Gertrud Kanitz
Gertrud Reif Kanitz was an Austrian actress in German language films and theatre in the 1910s and 1920s. Her family fled from their home country to the United States in 1938 when the Anschluss began.
Career
Raised in Vienna, Austria, Kanitz attended Max Reinhardt's acting school and debuted on the stage as Snow White in fairy tale plays during the winter of 1916 in Hamburg. She later lived with her husband and children in a rural area of Austria where she taught a school classroom for students from varying countries. Her husband later established the Vienna Choir, which resulted in them traveling between their town and Vienna. In March of 1938, while they were back in their rural village, the family was informed about the Anschluss occurring in Vienna. Thet fled to America in June 1938.Filmography
Shadows of the Night Father and Son The Laughing Death The Wandering EyeTheatre
Die selige Excellenz as HelgaSatyros as PsycheMiß Sara Sampson as GretchenZärtlichen Verwandten König Hunger as the girl in black- ''Narrenliebe''