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 The grave of Conrad and Beate von Molo at the Waldfriedhof Solln, Munich. Picture by Androom (19 Aug 2012) |
Molo, Beate von |
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BORN 4 Dec 1906, München - DIED 1998 REAL NAME Moissi, Beate von GRAVE LOCATION München, Bayern: Waldfriedhof Solln (38-2-12) |
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Daughter of the famous actor Alexander Moissi and his wife Maria
Urfus. Her mother often noted the similarities between father
and daughter. She married director Konrad von Molo, a son of
the poet Walter von Molo. They had a daughter in 1944, Elisabeth.
After the war she met actress Sybille Schmitz. The two fell
in love and soon started living together. Schmitz was a heavy
drinker and she killed herself in 1954 with sleeping pills. Von Molo worked as a director and as a scriptwriter. In 1947 she directed plays at the "Kleinen Komödie" in Munich. In the 1950s in München she ran the small attic theatre "Das Atelier" together with Walter Janssen. Marianne Kortner, the daughter of actor Fritz Kortner, assisted her there. In 1954 she directed the dialogs in the movies "Angst" and "Frühlungslied". She also wrote part of the scenario for "Paris brûle-t-il?" (1966). Related persons • was the lover of Schmitz, Sybille Sources • Internet Movie Database • filmportal.de • Scheibmayr, Erich, Wer? Wann? Wo? (Letzter) Teil 3, Persönlichkeiten in Münchner Friedhöfen, Verlag Erich Scheibmayr, München, 2002 |
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The grave of Conrad and Beate von Molo at the Waldfriedhof Solln, Munich. Picture by Androom (19 Aug 2012) |
