Valerie von Martens

Valérie von Martens (real name "Valérie Pajér Edle von Mayersperg", born 4 November 1894 in Lienz, Tirol; died 7 April 1986 in Riehen, Switzerland) was a German-Austrian actress.

Valérie von Martens was the daughter of the Austrian admiral Rudolf Pajér Edler von Mayersperg. She was an actress in Vienna when she had a relationship with the cabaret artist Karl Farkas. In 1922 she met the actor Curt Goetz. They married on 20 December, 1923 in Berlin. She then appeared with him on stage and screen, mainly in pieces written or directed by him.

She is buried in the Heerstrasse cemetery in Berlin, alongside her husband.

Works

* Die Verwandlung des Peterhans von Binningen ('Memoirs Vol. 2", 1962)
* Wir wandern, wir wandern... ("Memoirs, Vol. 3", 1963)
* Die wunderbare und spannende Geschichte des Herrn Blau (1965)
* Das große Curt-Goetz-Album – Bilder eines Lebens (1968)
* Curt's Geschichten, Kurzgeschichten von und über Curt Goetz (1972)
* Curt Goetz – In deinem Sinne (1982)

Films (a selection)

* Im Banne der Kralle (1921)
* Napoleon ist an allem schuld (1938)
* Frauenarzt Dr. Prätorius (1950)
* Das Haus in Montevideo (1951)
* Hokuspokus (1953)

External links

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* [http://www.filmportal.de/df/28/Credits,,,,,,,,4007D10BC0FB49AD91EC9812B5D6AF94credits,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.html Valerie von Martens at the filmportal.de]
*IMDb Name|ID=0902672|NAME=Valérie von Martens
* [http://www.curtgoetz.de www.curtgoetz.de] Curt Goetz and Valerie von Martens
* [http://www.curt-goetz.at www.curt-goetz.at]
* [http://www.deutscher-tonfilm.de/cgoetz1.html Biography of Curt Goetz and Fils]