Achmann, Magda Lena

ACTOR (BAVARIA)
BORN 14 Jun 1883, Landsberg am Lech, Bayern - DIED 22 Jan 1940, München, Bayern
BIRTH NAME Perfall, Magdalena, Freiin von
GRAVE LOCATION Schliersee, Bayern: Friedhof an der Sixtuskirche, Seestrasse ((ashes))

Magda Lena was the daughter of the author Anton von Perfall. Her mother was the actress Magda Irschick. She started her own acting career in Regensburg. In Munich she was engaged at the Bavarian State Theatre and in 1920 she married the painter Joseff Achmann. She earned money for them both and if he earned anything with his own work he spent it immediately. In the 1930s she performed in several movies.

After she started her own acting school they lived in an appartment with a studio in Bogenhausen. Among her students were Hans Baur and Peter Pasetti. After her death in Munich in 1940 Achmann kept her ashes at home until they were buried with him in Schliersee in 1958.

Family
• Mother: Irschick, Magda
• Father: Perfall, Anton, Freiherr von
• Husband: Achmann, Josef (1920-1940)

Related persons
• was teacher of Baur, Hans
• was a friend of Britting, Georg
• was teacher of Pasetti, Peter

Images

The grave of Anton von Perfall and Magda Irschick at the Friedhof an der Sixtuskirche, Schliersee, Bavaria.
Picture by Androom (03 Sep 2013)

 

Sources
• Scheibmayr, Erich, Gräber in Oberbayern - ausserhalb von München, Verlag Erich Scheibmayr, München, 1998
http://www.britting.com/300.pdf
http://www.britting.com/Gajek.pdf


Achsel, Wanda

Published: 11 Apr 2020
Last update: 29 Mar 2022