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Actress
A.K.A.
Berta Helene Drews, Berta Emilie Helene Drews
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Female
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Birth:
19 November 1901(Tempelhof, Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany)
Death:
10 April 1987(West Berlin, Allied-occupied Germany)
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Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts
Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Germany
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Berta Emilie Helene Drews (German: [ˈbɛʁta heˈleːnə ˈdʁeːfs] ; 19 November 1901 – 10 April 1987) was a German stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films from 1933 to 1983. She was married to actor Heinrich George. The couple had two sons, including actor Götz George.
She appeared in the first Nazi film, Hitlerjunge Quex, which premiered in September 1933 in the presence of Adolf Hitler and Baldur von Schirach.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | Tugboat M 17 | Marie, seine Frau | |
| Hitlerjunge Quex | Mutter Völker | ||
| 1936 | Der Kaiser von Kalifornien | Chansonette | |
| 1938 | Urlaub auf Ehrenwort | Anna - dessen Frau | |
| 1939 | Alarm at Station III | Frauke, Frau von Thomas Kolk | |
| 1941 | Above All Else in the World | Anna Möbius | |
| Heimkehr | Elfriede | ||
| 1942 | Der große Schatten | Lizzy | |
| 1945 | Die Schenke zur ewigen Liebe | Frau Stiel | |
| 1949 | Girls Behind Bars | Paula Rellspieß, 'Spiess' | |
| 1950 | The Allure of Danger | Witwe Rüger | |
| 1952 | Wenn abends die Heide träumt | ||
| 1953 | Ave Maria | Kerstin Melartin | |
| 1955 | Ein Mann vergißt die Liebe | ||
| Eine Frau genügt nicht? | |||
| Lost Child 312 | Frau Brennecke | ||
| 1956 | My Brother Joshua | Franziska Donath | |
| The Story of Anastasia | Fräulein Peuthert | ||
| 1958 | It Happened in Broad Daylight | Frau Schrott | |
| The Girl from the Marsh Croft | Mutter Nilsson | ||
| Polikuschka | Tischlersfrau | ||
| 1959 | Court Martial | Frau Willmers | |
| Jons und Erdme | Jasgulka, seine dritte Frau | ||
| 1960 | Carnival Confession | Frau Bäumler | |
| 1961 | Zu jung für die Liebe? | Frau Brehm | |
| Our House in Cameroon | Tante Edith | ||
| 1962 | Ich kann nicht länger schweigen | Frau Woitke | |
| Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt | Frau Hecker | ||
| Doctor Sibelius | Babette | ||
| 1964 | Murderer in the Fog | Frau Ritzel | |
| 1969 | Auf Scheißer schießt man nicht | ||
| 1974 | One or the Other of Us | Mother Braats | |
| 1979 | The Tin Drum | Anna Koljaiczek | |
| 1983 | Heinrich Penthesilea von Kleist | Oberste |