Vera Hartegg (28 May 1902 – 1 October 1981) was a German writer and stage and film actress. She was the daughter of the famous writer, diplomat, secret councilor and impostor Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg and his long-time mistress, actress Elvira Weiss (stage name Ella Kobold). The fact that she was Hesse-Wartegg's only child was only revealed through intensive research by a journalist in 2012. Hartegg hadn't mentioned her parents' names in her autobiography, which was a bestseller in Germany during the 1960s and 1970s with numerous editions.

Selected filmography

Books

  • Es ist nicht gelogen. Der Roman einer Schauspielerin. ("It is Not a Lie. An Actress' Novel.") Berlin 1938. Autobiographical Novel.
  • Warum. ("Why.") Berlin 1940. Novel
  • Oriane. Berlin 1941. Novel
  • Ein Glücksrad dreht sich in Paris. ("A Wheel of Fortune Spins in Paris." Comedy in three acts, stage work) 1953.
  • Drei Väter und ich armes Kind. ("Three Fathers and me Poor Child") Munich 1961. (Autobiography pt. 1)
  • Vornehmstes Haus am Platze. Lulus Memoiren. ("Most Noble House in the Place. Lulu's Memoir.") München 1964. (Autobiography pt. 2)
  • Kleine Formen. ("Small Forms." Poems) Berlin 1974.

Bibliography

  • Giesen, Rolf. Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2003.
  • Andreas Dutz, Elisabeth Dutz: Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg (1851–1918). Reiseschriftsteller, Wissenschaftler, Lebemann. Vienna 2017 (with a short biography about his daughter Vera Hartegg)

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