# Erna Morena > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Erna_Morena > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Erna_Morena.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erna_Morena > Source revision: 1356935434 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) German actress Erna Morena Photo by Alexander Binder, c. 1925 Born Ernestine Maria Fuchs (1885-04-24)24 April 1885 Wörth am Main, German Empire Died 20 July 1962(1962-07-20) (aged 77) Munich, West Germany Occupations Actress, producer, screenwriter Years active 1910–1951 Spouse Wilhelm Herzog ​ ​ (m. 1915; div. 1921)​ Children 1 **Erna Morena** (born **Ernestine Maria Fuchs**; 24 April 1885 – 20 July 1962)[1] was a German film actress, film producer, and screenwriter of the [silent era](/source/Silent_film).[2] She appeared in 104 films between 1913 and 1951. ## Biography Ernestine Maria Fuchs was born into the middle-class family of Eugenie Fuchs (née. Seyler, 1862–1951) and Friedrich Fuchs (1859–1895) on 24 April 1885. She had a younger brother, Friedrich Fuchs (1890–1948), who became a [Brentano](/source/Clemens_Brentano) researcher.[3] Fuchs went to [Munich](/source/Munich) at age 17 to attend the school of applied arts. She later spent half a year in [Paris](/source/Paris) before moving to [Berlin](/source/Berlin) in 1909, where she worked as a nurse. She took lessons at the drama school of the German Theater in Berlin, and was hired by [Max Reinhardt](/source/Max_Reinhardt) in 1910 as an actress. The following year she worked there in small roles, and began using the stage name Erna Morena. She made her film debut in 1913 in *The Sphinx* by [Eugen Illés](/source/Eugen_Ill%C3%A9s) for the newly founded film production company Literaria Film by [Alfred Duskes](/source/Alfred_Duskes). Her salary there was 500 marks per month,[4] or about 2,016 euros. Erna Morena photographed by [Alexander Binder](/source/Alexander_Binder_(photographer)), 1925 Morena worked under well-known directors such as [Paul Leni](/source/Paul_Leni), [Richard Oswald](/source/Richard_Oswald), [Robert Wiene](/source/Robert_Wiene), [F. W. Murnau](/source/F._W._Murnau), and [Georg Wilhelm Pabst](/source/Georg_Wilhelm_Pabst), and acted alongside notable actors such as [Conrad Veidt](/source/Conrad_Veidt), [Emil Jannings](/source/Emil_Jannings), [Reinhold Schünzel](/source/Reinhold_Sch%C3%BCnzel), and [Werner Krauss](/source/Werner_Krauss). Morena also tried to be a producer: in 1918 she founded Erna Morena Film GmbH in Berlin, supported by a few friends as partners, with whom she produced the silent films [Colomba](/source/Colomba_(1918_film)) (1918) and *Die 999. Nacht* (1920). From 1915 to 1921 Erna Morena was married to the writer Wilhelm Herzog. The couple had one child, daughter Eva-Maria Herzog (1915–2007). Morena played the role of the wife of the Konsistorialrat in the Nazi propaganda film [Jud Süß](/source/Jud_S%C3%BC%C3%9F_(1940_film)). Her final film appearance was in [Immortal Beloved](/source/Immortal_Beloved_(1951_film)) (1951). Morena died on 20 July 1962 and was buried next to her mother at the Winthirfriedhof in Munich-Neuhausen. Morena's daughter, Eva-Maria, was later buried with them upon her death in 2007. ## Selected filmography - *[Frau Eva](/source/Frau_Eva)* (1916) - *[Lulu](/source/Lulu_(1917_film))* (1917) - *[The Ring of Giuditta Foscari](/source/The_Ring_of_Giuditta_Foscari)* (1917) - *[Colomba](/source/Colomba_(1918_film))* (1918) - *[Diary of a Lost Woman](/source/Diary_of_a_Lost_Woman)* (1918) - *[The Skull of Pharaoh's Daughter](/source/The_Skull_of_Pharaoh's_Daughter)* (1920) - *[Figures of the Night](/source/Figures_of_the_Night)* (1920) - *[Algol](/source/Algol_(film))* (1920) - *[Kurfürstendamm](/source/Kurf%C3%BCrstendamm_(film))* (1920) - *[The Love Affairs of Hector Dalmore](/source/The_Love_Affairs_of_Hector_Dalmore)* (1921) - *[You Are the Life](/source/You_Are_the_Life)* (1921) - *[The Maharaja's Favourite Wife](/source/The_Maharaja's_Favourite_Wife)* (1921) - *[The Indian Tomb](/source/The_Indian_Tomb_(1921_film))* (1921) - *[Journey Into the Night](/source/Journey_Into_the_Night)* (1921) - *[The Conspiracy in Genoa](/source/The_Conspiracy_in_Genoa)* (1921) - *[The Earl of Essex](/source/The_Earl_of_Essex_(film))* (1922) - *[De bruut](/source/De_bruut)* (1922) - *[Louise de Lavallière](/source/Louise_de_Lavalli%C3%A8re_(film))* (1922) - *[Fridericus Rex](/source/Fridericus_Rex)* (1922) - *[Gold and Luck](/source/Gold_and_Luck)* (1923) - *[The Great Industrialist](/source/The_Great_Industrialist)* (1923) - *[William Tell](/source/William_Tell_(1923_film))* (1923) - *[Mountain of Destiny](/source/Mountain_of_Destiny)* (1924) - *[Mother and Child](/source/Mother_and_Child_(1924_film))* (1924) - *[Wallenstein](/source/Wallenstein_(film))* (1925) - *[Goetz von Berlichingen of the Iron Hand](/source/Goetz_von_Berlichingen_of_the_Iron_Hand_(1925_film))* (1925) - *[The Iron Bride](/source/The_Iron_Bride)* (1925) - *[In the Valleys of the Southern Rhine](/source/In_the_Valleys_of_the_Southern_Rhine)* (1925) - *[Bismarck](/source/Bismarck_(1925_film))* (1925) - *[An Artist of Life](/source/An_Artist_of_Life)* (1925) - *[The Marriage Swindler](/source/The_Marriage_Swindler_(1925_film))* (1925) - *[One Does Not Play with Love](/source/One_Does_Not_Play_with_Love)* (1926) - *[The Adventurers](/source/The_Adventurers_(1926_film))* (1926) - *[The Grey House](/source/The_Grey_House)* (1926) - *[The Right to Live](/source/The_Right_to_Live_(1927_film))* (1927) - *[The Trial of Donald Westhof](/source/The_Trial_of_Donald_Westhof)* (1927) - *[Bismarck 1862–1898](/source/Bismarck_1862%E2%80%931898)* (1927) - *[Grand Hotel](/source/Grand_Hotel_(1927_film))* (1927) - *[Only a Viennese Woman Kisses Like That](/source/Only_a_Viennese_Woman_Kisses_Like_That)* (1928) - *[The Fate of the House of Habsburg](/source/The_Fate_of_the_House_of_Habsburg)* (1928) - *[Youthful Indiscretion](/source/Youthful_Indiscretion)* (1929) - *[Somnambul](/source/Somnambul)* (1929) - *[Misled Youth](/source/Misled_Youth)* (1929) - *[The Customs Judge](/source/The_Customs_Judge)* (1929) - *[The Love Market](/source/The_Love_Market)* (1930) - *[Scapa Flow](/source/Scapa_Flow_(film))* (1930) - *[The Song of the Nations](/source/The_Song_of_the_Nations)* (1931) - *[Ash Wednesday](/source/Ash_Wednesday_(1931_film))* (1931) - *[The First Right of the Child](/source/The_First_Right_of_the_Child)* (1932) - *[A Night in Paradise](/source/A_Night_in_Paradise_(1932_film))* (1932) - *[The Eleven Schill Officers](/source/The_Eleven_Schill_Officers_(1932_film))* (1932) - *[So Ended a Great Love](/source/So_Ended_a_Great_Love)* (1934) - *[Between Two Hearts](/source/Between_Two_Hearts)* (1934) - *[Elisabeth and the Fool](/source/Elisabeth_and_the_Fool)* (1934) - *[Song of Farewell](/source/Song_of_Farewell)* (1934) - *[What Am I Without You](/source/What_Am_I_Without_You)* (1934) - *[Farewell Waltz](/source/Farewell_Waltz_(film))* (1934) - *[Pygmalion](/source/Pygmalion_(1935_film))* (1935) - *[Victoria](/source/Victoria_(1935_film))* (1935) - *[Between the Parents](/source/Between_the_Parents)* (1938) - *[Jud Süß](/source/Jud_S%C3%BC%C3%9F_(1940_film))* (1940) - *The Enchanted Princess* (1940) - *[Immortal Beloved](/source/Immortal_Beloved_(1951_film))* (1951) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Vierhaus, Rudolf, ed. (2011). [*Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie (DBE)*](https://books.google.com/books?id=F2hXVQJ1Gf8C&pg=PA190). Vol. 7. Munich: Walter de Gruyter. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-11-094026-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-11-094026-8). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Erna Morena"](https://www.filmportal.de/person/erna-morena_871b092a250046d5876202905db6f8e1). *Film Portal*. Retrieved 4 January 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Erna Morena, Schauspielerin"](https://www.geni.com/people/Erna-Morena-Schauspielerin/6000000109107266011). *geni_family_tree*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Herbert Birett: *Lichtspiele. Der Kino in Deutschland bis 1914.* Q-Verlag, München 1994, S. 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