Esther Carena
August 24, 1898 (126 years old) in Hannover
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.
Known For
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- 1923 · Der Frauenkönig as
- 1921 · Das neue Paradies as
- 1921 · Die Diktatur der Liebe. 2. Die Welt ohne Liebe as
- 1921 · Die Diktatur der Liebe. 1. Die böse Lust as
- 1920 · Wenn Colombine winkt as
- 1920 · Der Schrei des Gewissens as
- 1920 · The Vampire as
- 1919 · Women Who Shouldn't Get Married as Ada Haller
- 1919 · Die von der Liebe leben as
- 1919 · Ich klage an as
- 1918 · Ikarus, the Flying Man as Clemence de Montignon
- 1918 · Das Gift der Odawara as
- 1918 · Die sprechende Hand as
- 1918 · Die Geschichte eines Spitzentuches as
- 1917 · Der stumme Zeuge as
- 1917 · Zur Strecke gebracht as
- 1916 · Die Peitsche as Bert