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  1. Valeska Gert
    German dancer, cabaret artist, actress

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    • Theodor Samosch and Augusta Rosenthal

      • Gert was born as Gertrud Valesca Samosch in Berlin to a Jewish family. She was the eldest daughter of manufacturer Theodor Samosch and Augusta Rosenthal.
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  2. Jan 11, 2018 · Valeska Gert was born Gertrud Valesca Samosch in Berlin on Jan. 11, 1892 to upper-middle-class Jewish parents. She began ballet classes at 7, but never really had much interest in...

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    Gert was born as Gertrud Valesca Samosch in Berlin to a Jewish family. She was the eldest daughter of manufacturer Theodor Samosch and Augusta Rosenthal. [1] Exhibiting no interest in academics or office work, [1] she began taking dance lessons at the age of nine. [2]

  4. Jul 18, 2019 · Valeska Gert was born Gertrud Valesca Samosch in Berlin, on January 11th, 1892. Her father was a highly successful businessman and a respected member of the Jewish community. According to her autobiographies (she wrote four of them), Gert was rebellious from the get-go.

  5. Is Valeska Gert (1892 -1978) the great missing link in 20th century culture? It's hard to say. What is certain is that she touched many currents in the arts. Along with an exhibit and biography, a 1969 recording of Gert's Baby-- her impersonation of a gurgling child alternating between rage and happiness -- has been released on vinyl. Gert's ...

  6. Sep 17, 2010 · Gert was born Gertrud Valesca Samosch to a Jewish family in Berlin in 1892. Showing no interest in academia, Gert began taking dance lessons at the age of nine, and by 1915 was studying...

  7. Profession. Actress, Dancer. In 1936, when Valeska Gert went into exile in London, she could look back on an impressive career. She came from a Jewish family in Berlin, received her training in theatre from Maria Moissi, and was engaged in the Deutsches Theater Berlin and the Münchner Kammerspiel.

  8. Jul 16, 2020 · In German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff’s interview with Valeska Gert in her home in Kampen on Sylt the year before she died in 1977, she recounts her eventful life, from her performances as the self-described “Grotesque Dancer” in 1920s Berlin, Moscow, and Paris, to her later years. The documentary features incredible, rare footage from ...

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