Luli Deste ( Julie Dorothea von Bodenhausen-Degener;p. xxiv von Hofmannsthal, Hugo(Author), Miller-Degenfeld, Marie-Therese The Poet and the Countess: Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Correspondence With Countess Ottonie Degenfeld Camden House; Reprinted from edition (26 September 2000) 7 November 1902 – 7 July 1951) was a German-American stage and film actress.
Career
Deste studied dancing with Mary Wigman in Berlin but changed to acting. She was an understudy to Elisabeth Bergner, acted in repertory theater, and progressed to leading roles in Vienna, after which she acted in London.
In London, Deste acted in films directed by Marion Gering. After he put her under personal contract, he brought her to the United States and directed her films for Columbia Pictures. Her Hollywood film debut came in 1937, and she later acted for Universal Pictures.
Personal life Deste was married to Baron Gottfried von Meyern-Hohenberg, and they were divorced in 1930.
She authored the book Come, Take My Hand as Luli Kollsman, published by Duell, Sloan and Pearce (c.1949), New York, 1949.
In 1944 Deste married Paul Kollsman in New York City; she died in 1951.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1932 My Friend the King Countess Zena 1936 Thank You, Madame Corinne Dalma 1936 Silhouettes Lydia Sanina 1937 Thunder in the City Lady Patricia 1937 She Married an Artist Toni Bonnet 1939 Ursula Under Suspicion Ursula von Tweel 1940 Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Queen Fria Serial, [Chs. 1-2], Uncredited1940 Ski Patrol Julia Engel 1940 South to Karanga Julia Garrett 1941 The Case of the Black Parrot Madame de Charriere 1941 Outlaws of the Desert Marie Karitza (final film role)
References
Bibliography Robert McLaughlin. We'll Always Have the Movies: American Cinema during World War II. University Press of Kentucky, 2006.
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