Renate Brausewetter
Renate Brausewetter (Málaga, 1 October 1905 – Linz am Rhein, 20 August 2006) was a Spanish-born German silent film actress. She was the younger sister of famous German actor Hans Brausewetter. She made her screen debut in 1925's Die freudlose Gasse (The Joyless Street), appearing alongside Greta Garbo.
Renate Brausewetter
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Renate Brausewetter (Málaga, 1 October 1905 – Linz am Rhein, 20 August 2006) was a Spanish-born German silent film actress. She was the younger sister of famous German actor Hans Brausewetter. She made her screen debut in 1925's Die freudlose Gasse (The Joyless Street), appearing alongside Greta Garbo.
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Brausewetter appeared in over a dozen silent films, but retired from acting in 1928 before the advent of sound. She appeared in only one sound picture, 1950's The Staircase. Brausewetter was living in a retirement home in Linz am Rhein when she died of natural causes on 20 August 2006, aged 100. She is buried in the English Cemetery in Málaga.
The Hanseatics (1925) Den of Iniquity (1925) Secrets of a Soul (1926) People to Each Other (1926) Tough Guys, Easy Girls (1927) The Lorelei (1927) The Old Fritz (1928) The Staircase (1950)
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Renate Brausewetter died at Linz am Rhein.
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- 1.Portrait of the actress Renate Brausewetter by Thomas Staedeli. www.cyranos.ch.
- 2.Renate Brausewetter filmportal.de. www.filmportal.de.
- 3.Der letzte Stummfilmstar wird 100 Jahre alt. stern.de. 2005-10-01.
- 4.Vargas, Isabel. Del yerno de Churchill a estrellas del cine mudo: los habitantes del Cementerio Inglés de Málaga. El Español. 2021-08-20.
- 5.Giesen, Rolf. The Nosferatu Story: The Seminal Horror Film, Its Predecessors and Its Enduring Legacy. McFarland. 206. 2019-03-18. 978-1-4766-7298-4.
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