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Camilla Horn

Camilla Horn

Actress

The daughter of a railroad official, Camilla Horn was educated in Germany and Switzerland. She initially trained as a dressmaker and received her first job experience in a fashion salon in Erfurt. This was merely a stepping stone for a performing career which began with dance lessons in Berlin and subsequent acting studies under Lucie Höflich. The lithe, blond and strikingly beautiful Camilla soon appeared in cabaret revues staged by Rudolf Nelson. By 1926, she was employed as an extra at Ufa, where she was spotted by the director F.W. Murnau, who found in her the ideal representation of Gretchen for his seminal production of Fausto (1926) . The role catapulted Camilla to instant stardom. Within a year, she was signed by United Artists in Hollywood, befriending Charles Chaplin and, more importantly, studio chairman Joseph M. Schenck. The friendship with Schenck may, or may not, have led to an affair -- depending on which story one is to believe -- but it did result in two high profile starring roles opposite John Barrymore in the torrid melodramas Tempestad (1928) and Amor eterno (1929), both produced by Schenck. Neither film was a commercial success. With the coming of sound, Camilla returned to Europe, briefly appearing on stage in London and Paris, before resuming her screen career in Germany. As the 1930's went on, she rarely turned down a role, playing anything from baronesses and fashion models, to vamps and 'fallen women'. The quality of her films was variable, but there were several noteworthy standouts, such as Hans in allen Gassen (1930) (opposite Hans Albers), Fiesta en palacio (1934) and Payasos (1938) (as a circus artiste, again with Albers). During this tumultuous decade, Camilla conducted a lengthy affair with the singer Louis Graveure, fifteen years her senior. This came to an end in 1938, when Graveure was suspected of espionage by the Gestapo and fled to England, via the Cote d'Azure. After her luxury villa in Berlin was ransacked in search for non-existent clues, Camilla's outspoken criticism of the Nazi regime reached a point where it got her into serious trouble. She saw out the first half of her career with a trio of long forgotten films made in Italy. Having failed in an attempt to flee to Switzerland, she kept a low profile and even tried her hand at farming. After the war, she had a stint as an interpreter for the occupying U.S. forces in Germany. Camilla made a successful return to the stage in a 1948 Frankfurt production of Jean Cocteau's "L'Aigle a Deux Tetes" (aka 'The Eagle Has Two Heads'). She spent the latter half of her acting career playing grand dames, matriarchs and worldly ladies with colourful backgrounds, in both films and on television. In 1974, she was awarded the 'Filmband in Gold' (also known as 'Lola') for lifetime achievement in the German film industry. In her 1985 autobiography, "Verliebt in die Liebe" ('In Love with Love'), she happily recounted her marriages and liaisons.

Born: April 25, 1903 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Died: August 14, 1996 (Age 93)

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Camilla Horn  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
6.5
ActressCiglia1929
Movie
6.4
ActressMariella Fiorini1941
Movie
8.2
ActressGretchen Marguerite1926
Movie
6.5
ActressPrincess Tamara1928
Movie
5.6
Actress1925
Movie
6.5
ActressGaby1931
Movie
6.1
ActressManja - seine Tochter1937
Movie
8.1
ActressMarion1938
Movie
ActressHasia Nowrowska1935
Movie
7.1
ActressDiane Mercier1939
Movie
ActressGräfin Ogolenska1938
Movie
4.6
ActressEvelyn Brown1968
Movie
ActressElga1932
Movie
6.2
ActressFürstin Stefanie1934
Movie
7
ActressEva von Loe1930
Movie
ActressIvonne Brandt1934
Movie
ActressKäthe Üding - seine Frau1939
Movie
5.9
ActressSonia Vance1933
Movie
6.8
ActressDina Horster1940
Movie
ActressInge Winkler1934
Movie
7.1
ActressCamille de Saxe1927
Movie
6.6
ActressPaula1970
Movie
ActressWegelin's Mother1970
Movie
6.9
ActressAlice Ménard1932
Movie
6.3
ActressPepita, Kunstreiterin1938
Movie
6.5
Actress1926
Movie
6.8
ActressFürstin Großmutter1988
Movie
6.9
ActressVilma1933
Movie
ActressLilly1933
Movie
6.2
ActressLouise1934
Movie
7.1
ActressLilly1940
Movie
5.9
ActressCorinna Dellys, l'amante di Alberto1942
Movie
5.6
ActressOlga Benjamin1987
Movie
ActressClärchen Gunderloch1927
Movie
ActressVera1933
Movie
8.1
ActressElisabeth, the Bride1930
Movie
ActressAlice Doren1929
Movie
6.6
ActressLissi1940
Movie
ActressDiana Bianca, Dompteuse1952
Movie
5.7
ActressJenny Miller1934
Movie
5.1
ActressRenée Lemonier1940
Movie
ActressMaria Várady1937
Movie
ActressElise Sander1944
Movie
6.5
ActressGritt Faller1949
Movie
ActressBaronin von Baran1953
Movie
8.2
ActressHelene1948
Movie
7.2
ActressVera Dalmatoff1937
Movie
ActressHelga1934
Movie
ActressEllen Hobart1931
Movie
6.3
ActressVera1934
Movie
Actress1931
Movie
8
ActressLetta Larbo1931
Movie
6.4
ActressCamilla1932
Movie
ActressNelly Wendt1930
Movie
7.9
ActressHerself / Gretchen (archive footage)2002
Movie
Actress1931
Movie
ActressLady Edith Trent1929
Movie
6.8
ActressAdrienne Brisson1927
Movie
ActressFifi1933
Movie
7
Actress(uncredited)1926
Movie
ActressDiane D'Artois1930
Movie
ActressAndrea1930
TV Show
ActressFrau Neumann
1 Episode
1967
TV Show
8.7
ActressFrau von Marwitz
1 Episode
1969-1975
TV Show
5.4
ActressDr. Rens′ Mutter
1 Episode
1985-1989
TV Show
Actress1 Episode1982
TV Show
ActressSelf
1 Episode
1951
TV Show
ActressSelf
1 Episode
1979
Movie
ActressElizabeth Almond1958
Movie
ActressSelf1992
Movie
ActressFrau von Kieblitz1982
Movie
7
CrewStunt Double1926
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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