Esther Carena
August 24, 1898 (126 years old) in Hannover
The daughter of a German father and Spanish mother, she studied medicine for one semester and trained in an Italian acrobat troupe. Until 1916 she lived mostly in Italy and performed there in stage sketches. In 1916 she came to Germany and was discovered by Swedish film actor and director Nils Olaf Chrisander. She was presented as a heroine in thrillers, dramas, and melodramas that were staged by Harry Piel at the end of the First World War. She designed many of her own costumes. In 1924 she married the set designer Franz Schroedter and retired from films.
Known For
Credits
- 1923 ·Der Frauenkönigas
- 1921 ·Das neue Paradiesas
- 1921 ·Die Diktatur der Liebe. 2. Die Welt ohne Liebeas
- 1921 ·Die Diktatur der Liebe. 1. Die böse Lustas
- 1920 ·Wenn Colombine winktas
- 1920 ·Der Schrei des Gewissensas
- 1920 ·The Vampireas
- 1919 ·Women Who Shouldn't Get Marriedas Ada Haller
- 1919 ·Die von der Liebe lebenas
- 1919 ·Ich klage anas
- 1918 ·Ikarus, the Flying Manas Clemence de Montignon
- 1918 ·Das Gift der Odawaraas
- 1918 ·Die Geschichte eines Spitzentuchesas
- 1918 ·Die sprechende Handas
- 1917 ·Der stumme Zeugeas
- 1917 ·Zur Strecke gebrachtas
- 1916 ·Die Peitscheas Bert