Gustaf Gründgens
Actor, Film actor
1899 – 1963
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Who was Gustaf Gründgens?
Gustaf Gründgens, born Gustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens, was one of Germany's most famous and influential actors of the 20th century, intendant and artistic director of theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg. His career continued undisturbed through the years of the Nazi regime; the extent to which this can be considered as deliberate collaboration with the Nazis was hotly disputed.
His single most famous role was that of Mephistopheles in Goethe's Faust in 1956/57, which is still considered by many to have been the best interpretation of the role ever given.
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- Born
- Dec 22, 1899
Düsseldorf - Also known as
- Gustaf Grundgens
- Gustave Grundgens
- Gustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens
- Gustav Gründgens
- Gustav Grundgens
- Spouses
- Erika Mann
(1926/07/24 - 1929) - Marianne Hoppe
(1936 - 1946)
- Erika Mann
- Children
- Nationality
- German Empire
- Profession
- Died
- Oct 7, 1963
Manila
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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