Maria Forescu | |
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Born | Maria Füllenbaum 15 January 1875 |
Died | 28 October 1947 | (aged 72)
Occupation | Film actress |
Years active | 1913–1933 |
Maria Forescu (15 January 1875 – 28 October 1947) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian opera singer and film actress. During the silent and talkies era of the German cinema, she appeared in several movies as a supporting actress. When Adolf Hitler came to power, Forescu, like other Jews of that period, was barred from her profession. Living undercover during the later years of World War II, she survived the Holocaust and died in 1947 in East Berlin.