Susi Lanner

n film actress who played her major roles in German productions from 1932 to 1937.

Biography

Born Mechthilde Reif in Vienna, after schooling in drama, dance, and singing, Lanner appeared as a singer and dancer in operettas and revues in her native Vienna. She made her film debut in 1932 opposite Brigitte Helm and Oskar Karlweis in the comedy "Hochzeitsreise zu dritt (Honeymoon for Three)." Then she made a name for herself as a supporting actress, before she advanced to talented co-star at the side of Heinz Rühmann, Theo Lingen and Hans Moser. In her short film career she played lead roles opposite Harry Piel in the impressionistic "Artisten (Artists)," opposite Hans Söhnker in the drama "Herbstmanöver (Autumn Maneuvers)," and in Hans Deppe's comedy "Meiseken," as well as opposite Erik Ode in the comedy "Der kühne Schwimmer (The Daring Swimmer)," opposite the silent-film star Pola Negri in Paul Wegener's drama "Der Weg nach Shanghai (The Road to Shanghai)" and opposite Heinz Rühmann in Robert A. Stemmle's comedy "Heinz im Mond (Heinz-in-the-Moon)." She also played in musicals such as "Der letzte Walzer (The Last Waltz Dancer)" with Camilla Horn.

Shortly before Germany annexed Austria in 1938, she moved with her husband, an American businessman, to the United States and withdrew from her film career.

She died in Dobbs Ferry, New York.

Selected filmography

*1932 "Hochzeitsreise zu dritt" ("Honeymoon for Three")
*1933 "Abenteuer am Lido" ("Adventure on the Lido")
*1933 "Unser Kaiser" ("Our Emperor")
*1934 "Die Liebe siegt" ("Love Conquers All")
*1934 "Der kühne Schwimmer" ("The Daring Swimmer")
*1934 "Heinz im Mond" ("Heinz-in-the-Moon")
*1935 "Herbstmanöver" ("Autumn Maneuvers")
*1935 "Artisten" ("Artists")
*1935 "Der Gefangene des Königs" ("The King's Prisoner")
*1936 "Spiel an Bord" ("Play at Sea")
*1936 "Das Schönheitsfleckchen" ("The Beauty Mark")
*1936 "Ungeküsst soll man nicht schlafen gehn" ("You Shouldn't Go to Sleep Unkissed")
*1936 "Der Weg nach Shanghai" ("The Road to Shanghai")
*1937 "Hahn im Korb" ("Rooster in the Basket")
*1937 "Die Erbschleicher/Meiseken" ("The Inheritance Thieves/Meiseken")

External links

*imdb name|0486939|Susi Lanner
* [http://www.welt.de/data/2006/05/06/882883.html Memoriam in Die Welt (German)]
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=1035 Tobacco-card portraits, 1934-1937]