Summary
Ingeborg von Kusserow (28 January 1919 – 14 April 2014) was a German film actress.
Ingeborg von Kusserow | |
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 Ingeborg von Kusserow in 1946 | |
| Born | 28 January 1919 |
| Died | 14 April 2014 (aged 95) |
| Other names | Ingeborg Wells |
| Occupation | Actress |
Biography edit
Kusserow was born in Wollstein, Province of Posen, Germany (today Wolsztyn, Poland).[1]
She starred in Nazi propaganda films during the Third Reich, which she wrote about in a 1949 memoir I Was Hitler's Mickey Mouse.[2]
Kusserow married Percy Graf Welsburg in November 1941; they hoped to get away to Switzerland and Italy but in fact had to remain in Berlin throughout the war, which she describes in a 1948 memoir Enough, no More. They finally emigrated to Britain in 1947 and lived in St John's Wood, London[3] and she restarted her acting career, usually appearing as Ingeborg Wells. Kusserow retired in 1960 and divorced Welsburg, but married again in 1968 to Kenneth Slingsby-Fahn (1913–2007), a retired RAF officer. Their life together in their garden flat in Abercorn Place has been recounted in a memoir by a neighbour.[4]
In 1979 she and her husband relocated to a cottage in Houghton, West Sussex where Kenneth died in 2007. Kusserow lived alone until 2013, when she suffered a fall and had to live in a care home until her death a year later.
She is known for her appearance in the 1951 film Captain Horatio Hornblower and in the German adaptation of the play You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running. She played Lady Irina in episode 21 "The Vandals" in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1956).
Death edit
Kusserow died on 14 April 2014.[5] Before her death she reportedly fell and broke a femur. She survived but as a result of the injury her health declined severely.
Selected filmography edit
- Three Soldiers in the Kaiserjäger (1933)
- The Court Concert (1936) - Zofe Babette
- When Women Keep Silent (1937) - Jenny - Zofe bei Wörners
- Love Can Lie (1937) - Britta Torsten
- Daphne and the Diplomat (1937) - Matz
- My Friend Barbara (1937) - Lucie
- Rätsel um Beate (1937) - Schauspielerin, 1.Etage
- Wie einst im Mai (1938)
- Kleiner Mann ganz groß (1938) - Nina Würbel, Plakatmalerin
- The Girl of Last Night (1938) - Evelyn Barrow - Tochter
- Was tun, Sybille (1938) - Primanerin
- A Night in May (1938) - Friedl
- Drei Unteroffiziere (1938) - Lisbeth, Telefonistin
- Renate in the Quartet (1939) - Li, Frau Ambergs Nichte
- In letzter Minute (1939) - Maria
- Herz ohne Heimat (1940) - Baby
- Der dunkle Punkt (1940)
- Counterfeiters (1940) - Else Bornemann
- Leichte Muse (1941) - Tochter Jette Müller
- Alles aus Liebe (1943) - Zoobesucherin (uncredited)
- Das Konzert (1944) - Delfine
- Tell the Truth (1946) - Maria - seine Braut
- Der große Fall (1949) - Eine reizende Chansonsängerin
- Golden Arrow (1949) - 1st Nightclub hostess
- Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) - Hebe (Lady Barbara's Maid)
- One Wild Oat (1951) - Gloria Samson
- Chelsea Story (1951) - Janice
- Two on the Tiles (1951) - Madeleine
- Death Is a Number (1951) - Gipsy Girl
- Secret People (1952) - Shoe Shop Girl
- King of the Underworld (1952) - Marie
- Women of Twilight (1952) - Lili, the German Boarder
- House of Blackmail (1953) - Emma
- Double Exposure (1954) - Maxine Golder
- Child's Play (1954) - Lea Blotz
- Port of Escape (1956) - Lucy
- Across the Bridge (1957) - Mrs. Scarff
References edit
- ^ Biography
- ^ "Ingeborg von Kusserow". Der Spiegel. Vol. 13. 30 March 1950. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "The home of German actress Ingeborg von Kusserow". www.englandunderground.com. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ Mills, John, Which Yet Survive. Impressions of Friends, Family and Encounters, Quartet Books, London, 2017
- ^ Mills, John (14 May 2014). "Ingeborg Wells: Actress and singer who was a star in Hitler's Germany before continuing her career in postwar Britain". The Independent. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ "Filmography". Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
- ^ Giesen, Rolf (11 September 2015). Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1269-0.
External links edit
Media related to Ingeborg von Kusserow at Wikimedia Commons- Ingeborg von Kusserow at IMDb
