Mady Christians

Christians, [Marguerita Maria] Mady (1900–51), actress. The Viennese‐born leading lady appeared in German‐language productions in New York while still a youngster, then did not return to America until 1931. Although she played such roles as Gertrude to Maurice Evans's Hamlet in 1938 and Sara Mueller, the exiled woman, in Watch on the Rhine (1941), she is recalled primarily as the loving central figure in I Remember Mama (1944).

• Born: Jan 19, 1900 in Vienna, Austria
• Died: Oct 28, 1951 in South Norwalk, Connecticut
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '20s-'40s
• Major Genres: Drama, Romance
• Career Highlights: Letter from an Unknown Woman, All My Sons, Address Unknown
• First Major Screen Credit: Die Finanzen des Grossherzogs (1924)

Biography

Primarily an actress of the European and American stage, she also appeared in many German and Hollywood films. Christians came to the U.S. in 1912 to appear with her parents in a German-speaking theater they established in New York. After making one film in the States, Audrey (1916), she returned to Germany to study with Max Reinhardt. In the '20s she starred in numerous German plays and films, plus a few Broadway productions. With the coming to power of the Nazis in 1933, she returned to America for good, shuttling between Hollywood and Broadway. In films she tended to play supporting character parts, while on stage she continued to find lead roles. Late in her career she was blacklisted after being labeled a communist sympathizer during the McCarthy-era "witch trials." ~ All Movie Guide

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