Fern Andra

Born: 1894-11-24

From Wikipedia Fern Andra (November 24, 1893 – February 8, 1974) was an American actress, film director, script writer and producer. Next to Henny Porten and Asta Nielsen she was one of the most popular and best-known actresses in German silent films. Born as Vernal Edna Andrews in Watseka, Illinois in 1893, the daughter of a circus performer and an opera singer, Andra was already appearing in public in a tightrope act by the age of four. She later trained in song and dance. As early as 1899, in New York, she made her first film, a version of Uncle Tom's Cabin. She remained however with the circus, with which she embarked on an extensive tour across the United States, Canada and Europe. In Berlin she met Max Reinhardt, who gave her acting lessons. In 1913, aged 19, she appeared in her first German film, Das Ave Maria. Still only moderately well-known, she made her only Austrian film in 1915: Zwei Freunde. From 1916-18 she appeared almost exclusively on camera with Alfred Abel. In 1920 she starred in Robert Wiene's expressionist horror film Genuine. In the mid-1920s she lost her public appeal in Germany. From 1928 she worked in the UK and the US, later expanding her range to include radio and television. Fern Andra died in Aiken, South Carolina, on February 8, 1974, aged 80.


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Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire

as Genuine
Released: 1920-09-02

Since completing a portrait of Genuine, a high priestess, Percy becomes irritable and withdrawn....

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The Eyes of the World

as Mrs. Gertrude Taine
Released: 1930-08-30

The Eyes of the World is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Henry King and written...

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The Red Rider

as uncredited
Released: 1923-06-15

A couple, Hasia and Otto, are brought together by their loss of wealth and status as the...

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Drohende Wolken am Firmament

as uncredited
Released: 1918-07-19

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Radio Magic

as Melitta Mirabella
Released: 1927-09-29

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Driving Force

as uncredited
Released: 1921-01-01

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Madame Récamier

as Madame Récamier
Released: 1920-10-25

Madame Récamier hosts fashionable and influential salons. Her beauty and intelligence attract...

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Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht

as uncredited
Released: 1915-10-29

A woman is accused of murder after a duel on her honour results in two deaths.

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Um Krone und Peitsche

as uncredited
Released: 1919-01-23

Melodrama with the theme of class difference between a Count and the daughter of a ringmaster....

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Gesprengte Ketten

as uncredited
Released: 1915-01-01

A young woman's life has very little going for her, her mother having died and her alcoholic...

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Auf des Lebens rauher Bahn

as uncredited
Released: 1918-11-01

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Za-la-mort

as Perla
Released: 1924-05-01

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The Sign of the Star

as uncredited
Released: 1914-06-01

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Frühlingsstürme im Herbste des Lebens

as Comtesse von Hagen
Released: 1918-08-22

After the death of her father, the young Comtesse von Hagen is taken in by her father's friend,...

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Zwei Menschen

as Fern
Released: 1919-07-01

An actor and his wife have a tumultuous relationship, ending with separation and a child custody...

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Die nach Glück und Liebe suchen

as uncredited
Released: 1918-01-01

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Wenn Menschen reif zur Liebe werden

as uncredited
Released: 1916-12-22

A young woman becomes pregnant and is abandoned by her lover, as her mother had been.

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Ernst ist das Leben

as Fany
Released: 1916-10-27

Fany, an up and coming dancer, is saved by a sculptor during a theatre fire. The two bond,...

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...und es lockt ein Ruf aus sündiger Welt

as uncredited
Released: 1925-10-29

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Des Lebens ungemischte Freude

as Fern
Released: 1917-08-01

A young dancer becomes a stunt rider through the patronage of a wealthy man.

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Der Seele Saiten schwingen nicht

as Fern
Released: 1917-03-02

A middle class woman's marriage to a nobleman quickly becomes an unhappy one.

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Eine Motte flog zum Licht

as Fern
Released: 1915-09-01

A young circus performer enters a relationship with a prince, but is quickly discarded.

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Die Seele einer Frau

as uncredited
Released: 1916-02-25

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