Friedl Haerlin
Friederike "Friedl" Haerlin (29 December 1901 – 17 April 1981) was a German stage and film actress. During the 1930s she worked in cinema playing glamorous roles, mainly in comedy films. In the late 1930s, in order to boost her flagging career, she attempted to gain invitations to receptions given by Adolf Hitler.
Friedl Haerlin
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- Name
- Friedl Haerlin
- Born
- 29 December 1901
- Birthplace
- Gauting, Bavaria German Empire
- Died
- 17 April 1981
- Place of death
- Gauting, Bavaria West Germany
- Birth Name
- Friederike Haerlin
- Occupation
- Actress
- Full name
- Friederike Haerlin.
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Languages
- German.
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Friederike "Friedl" Haerlin (29 December 1901 – 17 April 1981) was a German stage and film actress. During the 1930s she worked in cinema playing glamorous roles, mainly in comedy films. In the late 1930s, in order to boost her flagging career, she attempted to gain invitations to receptions given by Adolf Hitler.
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Friedl Haerlin (1901–1981) was a German actress. Born Friederike Haerlin in Gauting, the actress died in Gauting. Languages used include German.
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Her final film was the Austrian comedy Viennese Girls which was made in 1945, but was not released until 1949. Finding that offers of work were drying up, she later immigrated to Peru, although she returned to spend her final years in her Bavarian hometown of Gauting. Whenever she had time, Friedl Haerlin was a passionate racing driver. She set a women's record at the Semmering race in 1929.
Friedl Haerlin and her Steyr car at the Semmering race 1929
Carl Zapletal · Europa Motor 10/1929 pg. 32 [1]
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• Name — Friedl Haerlin • Born — 29 December 1901 • Birthplace — Gauting, Bavaria German Empire • Died — 17 April 1981 • Place of death — Gauting, Bavaria West Germany • Birth Name — Friederike Haerlin • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1923–1945 (film)
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• The Shot in the Pavilion (1925) • The Stolen Face (1930) • Queen of the Night (1931) • The Man Who Murdered (1931) • Cavaliers of the Kurfürstendamm (1932) • Laughing Heirs (1933) • A Precocious Girl (1934) • Streak of Steel (1935) • Hilde and the Volkswagen (1936) • A Woman of No Importance (1936) • Linen from Ireland (1939) • Kora Terry (1940) • Roses in Tyrol (1940) • The Three Codonas (1940) • Clarissa (1941) • Viennese Girls (1949)
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1981
Friedl Haerlin died in 1981 at Gauting.
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- 1.d' Almeida p.73
- 2.ÖNB-ANNO - Die Bühne. anno.onb.ac.at.
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- d' Almeida, Fabrice. High Society in the Third Reich. Polity, 2008.
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