Fern Andra
Acting • Born 1894-11-24 – Died 1974-02-08
Biography
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.
Filmography
38 credits
The Artificial Man
Movie • 1916
o. A.
Die Liebe ist der Frauen Macht
Movie • 1924
Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire
Movie • 1920
Genuine
The Night of Queen Isabeau
Movie • 1920
Königin Isabeau
Um Krone und Peitsche
Movie • 1919
Der Gürtel der Dollarfürstin
Movie • 1916
Driving Force
Movie • 1921
Lepain Part 1: The King of the Innocents
Movie • 1914
Lepain Part 2: The Fight With Master Detective John Hawks
Movie • 1914
Saferndri, die Tänzerin von Dschiapur
Movie • 1920
Saferndri Yelama
The Burgomaster of Stilemonde
Movie • 1929
Isabelle Hilmer
Frauen der Leidenschaft
Movie • 1926
Cléo de Mérode
Radio Magic
Movie • 1927
Melitta Mirabella
Gesprengte Ketten
Movie • 1915
Ernst ist das Leben
Movie • 1916
Fany
Za-la-mort
Movie • 1924
Perla
The Sign of the Star
Movie • 1914
The Eyes of the World
Movie • 1930
Mrs. Gertrude Taine
Zwei Menschen
Movie • 1919
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Madame Récamier
Movie • 1920
Madame Récamier
The Red Rider
Movie • 1923
...und es lockt ein Ruf aus sündiger Welt
Movie • 1925
Wenn Menschen reif zur Liebe werden
Movie • 1916
Auf des Lebens rauher Bahn
Movie • 1918
Des Lebens und der Liebe Wellen
Movie • 1921
Der Seele Saiten schwingen nicht
Movie • 1917
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Des Lebens ungemischte Freude
Movie • 1917
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Die nach Glück und Liebe suchen
Movie • 1918
Die Rache des Titanen
Movie • 1919
Die Seele einer Frau
Movie • 1916
Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht
Movie • 1915
Frühlingsstürme im Herbste des Lebens
Movie • 1918
Comtesse von Hagen
Gebannt und erlöst
Movie • 1919
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Drohende Wolken am Firmament
Movie • 1918
Eine Motte flog zum Licht
Movie • 1915
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Ein Blatt im Sturm...doch das Schicksal hat es verweht
Movie • 1917
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Spangles
Movie • 1928
Spangles
Geheimnisvolle Gewalten
Movie • 1919