Esther Carena

Acting 20 credits

Born

Aug 24, 1898

Died

Jan 26, 1972 (73 years old)

Place of birth

Hannover, Germany

Biography

The daughter of a German father and Spanish mother, she studied medicine for one semester and trained in an Italian acrobat troupe. Until 1916 she lived mostly in Italy and performed there in stage sketches. In 1916 she came to Germany and was discovered by Swedish film actor and director Nils Olaf Chrisander. She was presented as a heroine in thrillers, dramas, and melodramas that were staged by Harry Piel at the end of the First World War. She designed many of her own costumes. In 1924 she married the set designer Franz Schroedter and retired from films.

Esther Carena

Biography

Movies (20)

Women Who Shouldn't Get Married

Das neue Paradies

Die Peitsche

Ikarus, the Flying Man

Die Diktatur der Liebe. 2. Die Welt ohne Liebe

Wenn Colombine winkt

Der Frauenkönig

Die Diktatur der Liebe. 1. Die böse Lust

Der stumme Zeuge

Zur Strecke gebracht

Der Sünde Sold

Sein Todfeind

Die Geisterjagd

Ich klage an

The Vampire

Der Schrei des Gewissens

Die Geschichte eines Spitzentuches

Das Gift der Odawara