Gertrude Welcker 16 July — 1 August was a German stage and silent film actress. She appeared in 64 films between and Gertrude Welcker was born in Dresden on 16 July Her father, who was editor-in-chief and general manager of the Posener Tageblatt, died in From to she starred in productions at the Albert Theater in Dresden.
From to she performed at the Deutsches Theater , Kammerspiele, and Volksbühne. In Gertrude Welcker began her career as a film actress. She next appeared as an angel in the film Hans Trutz in the Land of Plenty directed by her stage partner Paul Wegener. Mabuse the Gambler , [4] [5] in which the title character abducts and abuses her. In low-budget productions such as Die Geisha und der Samurai and Eine Frau mit Vergangenheit , she played the lead role.
The film was rejected by the British Board of Film Classification on grounds that it depicted prostitution. They divorced in August In she became active for the Red Cross. Shortly before the end of the war, Gertrude Welcker managed to escape to Sweden, where she spent the rest of her life living under the name Gertrud Carlsund. Gertrude Welcker died in Danderyd, Stockholm on 1 August Her estate was rediscovered in From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
German actress. Dresden , German Empire. Danderyd , Stockholm , Sweden. Mabuse the Gambler Dr. Steffi Line. Retrieved 21 August Lexikon der aus Deutschland und Österreich emigrierten Filmschaffenden bis Eine Gesamtübersicht [ "It is in life you taken more for granted Encyclopedia of emigrated filmmakers from Germany and Austria from to a complete overview ] in German.
Hamburg: Acabus-Verlag. Archived from the original on 3 July Retrieved 17 August Dictionary of Films. University of California Press. Gilman; Xun Zhou Smoke: A Global History of Smoking. Reaktion Books. Categories : births deaths German stage actresses German film actresses German silent film actresses Actors from Dresden 20th-century German actresses.
