Esther Carena
Birthday
1898/08/24
Day of death
1972/01/26 (73 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Hannover
Also know as
Franziska Lucia Pfeiffer
Biography
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.
Acting
(1917) Zur Strecke gebracht
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(1918) Das Gift der Odawara
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(1918) Die Geschichte eines Spitzentuches
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(1918) Die sprechende Hand
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(1918) Ikarus, the Flying Man
as Clemence de Montignon
(1920) Der Schrei des Gewissens
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(1919) Ich klage an
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(1920) Wenn Colombine winkt
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(1921) Die Diktatur der Liebe. 1. Die böse Lust
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(1919) Die von der Liebe leben
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(1921) Die Diktatur der Liebe. 2. Die Welt ohne Liebe
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(1916) Die Peitsche
as Bert
(1917) Der stumme Zeuge
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(1921) Das neue Paradies
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(1923) Der Frauenkönig
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(1920) The Vampire
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(1919) Women Who Shouldn't Get Married
as Ada Haller