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**L00N** · September 1st, 2012, 09:03 PM

Dolly Haas
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0351930/
Date of Birth 29 April 1910, Hamburg, Germany
Date of Death 16 September 1994, New York City, New York, USA (ovarian cancer)
Birth Name Dorothy Clara Louise Haas
Spouse Al Hirschfeld (9 September 1943 - 16 September 1994)
John Brahm (27 October 1937 - 1941) (divorced)
Trivia Married for many years to caricaturist Al Hirschfeld (images), and survived by him.
Became a US citizen in the 1940s.
Married Al Hirschfeld in Baltimore, Maryland while she was appearing in a show at the old Ford's Theater. Hirschfeld came to Baltimore for decades to see pre-Broadway tryouts. Diminutive German leading lady, daughter of an English father and a Viennese mother. Studied ballet at the age of six. Aged twenty, she performed in cabaret and musical revues. In romantic films and comedies from 1930. Left Germany in 1936 to continue her career in Britain. Married the director John Brahm, who directed her in the sound version of "Broken Blossoms". Went to Hollywood and was signed by Columbia, but was never utilized following her refusal to change her name to 'Lilli Marlowe'. Acted for some time on the New York stage. Broadway debut in 1943 in "Doctors Disagree". Later with John Gielgud and Lillian Gish in "Crime and Punishment". Off-Broadway in Brecht's "Threepenny Opera". Only later film appearance of note in Hitchcock's "I Confess".
credit IMDb

September 1st, 2012, 09:03 PM	#7
L00N L0st Horiz0N Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 7,137 Thanks: 71,942 Thanked 114,668 Times in 7,225 Posts	Dolly Haas Dolly Haas http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0351930/ Date of Birth 29 April 1910, Hamburg, Germany Date of Death 16 September 1994, New York City, New York, USA (ovarian cancer) Birth Name Dorothy Clara Louise Haas Spouse Al Hirschfeld (9 September 1943 - 16 September 1994) John Brahm (27 October 1937 - 1941) (divorced) Trivia Married for many years to caricaturist Al Hirschfeld (images), and survived by him. Became a US citizen in the 1940s. Married Al Hirschfeld in Baltimore, Maryland while she was appearing in a show at the old Ford's Theater. Hirschfeld came to Baltimore for decades to see pre-Broadway tryouts. Diminutive German leading lady, daughter of an English father and a Viennese mother. Studied ballet at the age of six. Aged twenty, she performed in cabaret and musical revues. In romantic films and comedies from 1930. Left Germany in 1936 to continue her career in Britain. Married the director John Brahm, who directed her in the sound version of "Broken Blossoms". Went to Hollywood and was signed by Columbia, but was never utilized following her refusal to change her name to 'Lilli Marlowe'. Acted for some time on the New York stage. Broadway debut in 1943 in "Doctors Disagree". Later with John Gielgud and Lillian Gish in "Crime and Punishment". Off-Broadway in Brecht's "Threepenny Opera". Only later film appearance of note in Hitchcock's "I Confess". credit IMDb Last edited by L00N; June 18th, 2014 at 01:05 AM..