Clara Meyer
Clara Meyer, also Klara Meyer, (7 October 1848 – 24 July 1922) was a German stage actress
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Clara Meyer
Life
Born in Leipzig, Meyer, the daughter of a factory owner, attended the Düsseldorf ballet school and from 1867 performed on stage in Düsseldorf. In 1867, she was engaged in Dessau and was a tragic lover at the Schauspielhaus Berlin from 1871 until 1891 and from 1909 until 1912.[1]
She appears several times in the theatre reviews of Theodor Fontane.[2]
Her siblings Hedwig Meyer and Adolf Meyer also became theatre actors.
Meyer died in Berlin at the age of 73.
Further reading
- Ludwig Eisenberg: Großes biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Bühne im XIX. Jahrhundert. Verlag von Paul List, Leipzig 1903, {{p.|670}, (Clara Meyer is available for free download at the Internet Archive).
References
- [Siegmar Gerndt (ed.), Theodor Fontane: Theaterkritiken. In Sämtliche Werke. part. 3, vol. 2, Hanser, München 1969, p. 1099 (Personenregister)].
- Biografie mit Bild on shakespearealbum.de
External links
- Literature by and about Clara Meyer in the German National Library catalogue
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