{{Short description|German actress (1902–1969)}} {{use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{infobox person | name = Charlotte Ander | image = Charlotte_Ander_Schmoll.jpg | caption = Charlotte Ander, 1930s | birth_date = {{birth date|1902|8|14|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Berlin]], [[German Empire]] | birth_name = Charlotte Andersch | death_date = {{death date and age|1969|8|5|1902|8|14|df=y}} | death_place = [[West Berlin]], [[West Germany]] | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1921–1954 | parents = {{ubl|{{ill|Rudolf Andersch|de}}|{{ill|Ida Perry|de}}}} }} [[File:Charlotte Ander Binder.jpg|thumb|Charlotte Ander, 1920s]]
'''Charlotte Ander''' (born '''Charlotte Andersch''', 14 August 1902 – 5 August 1969) was a German actress.
She was born in Berlin, the daughter of [[Germany|German]] stage/film couple {{ill|Rudolf Andersch|de}} and {{ill|Ida Perry|de}}. Ander was trained at the [[Berliner Staatstheater]]. Ander was a star in the silent era before making the transition to sound. Her film career started in 1920 with the film ''Die letzte Stunde'' and ''Danton'' (1921). Innumerable starring roles in silent movies and early talkies with super-stars [[Emil Jannings]], [[Marlene Dietrich]], and [[Hans Albers]] followed.
On 21 February 1927, she created the role of Mascha in the world premiere of [[Der Zarewitsch]] by [[Franz Lehar]] at the Deutsche Künstler Theater in Berlin, alongside [[Rita Georg]] and [[Richard Tauber]], with the composer conducting.
She celebrated her greatest success in 1933 with the role of the record shop assistant Nina in ''Ein Lied geht um die Welt'' aka ''A Song Goes Around the World'' in which she starred with then popular singer [[Joseph Schmidt]] and her mother, Ida Perry. In 1933, after the [[Nazis]] came to power, she joined the [[Nazi party]]<ref>[[Kay Weniger]]: ''Zwischen Bühne und Baracke. Lexikon der verfolgten Theater-, Film- und Musikkünstler 1933 bis 1945''. Metropol, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938690-10-9, P. 35f.</ref>. She went to [[England]] and made at least two films including ''[[Maid Happy]]'' (1933), but soon found roles as hard, or harder, to find in England than they had been in Germany.
Despite the difficult conditions for her in Nazi Germany, Ander returned. She could make a living although not often in front of the cameras. Her only two Nazi era German films were ''[[Wie einst im Mai (1938 film)|Wie einst im Mai]]'' (1938) and ''[[Anton the Last]]'' (1939). Here fortunes were somewhat better on the stage where she worked until 1950 before returning to the screen in ''[[The Benthin Family]]''. Her final film was ''Das tanzende Herz'' (1953). She died in West Berlin.
==Filmography== {{div col}} * ''[[The Last Hour (1921 film)|The Last Hour]] '' (1921) * ''[[Danton (1921 film)|Danton]]'' (1921) * ''All for a Woman'' (1921) * ''Trick-Track'' (1921) * ''Sturmflut des Lebens'' (1921) * ''Die große und die kleine Welt'' (1921) * ''Die Abenteuer eines Ermordeten'' (1921) * ''[[Thieves on Strike]]'' (1921) * ''[[The Golden Net]]'' (1922) * ''[[Barmaid (film)|Barmaid]]'' (1922) * ''[[The Pilgrimage of Love]]'' (1922) * ''[[A Woman, an Animal, a Diamond]]'' (1923) * ''[[Tragedy of Love]]'' (1923) * ''[[The Countess of Paris]]'' (1923) * ''[[The Enchantress (film)|The Enchantress]]'' (1924) * ''[[Horrido]]'' (1924) * ''[[The Creature (film)|The Creature]]'' (1924) * ''[[Doctor Wislizenus]]'' (1924) * ''[[A Waltz by Strauss (1925 film)|A Waltz by Strauss]]'' (1925) * ''[[One Minute to Twelve]]'' (1925) * ''[[Wood Love]]'' (1925) * ''[[Boarding House Groonen]]'' (1925) * ''[[The Arsonist of Europe]]'' (1926) * ''Der lachende Ehemann'' (1926) * ''[[Vienna - Berlin]]'' (1926) * ''[[Unmarried Daughters]]'' (1926) * ''[[Heaven on Earth (1927 German film)|Heaven on Earth]]'' (1927) * ''[[Circle of Lovers]]'' (1927) * ''Eine kleine Freundin braucht ein jeder Mann'' (1927) * ''[[The Old Fritz]]'' (1927) * ''[[The Lady and the Chauffeur]]'' (1928) * ''Gaunerliebchen'' (1928) * ''[[Who Invented Divorce?]]'' (1928) * ''[[The Night Belongs to Us]]'' (1929) * ''[[Flachsmann the Educator]]'' (1930) * ''[[The Tender Relatives]]'' (1930) * ''[[Vienna, City of Song]]'' (1930) * ''Nur Du (Only You)'' (1930) * ''[[Poor as a Church Mouse]]'' (1931) * ''[[The Firm Gets Married (1931 film)|The Firm Gets Married]]'' (1931) * ''[[When the Soldiers]]'' (1931) * ''[[Woman in the Jungle]]'' (1931) * ''[[Inquest (1931 German film)|Inquest]]'' (1931) * ''[[Elisabeth of Austria (film)|Elisabeth of Austria]]'' (1931) * ''[[Chauffeur Antoinette]]'' (1932) * ''[[Two Heavenly Blue Eyes]]'' (1932) * ''[[The Magic Top Hat]]'' (1932) * ''[[Rasputin, Demon with Women]]'' (1932) * ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest (1932 film)|The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' (1932) * ''Wenn dem Esel zu wohl ist'' (1932) * ''[[Countess Mariza (1932 film)|Countess Mariza]]'' (1932) * ''Goldblondes Mädchen, ich schenk' Dir mein Herz - Ich bin ja so verliebt ...'' (1932) * ''Two in the Sunshine'' (1933) * ''[[Maid Happy]]'' (1933) * ''[[A Song Goes Round the World (1933 film)|A Song Goes Round the World]]'' (1933) * ''[[Three Bluejackets and a Blonde]]'' (1933) * ''[[My Song Goes Round the World]]'' (1934) * ''[[Wie einst im Mai (1938 film)|Wie einst im Mai]]'' (1938) * ''[[Anton the Last]]'' (1939) * ''[[The Reluctant Maharaja]]'' (1950) * ''[[The Benthin Family]]'' (1950) * ''[[The Dancing Heart]]'' (1953) * ''[[The Mosquito (film)|The Mosquito]]'' (1954) {{div col end}}
==Sources== * {{cite book | last1 = Habel | first1 = Frank-Burkhard | last2 = Wachter | first2 = Volker | title = Das große Lexikon der DDR-Stars | location = Berlin | year = 2002 | publisher = Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf | language = de | isbn = 978-3-89602-391-9 }}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|0025932|Charlotte Ander}} * [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=675 Photographs of Charlotte Ander]
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