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Within Vinony's link graph, Wera Engels is referenced by 33 other articles, and connects out to London, Adolf Hitler and Stockholm.
Vinony files it under 1905 births, 1988 deaths and 20th-century German actresses.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Film & TV
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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