The Great Impersonation
1935
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Wera Engels (12 May 1905 – 16 November 1988) was a German actress. After successful leading roles in productions of the well-established German UFA -studios in Babelsberg as well as in France, she was invited to Hollywood. Producers saw her as a cheap alternative to Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich . She was contracted with RKO.
Wera Engels. Actress: The Ringer. Wera Engels was born on 12 May 1909 in Kiel, Germany. She was an actress, known for The Ringer (1932), Le parfum de la dame en noir (1931) and Hong Kong Nights (1935). She was married to Ivan Lebedeff. She died on 16 November 1988 in Munich, Germany.
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Biography. Wera Engels was a daughter of a German Admiral and Governor of the then German colony Tsing-tau-China. After successful leading roles in productions of the well-established German UFA-studios in Babelsberg as well as in France, Engels was invited to Hollywood.
Wera Engels. Actress: The Ringer. Wera Engels was born on 12 May 1909 in Kiel, Germany. She was an actress, known for The Ringer (1932), Le parfum de la dame en noir (1931) and Hong Kong Nights (1935). She was married to Ivan Lebedeff. She died on 16 November 1988 in Munich, Germany.
Wera Engels was a daughter of a German Admiral and Governor of the then German colony Tsing-tau-China. After successful leading roles in productions of the well-established German UFA-studios in Babelsberg as well as in France, Engels was invited to Hollywood. Producers saw her as a cheap alternative to Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich.
The Great Impersonation is a 1935 Universal Pictures American drama film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Edmund Lowe, Valerie Hobson and Wera Engels. It was adapted from the 1920 novel The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim. The film bears some aesthetic similarities to the Universal horror films of the 1930s.
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