Leo Ditrichstein

Who was Leo Ditrichstein?

Leo Ditrichstein was an American actor and playwright of Austrian-Hungarian birth, born in Temesvár, Austria-Hungary. He was educated in Vienna and was naturalized as an American citizen in 1897. He made his New York début in Die Ehre,. This was followed by: Mr. Wilkinson's Widows, Trilby, Are You a Mason? and other plays. He was the author of numerous plays, among which are: Gossip; A Southern Romance; The Last Appeal; What's the Matter with Susan?; The Ambitious Mrs. Susan; The Million; The Concert; Temperamental Journey; The Great Lover. Ditrichstein appeared in one motion picture, in a cameo as himself, in the still surviving How Molly Made Good. He had a large influence on actor William Powell. Some of the plays Ditrichstein either wrote or acted in have been made into motion pictures.