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Aug 10, 2021 · Despite his unhappiness with typecasting, it seems his dark character roles may have actually saved his only daughter's life (more on this later). Lorre was married three times and it was his third marriage to Anne Marie Brenning that produced his only child, a daughter named Catharine, in 1953.
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Anne Marie. Brenning. Lorre. Peter met Anne, a native of Hamburg, in Germany, when they were patients at a private clinic (Wiggers Kurheim) in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bavaria. They married on 21 July 1953 and remained married until his death in 1964, though they had separated in 1962.
Mar 4, 2019 · They were married in 1953, and they had a child right away. Catharine was the only child of actor Peter Lorre and Anne Marie Brenning Lorre, and she was born on September 21, 1953. Cathy had a number of strikes against her. Peter and Annemarie (Brenning)’s marriage was in trouble as early as 1956.
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- He Was A Loner
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- His Mother’s Passing Was Suspicious
- He Ran Away
- He Fell in Love
- He Was to Make It Big
- He Was A Vampire
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- He Did His Own Stunts
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Peter Lorre was born to Hungarian Jewish parents in June of 1904. His real name was László Löwenstein, which would have made for a much cooler stage name. His father was a bookkeeper but also a lieutenant, so he was rarely home. As a result, Lorre spent a lot of time alone. From the very beginning, his life was something of a nightmare. Flickr, one...
It’s little wonder that Lorre knew how to portray a villain on screen—he grew up with one. Lorre’s mother passed away he was just four years old and his father remarried his deceased wife’s best friend. Lorre’s new stepmother was so cruel to him that he used to hide underneath the bed to escape her. And it wasn’t just because she was mean. His fear...
By all accounts, Lorre’s mother had been healthy up to the point of her sudden demise and her quick end raised some eyebrows. In all likelihood, Lorre’s mother had succumbed to food poisoning. It’s only speculation, but her untimely passing benefited Lorre’s new monster of a stepmother more than anyone else. He had to escape. Wikipedia
Peter Lorre ran away from home at the age of 17 to get away from his stepmother—in case she made him a suspect “family dinner”. Lorre found his way to Germany and began working as a bank clerk but took stage acting lessons as well. He soon found stage work in Vienna, Berlin and Zurich. But bigger, scarier things were right around the corner. Wikipe...
While working on the stage in Berlin, Lorre met fellow stage actress, Celia Lovsky. Despite his funny looks, it must have been love at first sight because the two began dating. Even though their romance wouldn’t last for very long, their friendship would. In fact, Lovsky might have been the only one who saw the hero in Lorre. Wikimedia Commons
Lorre clearly had a knack for acting. Early in his stage acting career, Lorre attracted the attention of famed German director, Fritz Lang. Up to that point, Lorre had mostly featured in comedies on the stage—but Lang knew that there was something darker lurking beneath Lorre’s awkward face. Lorre was about to get famous for all the wrong reasons. ...
Without a second thought, Lang cast Lorre as the villainous star of his 1931 German-language masterpiece, M. Lorre might not have agreed to the role, however, if he knew what he was getting himself into. Allegedly, Lang had drawn inspiration for Lorre’s character from the macabre actions of the real-life Vampire of Dusseldorf. M (1931), Nero-Film A...
There was no guarantee for Lorre that Lang’s experimental film, M, would earn him any money. So, to pay his bills, Lorre continued working on the stage during the filming of M.During the days, he played a deranged mind and then by nights he graced the stage and made audiences laugh. Filming was harder work than Lorre had initially anticipated. M (1...
Lang praised Lorre’s performance throughout the making of M, but from the sounds of it, there wasn’t much acting involved. There was a scene in which Lorre’s character had to fall down the stairs. In the age before stuntmen, this meant that Lang directed Lorre to throw himself down a flight of stairs. It only took twelve takes. M (1931), Nero-Film ...
Lang couldn’t get Lorre to do all of his own stunts on the set of M. Lang wanted Lorre’s character to have a menacing whistle to the tune of “In the Hall of the Mountain King,” but there was just one issue.Lorre could throw himself down the stairs but he couldn’t whistle. Lang actually recorded himself whistling and Lorre just had to mouth the tune...
Lorre was married three times: Celia Lovsky (1934 – March 13, 1945, divorced); Kaaren Verne (May 25, 1945 – 1950, divorced) and Anne Marie Brenning (July 21, 1953 – March 23, 1964, his death). In 1953, Brenning bore Lorre's only child, Catharine. Anne Marie Brenning died in 1971.
YearTitleRoleDirector1929Dentist's patient1930Der weiße Teufel (transl: The White ...Unknown role1931Hans Beckert1931PawlitschekOct 27, 2015 · Catharine was the only child of actor Peter Lorre and Anne Marie Brenning Lorre. Catharine nearly fell victim to "Hillside Stranglers" Angelo J. Buono and Kenneth A. Bianchi, who approached her one night in 1977 intending to abduct and murder her as they had and would do to ten women before the law caught up with them.
Anne Marie Brenning was born on 27 February 1922, in Germany as the daughter of Otto Brenning and Katie Brenning. She married Peter László Lorre Löwenstein on 21 July 1953, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 26 April 1971, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California ...