Maria Orska
1893 - 1930
Nikolayev, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Mykolaiv, Ukraine]
Actor
Biography
Maria Orska, born Effi Rachel Blindermann, was a Russian/German stage and screen actress. Just before World War I she moved to Wien, Hamburg and Berlin in 1915. She spoke fluently German, French, Italian, Russian and Polish. In Berlin, she worked with Rudolf Bernauer in the Hebbel Theater, Max Reinhardt and was famous for her parts in theater play
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