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{{Short description|Austrian actress}}
[[Image:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2008-0128-501, Leopoldine Konstantin.jpg|thumb|Leopoldine Konstantin as ''Everyone'' in 1912]]
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[[Image:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2008-0128-504, Leopoldine Konstantin.jpg|thumb|As ''Fortuna'' in the German theatre in 1911]]
{{Infobox person
| name = Leopoldine Konstantin
| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2008-0128-500, Leopoldine Konstantin.jpg
| caption = Konstantin in 1910
| birth_name = Leopoldine Eugenie Amelie Konstanti
| birth_date = {{birth date|1886|03|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Brünn]], [[Moravia]], [[Austria-Hungary]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1965|12|14|1886|03|12|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Hietzing]], [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]
| resting_place =
| nationality = Austrian
| alma_mater =
| occupation = Actress
| height =
| years_active = 1907–1948
| spouse = {{startplainlist}}
* {{marriage|Alexander Strakosch|1906|1924|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Geza Herczeg|1924|1938|end=div}}
{{endplainlist}}
| children = 1
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'''Leopoldine Konstantin''' (born '''Leopoldine Eugenie Amelie Konstanti'''; 12 March 1886 14 December 1965) was an [[Austria|Austrian]] actress.<ref name="imdb">{{IMDb name|465369}}</ref> She played in [[Frank Wedekind]]'s ''Spring Awakening'' (1907), [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (1907), ''[[A Winter's Tale]]'' (1908), and ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (1910).
[[Image:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2008-0128-500, Leopoldine Konstantin.jpg|thumb|Konstantin in 1910]]


==Early life==
'''Leopoldine Konstantin''' (12 March 1886, [[Brünn]], [[Moravia]], [[Austria-Hungary]]–14 December 1965, [[Hietzing]], [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]) was an [[Austria]]n actress.<ref name="imdb">{{IMDb name|465369}}</ref><ref name="port">[http://www.cyranos.ch/smkons-e.htm Portrait of the actress Leopoldine Konstantin by Thomas Staedeli]</ref> She took acting lessons with Alexander Strakosch, whom she married shortly afterwards, and made her debut in the [[Deutsches Theater (Berlin)|Deutsches Theater]] in [[Berlin]] in 1907. She played in [[Frank Wedekind]]'s ''Spring Awakening'' (1907), [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (1907), ''[[A Winter's Tale]]'' (1908), and ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (1910).
Leopoldine Konstantin was born as '''Leopoldine Eugenie Amelie Konstanti''' on 12 March 1886 in [[Moravia]], [[Austria-Hungary]].<ref name="port">[http://www.cyranos.ch/smkons-e.htm Portrait of the actress Leopoldine Konstantin by Thomas Staedeli]</ref> She made her debut in the [[Deutsches Theater (Berlin)|Deutsches Theater]] in [[Berlin]] in 1907. From 1911 she was to be found at the Kammerspiele in Berlin and became known in the Berlin salons. She moved to [[Vienna]] in 1916 and by 1924 she was playing the title role in [[Friedrich Schiller]]'s ''Mary Stuart''.


==Career==
From 1911 she was to be found at the Kammerspielen in Berlin and became known in the Berlin salons. She moved to [[Vienna]] in 1916 and by 1924 she was playing the title role in [[Friedrich Schiller]]'s ''Mary Stuart''.
[[Image:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2008-0128-503, Leopoldine Konstantin.jpg|thumb|left|Konstantin in 1913]]
Starting in 1912 she also played in [[silent film]]s, initially in title roles. She turned away from this medium when, after the [[First World War]], she was offered increasingly minor parts. In 1923 she had a house built in Westerland for herself and her son Alexander.


From 1933 she returned to film work, and in 1935 she returned to Austria. In that same year she moved to the [[United States]] via [[UK|Britain]].{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed for the whole sentence|date=December 2019}} She spoke no English at that time, and had to take a job as a factory worker until, after intensive language study, she landed a supporting role in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s 1946 film ''[[Notorious (1946 film)|Notorious]]'', in which she played [[Claude Rains]]' mother, although she was only three years older than him.
Starting in 1912 she also played in [[silent film]]s, initially in title roles. She turned away from this medium when, after the [[First World War]], she was offered increasingly minor parts. In 1923 she had a house built in Westerland for herself and her son Alexander. In 1924 she married [[Hungary|Hungarian]] counsellor and author Géza Herczeg.


==Personal life==
From 1933 she returned to film work, and in 1935 she returned to Austria. Divorced in 1938, she moved to the [[United States]] via [[UK|Britain]]. She spoke no English at that time, and had to take a job as a factory worker until, after intensive language study, she landed a supporting role in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s 1946 film ''[[Notorious (1946 film)|Notorious]]'', in which she played Claude Rains' mother, although she was only three years older than him.
Konstantin took acting lessons with Alexander Strakosch, whom she married shortly afterwards in 1906. They divorced in 1924. In the same year, she married [[Hungary|Hungarian]] counsellor and author Géza Herczeg, and had a son, Alexander. They divorced in 1938.{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed for the whole sentence|date=December 2019}}


==Later years and death==
She performed in two television series in 1948 and returned to Vienna. Her last acting work involved sporadic theatre roles and poetry readings on the radio.
She performed in two television series in 1948 and returned to Vienna. Her last acting work involved sporadic theatre roles and poetry readings on the radio. She died on 14 December 1965 in [[Hietzing]], [[Vienna, Austria]] at the age of 79.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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* 1912: ''Gebannt und erlöst'' (''Banned and redeemed'')
*1910: ''Sumurûn'' - Tänzerin
* 1912: ''Die Hand des Schicksals'' (''The Hand of Fate'')
* 1912: ''Die Heldin der schwarzen Berge'' (''The Heroine of the Black Mountains'')
*1912: ''Gebannt und erlöst'' (''Banned and redeemed'') (Short)
* 1913: ''Vater und Sohn'' (''Father and Son'')
*1912: ''Die Heldin der schwarzen Berge'' (''The Heroine of the Black Mountains'')
* 1913: ''Die Insel der Seligen'' (''The Isle of the Blessed'')
*1913: ''Schuldig'' - Tochter Julia Lehr
* 1914: ''Kleine weiße Sklaven'' (''Little White Slaves'')
*1913: ''Die Insel der Seligen'' (''The Isle of the Blessed'') - Circe
*1913: ''Ultimo'' - Gouvernante
* 1914: ''Die zerbrochene Puppe'' (''The Smashed Doll'')
* 1915: ''Das Wiegenlied'' (''The Lullaby'')
*1913: ''Die Hand des Schicksals'' (''The Hand of Fate'')
* 1917: ''Aus vergessenen Akten'' (''From Forgotten Files'')
*1913: ''Vater und Sohn'' (''Father and Son'') (Short)
* 1917: ''Der Onyxkopf'' (''The Onyx Head'')
*1914: ''Maria Magdalena'' - Klara, Anton's Tochter
*1914: ''Verhängnisvolles Glück''
* 1918: ''[[Lola Montez (1918 film)|Lola Montez]]''
*1914: ''Kleine weiße Sklaven'' (''Little White Slaves'') - Schwester Luise Sanden
* 1919: ''Der Volontär'' (''The Volunteer'')
*1915: ''Der Dolch im Strumpfband''
* 1919: ''Der Verrat der Gräfin Leonie'' (''The Betrayal of Countess Leonie'')
* 1919: ''Können Gedanken töten?'' (''Can Thoughts Die?'')
*1915: ''Die zerbrochene Puppe'' (''The Smashed Doll'') (Short)
* 1919; ''[[Lilli's Marriage]]''
*1915: ''[[The Dancer (1915 film)|The Dancer]]''
* 1920: ''Der Shawl der Kaiserin Katharina II'' (''The Shawl of Empress Catherine II'')
*1916: ''Das Wiegenlied'' (''The Lullaby'')
*1916: ''Der Radiumraub'' - Räuberin
* 1920: ''[[President Barrada]]''
* 1920: ''Weltbrand'' (''World Brand'')
*1917: ''Aus vergessenen Akten'' (''From Forgotten Files'') - Täterin
*1917: ''[[The Onyx Head]]'' - Geliebte von Deebs
* 1921: ''Der Silberkönig'' (''The Silver King'')
*1917: ''Eine Nacht in der Stahlkammer'' - Kunstschützin Celestine
* 1933: ''[[Season in Cairo]]''
*1918: ''Der Volontär''
* 1933: ''Es tut sich was um Mitternacht'' (''It's happening at midnight'')
*1918: ''[[Lola Montez (1918 film)|Lola Montez]]'' - Lola Montez
* 1934: ''[[A Precocious Girl]]''
*1919: ''Der Volontär'' (''The Volunteer'') - A táncosnõ
* 1934: ''Liebe dumme Mama''
* 1934: ''[[Princess Turandot]]''
*1919: ''[[Lilli's Marriage]]'' - Suse
* 1934: ''[[Der alte und der junge König]]'' (''The Old and the Young King'')
*1919: ''Der Verrat der Gräfin Leonie'' (''The Betrayal of Countess Leonie'')
*1920: ''Können Gedanken töten?'' (''Can Thoughts Kill?'') - Frau Luda
* 1935: ''Frischer Wind aus Kanada'' (''A fresh breeze from Canada'')
*1920: ''[[Christian Wahnschaffe]]''
* 1936: ''Mädchenpensionat''
* 1936: ''Und du, mein Schatz, fährst mit'' (''And you, my darling, go with them'')
*1920: ''Der Shawl der Kaiserin Katharina II'' (''The Shawl of Empress Catherine II'')
* 1937: ''[[Another World (film)|Another World]]''
*1920: ''[[President Barrada]]''
*1921: ''Der Silberkönig'' (''The Silver King'')
* 1946: ''[[Notorious (1946 film)|Notorious]]'' as Madame Anna Sebastian
*1932: ''Ein toller Einfall''
*1933: ''[[Season in Cairo]]'' - Ellinor Blackwell
*1934: ''[[A Precocious Girl]]'' - Maria, her mother
*1934: ''Es tut sich was um Mitternacht'' (''It's happening at midnight'') - Frau Dr. Wegener
*1934: ''Liebe dumme Mama'' - Helene Burkardt
*1934: ''[[Princess Turandot (film)|Princess Turandot]]'' - Kaiserin
*1935: ''[[The Old and the Young King]]'' - Königin Sophie Dorothee
*1935: ''[[Fresh Wind from Canada]]'' - Frau Olden
*1936: ''[[Girls' Dormitory (1936 Austrian film)|Girls' Dormitory]]'' - Fräulein Leers
*1937: ''Und du, mein Schatz, fährst mit'' (''And you, my darling, go with them'') - Donna Juana de Villafranca
*1937: ''[[Another World (1937 film)|Another World]]'' - Lady Brandmore
*1946: ''[[Notorious (1946 film)|Notorious]]'' - Madame Anna Sebastian
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==Gallery==
<gallery perrow="2">
<gallery widths="140px" heights="120px" perrow="4">
Image:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2008-0128-503, Leopoldine Konstantin.jpg|Konstantin in 1913
Image:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2008-0128-504, Leopoldine Konstantin.jpg|As ''Fortuna'' in the German theatre in 1911
Image:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2008-0128-501, Leopoldine Konstantin.jpg|Leopoldine Konstantin as ''Everyone'' in 1912
Image:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2008-0128-502, Leopoldine Konstantin und Kurt Götz.jpg|Konstantin in 1917 (with [[Curt Goetz]])
Image:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2008-0128-502, Leopoldine Konstantin und Kurt Götz.jpg|Konstantin in 1917 (with [[Curt Goetz]])
</gallery>
</gallery>
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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 18:06, 1 October 2023

Leopoldine Konstantin
Konstantin in 1910
Born
Leopoldine Eugenie Amelie Konstanti

(1886-03-12)12 March 1886
Died14 December 1965(1965-12-14) (aged 79)
NationalityAustrian
OccupationActress
Years active1907–1948
Spouses
Alexander Strakosch
(m. 1906; div. 1924)
Geza Herczeg
(m. 1924; div. 1938)
Children1

Leopoldine Konstantin (born Leopoldine Eugenie Amelie Konstanti; 12 March 1886 – 14 December 1965) was an Austrian actress.[1] She played in Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening (1907), Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1907), A Winter's Tale (1908), and A Midsummer Night's Dream (1910).

Early life

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Leopoldine Konstantin was born as Leopoldine Eugenie Amelie Konstanti on 12 March 1886 in Moravia, Austria-Hungary.[2] She made her debut in the Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1907. From 1911 she was to be found at the Kammerspiele in Berlin and became known in the Berlin salons. She moved to Vienna in 1916 and by 1924 she was playing the title role in Friedrich Schiller's Mary Stuart.

Career

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Konstantin in 1913

Starting in 1912 she also played in silent films, initially in title roles. She turned away from this medium when, after the First World War, she was offered increasingly minor parts. In 1923 she had a house built in Westerland for herself and her son Alexander.

From 1933 she returned to film work, and in 1935 she returned to Austria. In that same year she moved to the United States via Britain.[citation needed] She spoke no English at that time, and had to take a job as a factory worker until, after intensive language study, she landed a supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 film Notorious, in which she played Claude Rains' mother, although she was only three years older than him.

Personal life

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Konstantin took acting lessons with Alexander Strakosch, whom she married shortly afterwards in 1906. They divorced in 1924. In the same year, she married Hungarian counsellor and author Géza Herczeg, and had a son, Alexander. They divorced in 1938.[citation needed]

Later years and death

[edit]

She performed in two television series in 1948 and returned to Vienna. Her last acting work involved sporadic theatre roles and poetry readings on the radio. She died on 14 December 1965 in Hietzing, Vienna, Austria at the age of 79.

Filmography

[edit]
  • 1910: Sumurûn - Tänzerin
  • 1912: Gebannt und erlöst (Banned and redeemed) (Short)
  • 1912: Die Heldin der schwarzen Berge (The Heroine of the Black Mountains)
  • 1913: Schuldig - Tochter Julia Lehr
  • 1913: Die Insel der Seligen (The Isle of the Blessed) - Circe
  • 1913: Ultimo - Gouvernante
  • 1913: Die Hand des Schicksals (The Hand of Fate)
  • 1913: Vater und Sohn (Father and Son) (Short)
  • 1914: Maria Magdalena - Klara, Anton's Tochter
  • 1914: Verhängnisvolles Glück
  • 1914: Kleine weiße Sklaven (Little White Slaves) - Schwester Luise Sanden
  • 1915: Der Dolch im Strumpfband
  • 1915: Die zerbrochene Puppe (The Smashed Doll) (Short)
  • 1915: The Dancer
  • 1916: Das Wiegenlied (The Lullaby)
  • 1916: Der Radiumraub - Räuberin
  • 1917: Aus vergessenen Akten (From Forgotten Files) - Täterin
  • 1917: The Onyx Head - Geliebte von Deebs
  • 1917: Eine Nacht in der Stahlkammer - Kunstschützin Celestine
  • 1918: Der Volontär
  • 1918: Lola Montez - Lola Montez
  • 1919: Der Volontär (The Volunteer) - A táncosnõ
  • 1919: Lilli's Marriage - Suse
  • 1919: Der Verrat der Gräfin Leonie (The Betrayal of Countess Leonie)
  • 1920: Können Gedanken töten? (Can Thoughts Kill?) - Frau Luda
  • 1920: Christian Wahnschaffe
  • 1920: Der Shawl der Kaiserin Katharina II (The Shawl of Empress Catherine II)
  • 1920: President Barrada
  • 1921: Der Silberkönig (The Silver King)
  • 1932: Ein toller Einfall
  • 1933: Season in Cairo - Ellinor Blackwell
  • 1934: A Precocious Girl - Maria, her mother
  • 1934: Es tut sich was um Mitternacht (It's happening at midnight) - Frau Dr. Wegener
  • 1934: Liebe dumme Mama - Helene Burkardt
  • 1934: Princess Turandot - Kaiserin
  • 1935: The Old and the Young King - Königin Sophie Dorothee
  • 1935: Fresh Wind from Canada - Frau Olden
  • 1936: Girls' Dormitory - Fräulein Leers
  • 1937: Und du, mein Schatz, fährst mit (And you, my darling, go with them) - Donna Juana de Villafranca
  • 1937: Another World - Lady Brandmore
  • 1946: Notorious - Madame Anna Sebastian
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