Eva Maria Mandl (29 May 1902 – 10 September 1924), known professionally as Eva May , was an Austrian actress. She was the daughter of the film director Joe May and his wife Mia May . In 1924, she committed suicide by gunshot.
11-562: Eva Maria Mandl was born on 29 May 1902, the daughter of Austrian actress Mia May and the Austrian-Jewish film director Joe May . Her parents had married seven weeks prior to her birth. She took the name of Eva May and made her film debut in Die geheimnisvolle Villa (1914), which was directed by her father. From 1918 onwards she worked for the Ring-Film GmbH, managed by Manfred Liebenau, who
22-422: A young Marlene Dietrich . May said of Dietrich, "I remember her as very funny and engaging, attractive and original. No man could resist her. She went everyone with a monocle and a boa of five red foxes. On other occasions, she would wear a wolf fur throw. People would follow her in the streets, they would laugh at her, but she fascinated them." From 1919 to 1920, she starred in the 8 part film serial Mistress of
33-686: The World . For a time, she was as popular as actresses Asta Nielsen , Henny Porten , and Pola Negri . May's final screen appearance was in The Love Letters of Baroness S (1924). She retired in 1924 after her daughter Eva May committed suicide. Upon the rise of the Nazis in 1933, Mia May and Joe May emigrated to America via France. In 1949, Mia and Joe opened the Blue Danube restaurant in Los Angeles, but it
44-554: The film business, he took on the name Joe May. In 1911, May traveled to Hamburg to Wilhelm Bendiner's Neues Operettentheater. In 1912, the May family settled in Berlin , where her husband had been hired as a film director. She made her film debut in In der Tiefe des Schachtes (1912), which her husband directed, followed by the 1913 short Life's Temptations , and Die geheimnisvolle Villa (1914), which
55-443: Was Der geheime Agent (1924). May married for a third time to Manfred Noa , but they divorced shortly after. After Fritz Mandl refused to marry her, Eva May committed suicide. The year prior, May had attempted to commit suicide by slashing her wrists after Rudolf Sieber broke off their engagement and married Marlene Dietrich instead. Mia May Mia May (born Hermine Pfleger ; 2 June 1884 – 28 November 1980)
66-462: Was also their daughter Eva May's film debut. In 1915, Joe May founded the film company May-Film Gmb, which Mia May became managing director of. She is also credited with writing Your Big Secre t (1918). May appeared in films such as Hilde Warren und der Tod (1917), which was written by Fritz Lang , The Beggar Countess (1918), The Platonic Marriage (1919), Veritas Vincit (1919), and Tragedy of Love (1923) with Emil Jannings and
77-513: Was an Austrian actress. She was married to the Austrian film producer and director Joe May and appeared in 44 films between 1912 and 1924. Her daughter was the actress Eva May . Mia May was born Hermine Pfleger on 2 June 1884 in Vienna, the daughter of Johann Pfleger, a baker, and Albine Pfleger (née. Steinfelder). Her older sister, Maria (1879–1958), who acted under the stage name Mitzi Telmont,
88-663: Was regarded as difficult to work with, and often quarrelled with her father. She worked with other directors like Karl Grune in The Count of Charolais (1922) and Max Mack in Die Fledermaus (1923) opposite Lya de Putti . She starred alongside Alfred Abel in Scheine des Todes (1923), which was directed by her second husband, Lothar Mendes. The most successful films she starred in were Paganini (1923) with Conrad Veidt , and Old Heidelberg (1923) with Paul Hartmann . Her final film
99-632: Was the second wife of the comedian Heinrich Eisenbach. She made her stage debut at Jantsch Theater at the age of 5, playing child roles until she was 14. She continued her stage career as a teenager, taking on the stage name Herma Angelot , and appearing at the Apollo Theater as an actress and singer. While attending high school, she began receiving ballet lessons from Louise Übermasser . In 1902, she married Joseph Otto Mandl , and seven weeks later gave birth to their daughter Eva Maria Mandl . Herma Angelot then became Mia May, and when her husband entered
110-527: Was unsuccessful, and closed shortly after. Previously, Joe May had opened the Wiener Bar in Hollywood in 1937. Mia May died on 28 November 1980 in Los Angeles. The Platonic Marriage The Platonic Marriage (German: Die platonische Ehe ) is a 1919 German silent drama film directed by Paul Leni and starring Mia May , Georg Alexander and Albert Paulig . An impoverished nobleman marries
121-521: Was working as a director under the nom de plume Erik Lund . The two married when May was 16 years old. During this time, May appeared in films such as Erträumtes (1918), Sadja (1918), and The Bride of the Incapacitated (1919). Lund and May soon created their own Eva May serial, for which May wrote the scripts. In the 1920s, May worked with her father in films such as The Legend of Holy Simplicity (1920) and Junge Mama (1921). Privately, May
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