Leo Ditrichstein
| Leo Ditrichstein | |
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| Born |
Leo James Ditrichstein January 6, 1865 Temesvár, Austria-Hungary |
| Died |
June 28, 1928 (aged 63) Auersperg sanitarium Vienna, Austria |
Leo Ditrichstein (January 6, 1865 – June 28, 1928) was an Austrian-American actor and playwright.[1]
Biography
He was born on January 6, 1865 in Temesvár, Austria-Hungary. He was educated in Vienna and was naturalized as an American citizen in 1897.[1]
He made his New York début in Die Ehre, (1890). This was followed by: Mr. Wilkinson's Widows, Trilby, Are You a Mason? and other plays. He was the author of numerous plays, among which are: Gossip (with Clyde Fitch, 1895); A Southern Romance (1897); The Last Appeal (1901); What's the Matter with Susan? (1904); The Ambitious Mrs. Susan (1907); The Million (from the French, 1911); The Concert (1911); Temperamental Journey (1912); The Great Lover (1915). Ditrichstein appeared in one motion picture, in a cameo as himself, in How Molly Made Good (1915).[1] Some of the plays Ditrichstein either wrote or acted in have been made into motion pictures.
He died on June 28, 1928 from heart disease at the Auersperg sanitarium in Vienna.[1]
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Leo Ditrichstein". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
- 1 2 3 4 "Leo Ditrichstein Dies in Austria. Noted Actor and Playwright Succumbs to Heart Disease at 63 in Auersperg". New York Times. June 30, 1928. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
Leo Ditrichstein, noted actor, died yesterday from heart disease in a sanitarium at Auersperg. His body is to be cremated at Vienna Municipal Crematorium Saturday noon. Ditrichstein came to Vienna recently from Florence, Italy, where he had lived for some time. ...
External links
- Leo Ditrichstein at the Internet Movie Database
- Leo Ditrichstein; IBDb.com
- Portraits of Leo Ditrichstein; NY Public Library, Billy Rose collection
- in The Phantom Rival 1915 with Laura Hope Crews