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Erich Stroheim Biography (1885-1957)
Original name, Erich Oswald Stroheim; also known as Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim; born September 22, 1885, in Vienna, Austria; immigrated tothe United States, 1909, naturalized citizen, 1926; died of cancer, May 12, 1957, in Maurepas, France; son of Benno (a hat manufacturer and dealer) and Johanna Stroheim; married Margaret Knox, February 10, 1913 (separated, 1914; died, 1915); married May Jones (a seamstress and dressmaker), 1916 (divorced, 1918); married Valerie Germonprez, 1918 (separated); children: (second marriage) Erich, Jr.; (third marriage) Josef. Career: Actor, director, producer, art designer, and costume designer. Worked as assistant and military adviser to filmmakers D. W. Griffith, 1914-15, and John Emerson, 1915-17. Sometimes credited as Count von Stroheim, Eric O. H. von Stroheim, and Karl von Stroheim. Simpson-Crawford (department store), gift wrapper; Max Grab Fashion Co., traveling salesman; worked at West Point Inn, in California, 1912; also worked as travel agent and railway worker. Military service: Served in Austro-Hungarian Army. Awards, Honors: Academy Award nomination, best supporting actor, 1950, for Sunset Blvd.; Certificate of Merit, servicesto film, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1954.
- Nationality
- Austrian
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor, director, producer, art designer, costume designer
- Birth Details
- September 22, 1885
- Vienna, Austria
- Death Details
- May 12, 1957
- Maurepas, France
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
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Ghosts (also known as The Curse), 1915
- Officer on horseback, Captain Macklin, 1915
- Lutz, Old Heidelberg, 1915
- Extra, The Birth of a Nation, 1915
- Gangster, His Picture in the Papers, 1916
- Accomplice, The Flying Torpedo, 1916
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Macbeth, 1916
- Pharisee and other roles, Intolerance, 1916
- The Buzzard, The Social Secretary, 1916
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Less Than the Dust, 1916
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Sylvia of the Secret Service, 1917
- Lieutenant, Panthea, 1917
- Russian officer, In Again, Out Again, 1917
- Prussian officer, For France, 1917
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Draft 258, 1917
- Prince Badinoff's aide, Reaching for the Moon, 1917
- Eric von Eberhard, The Heart of Humanity (also known as Heartsof Humanity and Hearts of the World), 1918
- German officer, The Unbeliever, 1918
- Von Bickel, The Hun Within, 1918
- Lieutenant von Steuben, Blind Husbands (also known as The Pinnacle), 1919
- Count Wladislas Serge Karamzin, Foolish Wives, 1922
- Celebrity, Souls for Sale, 1923
- Prince Nicki, The Honeymoon, 1928
- Prince Nicki von Wildeliebe-Rauffenburg, The Wedding March (also known as The Honeymoon), 1928
- Title role, The Great Gabbo, 1929
- Valdar/Schiller Blecher, Three Faces East, 1930
- Victor Sangrito, Friends and Lovers, 1931
- Artur von Furst, The Lost Squadron, 1932
- Karl Salter, As You Desire Me, 1932
- Hauptmann Oswald Von Traunsee, Fugitive Road, 1934
- Wolters, Crimson Romance, 1934
- Dr. Andre Crespi, The Crime of Dr. Crespi, 1936
- Colonel Mathesius, Mademoiselle Docteur, 1937
- Colonel Mathesius, Under Secret Orders, 1937
- Tschou-Kin, Les Pirates du Rail, 1937
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Marthe Richard, 1937
- Captain von Rauffenstein, La Grande Illusion (also known as Grand Illusion), World Pictures Corp., 1937
- Denis, L'Affaire Lafarge, 1937
- Winckler, L'Alibi (also known as The Alibi), 1937
- Marson, Gibraltar (also known as It Happened in Gibraltar),1938
- Walter, Les Disparus de Saint-Agil (also known as Boys' School), 1938
- Emile Lasser, La Revolte des Vivants, 1939
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Paris--New York, 1939
- Kohrlick, Tempete (also known as Tempete sur Paris), 1939
- Pears, Pieges (also known as Personal Column and Snares), 1939
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Le Monde Tremblera, 1939
- Hoffman, Menaces, 1939
- Werner von Krale, Macao, l'Enfer du Jeu, 1939
- Eric, Derriere la Facade, 1939
- General Simovic, Ultimatum, 1940
- Captain Stanley Wells, Rappel Immediat (also known as Tango d'Adieu), 1940
- Andre Desormeaux, I Was an Adventuress, 1940
- Brenner, So Ends Our Night, United Artists, 1941
- Dr. Otto Von Harden, The North Star (also known as Armored Attack), 1943
- Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, Five Graves to Cairo, 1943
- Deresco, Storm over Lisbon, 1944
- Professor Franz Mueller, The Lady and the Monster (also known as The Lady and the Doctor and Tiger Man), 1944
- Carl Hoffmeyer, Scotland Yard Investigator, 1945
- Flamarion, The Great Flamarion, 1945
- Edgar, La Danse de Mort, 1946
- Eric von Berg, On ne Meurt Pas Comme Ca, 1946
- Diijon, The Mask of Diijon, 1946
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La Foire aux Chimeres, 1946
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La Prigioniera dell'Isola, 1947
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Le Signal Rouge, 1948
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Portrait d'un Assassin (also known as Portrait of an Assassin), 1949
- Werner Krali, Mask of Korea, 1950
- Max Von Mayerling, Sunset Blvd. (also known as Sunset Boulevard), 1950
- Jacob ten Brinken, Alraune (also known as Mandrake,
TheUnnatural, and La Mandragore), 1952
- Professeur Kieffer, Minuit ... Quai de Bercy, 1953
- William O'Hara, L'Envers du Paradis, 1953
- Conrad Nagel, Alerte au Sud (also known as Alert in the South and Allarme a Sud), 1953
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La Madone des Sleepings, 1955
- Sacha Zavaroff, Serie Noire, 1955
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Napoleon (also known as Napoleone andNapoleone Bonaparte), 1955
- Appeared in archival footage, The Man You Loved to Hate, 1979
- Also appeared in The Failure,
Farewell to Three, and Wild and Wooly.
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Film Work
- Costume designer, Ghosts (also known as The Curse), 1915
- Technical director, Old Heidelberg, 1915
- Assistant director, His Picture in the Papers, 1916
- Assistant director, Macbeth, 1916
- Assistant director, Intolerance, 1916
- Assistant director, The Social Secretary, 1916
- Assistant director, Less Than the Dust, 1916
- Assistant director, Sylvia of the Secret Service, 1917
- Assistant director, Panthea, 1917
- Assistant director and art director, In Again, Out Again, 1917
- Technical director, Blind Man's Luck, 1917
- Assistant director, The Heart of Humanity (also known as Heartsof Humanity and Hearts of the World), 1918
- Director, art director, and editor, Blind Husbands (also known asThe Pinnacle), 1919
- Director and art director, The Devil's Passkey, 1920
- Director (with Rupert Julian), co-art director, and co-costume designer,Merry-Go-Round, 1922
- Director, co-art director, and co-costume designer, Foolish Wives,1922
- Producer, director, co-art director, and co-costume designer, The Merry Widow, 1925
- Director, co-art director, and editor, Greed, 1925
- Director, The Honeymoon, 1928
- Director, co-art director, co-costume designer, and editor, The Wedding March (also known as The Honeymoon), 1928
- Director, The Great Gabbo, 1929
- Codirector and co-art director, Queen Kelly, 1929
- Director, Hello, Sister (also known as Walking Down Broadway), 1933
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Stage Appearances
- Toured France in a production of Arsenic and Old Lace, prior to 1950.
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
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Blind Husbands (also known as The Pinnacle), 1919
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The Devil's Passkey, 1920
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Merry-Go-Round, 1922
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Foolish Wives, 1922
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The Merry Widow, 1925
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Greed, 1925published by Cinematheque Royale de Belgique, Brussels,Belgium, 1958
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The Honeymoon, 1928
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The Wedding March (also known as The Honeymoon), 1928
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Tempest, 1928
- (With others) Queen Kelly, 1929
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Hello, Sister (also known as Walking Down Broadway), 1933
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Fugitive Road, 1934
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The Devil Doll (also known as The Witch of Timbuctoo), 1936
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I Was an Adventuress, 1940
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La Danse de Mort, 1946
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Other
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Paprika, [New York City], 1935
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Les Feux de la Saint-Jean, [Givors, France], Part 1: Veronica, 1951Part 2: Constanza, 1954
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Poto-Poto, [Paris], 1956
- Contributor to periodicals, including Film Weekly,
Motion Picture Classic,
Positif, and Sight and Sound.
Further Reference
Adaptations:
- The film Between Two Women (also known as Surrounded by Women), based on a story by von Stroheim, was released in 1937.
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals:
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Atlantic, September 1987, p. 73.
Other:
- http://www.cs.monash.edu.au/~pringle/silent/ssotm* September 17, 1999
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