World
Character: Mrs. Gertrude Taine
Released: August 30, 1930
Type: Movie
The Eyes of the World is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Henry King and written by Brewster Morse and Clarke Silvernail. The film stars Eulalie Jensen, Florence Roberts, Una Merkel, and Nance O'Neil.
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The Burgomaster of Stilemonde
Title: The Burgomaster of Stilemonde
Character: Isabelle Hilmer
Released: May 20, 1929
Type: Movie
In Belgium during the first World War , the Uhlans order the burgomaster to be shot by his son-in-law.
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Radio Magic
Title: Radio Magic
Character: Melitta Mirabella
Released: September 29, 1927
Type: Movie
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Frauen der Leidenschaft
Title: Frauen der Leidenschaft
Character: Cléo de Mérode
Released: April 15, 1926
Type: Movie
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...und es lockt ein Ruf aus sündiger Welt
Title: ...und es lockt ein Ruf aus sündiger Welt
Released: October 29, 1925
Type: Movie
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Die Liebe ist der Frauen Macht
Title: Die Liebe ist der Frauen Macht
Released: December 17, 1924
Type: Movie
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Za-la-mort
Title: Za-la-mort
Character: Perla
Released: May 1, 1924
Type: Movie
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Der rote Reiter
Title: Der rote Reiter
Released: June 15, 1923
Type: Movie
A couple, Hasia and Otto, are brought together by their loss of wealth and status as the imperial era ends, but torn apart by an unusual offer from a wealthy man. The man wishes Otto to marry his daughter, as Otto bares a striking resemblance to his daughter's fiancee who was killed in WWI. In exchange, Otto will want for nothing.
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Des Lebens und der Liebe Wellen
Title: Des Lebens und der Liebe Wellen
Released: December 28, 1921
Type: Movie
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Driving Force
Title: Driving Force
Released: January 1, 1921
Type: Movie
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Saferndri, die Tänzerin von Dschiapur
Title: Saferndri, die Tänzerin von Dschiapur
Character: Saferndri Yelama
Released: December 2, 1920
Type: Movie
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The Night of Queen Isabeau
Title: The Night of Queen Isabeau
Character: Königin Isabeau
Released: November 18, 1920
Type: Movie
The film depicts the marriage between the mad Charles VI of France and his wife Queen Isabeau.
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Madame Récamier
Title: Madame Récamier
Character: Madame Récamier
Released: October 25, 1920
Type: Movie
Madame Récamier hosts fashionable and influential salons. Her beauty and intelligence attract many suitors, and her politics put her in conflict with the French government.
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Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire
Title: Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire
Character: Genuine
Released: September 2, 1920
Type: Movie
Since completing a portrait of Genuine, a high priestess, Percy becomes irritable and withdrawn. He loses interest in painting and refuses to see his friends, preferring to spend his time alone with the portrait in his study. After turning down a wealthy patron's offer to buy the picture, Percy falls asleep while reading stories of Genuine's life. Genuine comes to life from the painting and escapes. The film's sets were designed by the Expressionist painter César Klein.
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Die Rache des Titanen
Title: Die Rache des Titanen
Released: August 1, 1919
Type: Movie
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Zwei Menschen
Title: Zwei Menschen
Character: Fern
Released: July 1, 1919
Type: Movie
An actor and his wife have a tumultuous relationship, ending with separation and a child custody battle.
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Gebannt und erlöst
Title: Gebannt und erlöst
Released: June 1, 1919
Type: Movie
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Um Krone und Peitsche
Title: Um Krone und Peitsche
Released: January 23, 1919
Type: Movie
Melodrama with the theme of class difference between a Count and the daughter of a ringmaster. They marry but their environment work against them in all kinds of fronts.
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Auf des Lebens rauher Bahn
Title: Auf des Lebens rauher Bahn
Released: November 1, 1918
Type: Movie
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Frühlingsstürme im Herbste des Lebens
Title: Frühlingsstürme im Herbste des Lebens
Character: Comtesse von Hagen
Released: August 22, 1918
Type: Movie
After the death of her father, the young Comtesse von Hagen is taken in by her father's friend, who lives with his cousin and her son. The cousin is unhappy at this arrangement, and accuses the Comtesse of theft.
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Drohende Wolken am Firmament
Title: Drohende Wolken am Firmament
Released: July 19, 1918
Type: Movie
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Die nach Glück und Liebe suchen
Title: Die nach Glück und Liebe suchen
Released: January 1, 1918
Type: Movie
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Des Lebens ungemischte Freude
Title: Des Lebens ungemischte Freude
Character: Fern
Released: August 1, 1917
Type: Movie
A young dancer becomes a stunt rider through the patronage of a wealthy man.
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Ein Blatt im Sturm...doch das Schicksal hat es verweht
Title: Ein Blatt im Sturm...doch das Schicksal hat es verweht
Character: Fern
Released: July 20, 1917
Type: Movie
The relationship between a painter and his lover fractures after the painter finds out she did not acquire a sum of money by selling his paintings, as she had claimed.
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Der Seele Saiten schwingen nicht
Title: Der Seele Saiten schwingen nicht
Character: Fern
Released: March 2, 1917
Type: Movie
A middle class woman's marriage to a nobleman quickly becomes an unhappy one.
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Wenn Menschen reif zur Liebe werden
Title: Wenn Menschen reif zur Liebe werden
Released: December 22, 1916
Type: Movie
A young woman becomes pregnant and is abandoned by her lover, as her mother had been.
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Ernst ist das Leben
Title: Ernst ist das Leben
Character: Fany
Released: October 27, 1916
Type: Movie
Fany, an up and coming dancer, is saved by a sculptor during a theatre fire. The two bond, distressing Fany's fiancee.
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Der Gürtel der Dollarfürstin
Title: Der Gürtel der Dollarfürstin
Released: October 1, 1916
Type: Movie
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The Artificial Man
Title: The Artificial Man
Character: o. A.
Released: August 18, 1916
Type: Movie
Part of the artificial-creature series encompassing Der Golem (1914 and 1920), Alraune (1918, 1928, 1930) and Metropolis (1926), 'Homunculus' was the most popular serial in Germany during World War I even influencing the dress of fashionable Berlin. Foenss, a Danish star, is the perfect creature manufactured in a laboratory by Kuehne. Having discovered his origins, that he has no 'soul' and is incapable of love, he revenges himself on mankind, instigating revolutions and becoming a monstrous but beautiful tyrant, relentlessly pursued by his creator-father who seeks to rectify his mistake.
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Die Seele einer Frau
Title: Die Seele einer Frau
Released: February 25, 1916
Type: Movie
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Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht
Title: Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht
Released: October 29, 1915
Type: Movie
A woman is accused of murder after a duel on her honour results in two deaths.
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Eine Motte flog zum Licht
Title: Eine Motte flog zum Licht
Character: Fern
Released: September 1, 1915
Type: Movie
A young circus performer enters a relationship with a prince, but is quickly discarded.
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Gesprengte Ketten
Title: Gesprengte Ketten
Released: January 1, 1915
Type: Movie
A young woman's life has very little going for her, her mother having died and her alcoholic father having abandoned her. Nevertheless, she climbs her way out of the underclass, going from prostitute to wife of a count.
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The Sign of the Star
Title: The Sign of the Star
Released: June 1, 1914
Type: Movie
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Lepain Part 2: The Fight With Master Detective John Hawks
Title: Lepain Part 2: The Fight With Master Detective John Hawks
Released: January 2, 1914
Type: Movie
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Lepain Part 1: The King of the Innocents
Title: Lepain Part 1: The King of the Innocents
Released: January 1, 1914
Type: Movie