Charlotte Ander
Charlotte Ander (born Charlotte Andersch, 14 August 1902 – 5 August 1969) was a German actress.
She was born in Berlin, the daughter of German stage/film couple Rudolf Andersch and Ida Perry. Ander was trained at the Berliner Staatstheater. Ander was a star in the silent era before making the transition to sound. Her film career started in 1920 with the film Die letzte Stunde and Danton (1921). Innumerable starring roles in silent movies and early talkies with super-stars Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, and Hans Albers followed.
On 21 February 1927, she created the role of Mascha in the world premiere of Der Zarewitsch by Franz Lehar at the Deutsche Künstler Theater in Berlin, alongside Rita Georg and Richard Tauber, with the composer conducting.
She celebrated her greatest success in 1933 with the role of the record shop assistant Nina in Ein Lied geht um die Welt aka A Song Goes Around the World in which she starred with then popular singer Joseph Schmidt and her mother, Ida Perry. In 1933, after the Nazis came to power, because she was not reinrassig or pure-blood, it became difficult for Ander to find work. She went to England and made at least two films including Maid Happy (1933), but soon found roles as hard, or harder, to find in England than they had been in Germany.
Despite the difficult conditions for her in Nazi Germany, Ander returned. She could make a living although not often in front of the cameras. Her only two Nazi era German films were Wie einst im Mai (1938) and Anton the Last (1939). Here fortunes were somewhat better on the stage where she worked until 1950 before returning to the screen in The Benthin Family. Her final film was Das tanzende Herz (1953). She died in West Berlin.
Acted in
Das gab's nur einmal
1958
as herself
The Mosquito
1954
Das tanzende Herz
1953
as Therese
The Benthin Family
1950
as Olga Benthin
Maharadscha wider Willen
1950
as Verkäuferin
Anthony the Last
1939
as Baroness Clarisse
Wie einst im Mai
1938
as Traute Schradecke
My Song Goes Round the World
1934
as Nina
Zwei im Sonnenschein
1933
as Anny
Three Bluejackets and a Blonde
1933
as Ilse Schröder
Maid Happy
1933
as Lena
A Song Goes Round the World
1933
as Nina
Countess Mariza
1932
The Lucky Top Hat
1932
as Käte Wachtel
When Hearts Meet
1932
as Cousine Eva Röder
Wenn dem Esel zu wohl ist
1932
as Berta
Rasputin, Demon of the Women
1932
as Musja Suschkowa
Zwei himmelblaue Augen
1932
as Sie
Chauffeur Antoinette
1932
as Antoinette Peterson
Elisabeth of Austria
1931
as Mary Vetsera
When the Soldiers
1931
as Betty
Inquest
1931
as Gerda Bienert - Bienerts Tochter
The Firm Weds
1931
as Trude
Woman in the Jungle
1931
Flachsmann the Educator
1930
as Gisa Holm
Only You
1930
as Yvette Carell
Komm' zu mir zum Rendezvous
1930
Vienna, City of Song
1930
as Steffi
The Night Belongs to Us
1929
Gaunerliebchen
1928
as Safi
Die Dame und ihr Chauffeur
1928
as Elli
The Old Fritz
1928
as Prinzessin Elisabeth
Liebesreigen
1927
as Lucie
Heaven on Earth
1927
as Juliette
Ledige Töchter
1926
Die Brandstifter Europas
1926
as Olga
Der lachende Ehemann
1926
as Dolly
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1925
as Hermia
Boarding House Groonen
1925
The Enchantress
1924
Dr. Wislizenus
1924
as Lena
Ein Weib, ein Tier, ein Diamant
1923
as Camilla
The Countess of Paris
1923
as Kitty Moreau
The Tragedy of Love
1923
as Kitty Moreau
Die Taifunhexe
1923
Im Kampf mit dem unsichtbaren Feind
1922
as Dame aus dem Sanatorium
Bardame
1922
Sturmflut des Lebens
1921
as Ellna Brandes
Danton
1921
as Lucile Desmoulins
Die große und die kleine Welt
1921
as Franzi Breitner
Die Abenteuer eines Ermordeten - 2. Der Smaragd des Badjah von Panlanzur
1921