Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 24, 1898
Died
Jan 26, 1972
Place of Birth
Hannover, Germany
Credits
20 titles
Esther Carena
Biography
The daughter of a German father and Spanish mother, she studied medicine for one semester and trained in an Italian acrobat troupe. Until 1916 she lived mostly in Italy and performed there in stage sketches. In 1916 she came to Germany and was discovered by Swedish film actor and director Nils Olaf Chrisander. She was presented as a heroine in thrillers, dramas, and melodramas that were staged by Harry Piel at the end of the First World War. She designed many of her own costumes. In 1924 she married the set designer Franz Schroedter and retired from films.
Known For
Filmography
Der Frauenkönig
Das neue Paradies
Die Diktatur der Liebe. 2. Die Welt ohne Liebe
Die Diktatur der Liebe. 1. Die böse Lust
Wenn Colombine winkt
Der Schrei des Gewissens
The Vampire
Der Sünde Sold
Women Who Shouldn't Get Married
Ada Haller
Die von der Liebe leben
Ich klage an
Ikarus, the Flying Man
Clemence de Montignon
Die Geisterjagd
Sein Todfeind
Die Geschichte eines Spitzentuches
Das Gift der Odawara
Die sprechende Hand
Der stumme Zeuge
Zur Strecke gebracht
Die Peitsche
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