Lucie Höflich
Lucie Höflich (born Helene Lucie von Holwede; 20 February 1883 – 9 October 1956) was a German actress, teacher and head of the Staatliche Schauspielschule (State Drama School) in Berlin. In 1937 she was named the "Staats-Schauspielerin" ("State Actress") and in 1953 she was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz. Stage appearances. Lucie Höflich was born in Hanover and debuted at the age of 16 at the Bromberg City Theater and in 1901 moved to the Intime Theater von Nürnberg, and then to the Raimund-Theater in Vienna. In 1903 Max Reinhardt recruited her to the Deutsches Theater in Berlin where  she performed until 1932. Examples of her appearances were as ' in Heinrich von Kleist's ' in 1905 and as Viola in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in 1907. While still active on stage she appeared in her first film, the "" in 1913. She died in Berlin in 1956, aged 73. Selected filmography. Among the films she acted in were "Maria Magdalene" in 1929, "Die Straße" in 1923, "Tartüff" in 1925, the 1936 "The Abduction of the Sabine Women", the Nazi Propaganda Film "Ohm Krüger" in 1941, with her last being the 1956 "The Story of Anastasia".