# Lotte Spira > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lotte_Spira > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lotte_Spira.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotte_Spira > Source revision: 1357042764 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) German actress This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (September 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Lotte Spira Born Charlotte Andresen 24 April 1883 Berlin, German Empire Died 17 December 1943(1943-12-17) (aged 60) Berlin, Nazi Germany Other names Lotte Spira-Andersen Lotte Spira-Andresen Occupations Film and stage actress Years active 1923-1943 (film) Spouse Fritz Spira (1905–1934; divorced) Children Camilla Spira Steffie Spira **Lotte Spira** (German: [\[ˈlɔ.tə ˈʃpiː.ʁaː\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German) [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De-Lotte_Spira.ogg); 24 April 1883 – 17 December 1943) was a German [stage](/source/Stage_actor) and [film actress](/source/Film_actress). She appeared in [supporting roles](/source/Supporting_role) in around seventy films. She was married to the Austrian actor [Fritz Spira](/source/Fritz_Spira) in 1905. In 1934 she divorced her [Jewish](/source/Jewish) husband under duress from the [Nazi](/source/Nazi) authorities. During the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War) she signed a statement swearing Spira was not the real father of her daughter [Camilla Spira](/source/Camilla_Spira), who was being held at [Westerbork transit camp](/source/Westerbork_transit_camp) in the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands).[1] Shortly after Lotte Spira received news of her ex-husband's death in a concentration camp in [Yugoslavia](/source/Yugoslavia), she died of natural causes, aged 60. Her other daughter [Steffie Spira](/source/Steffie_Spira), also an actress, managed to escape into exile.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Selected filmography - *[Hallig Hooge](/source/Hallig_Hooge)* (1923) - *[The False Prince](/source/The_False_Prince_(1927_film))* (1927) - *[Waltz of Love](/source/Waltz_of_Love)* (1930) - *[Love's Carnival](/source/Love's_Carnival_(1930_film))* (1930) - *[Ash Wednesday](/source/Ash_Wednesday_(1931_film))* (1931) - *[Impossible Love](/source/Impossible_Love_(film))* (1932) - *[Scandal in Budapest](/source/Scandal_in_Budapest)* (1933) - *[The Lost Valley](/source/The_Lost_Valley)* (1934) - *[Hermine and the Seven Upright Men](/source/Hermine_and_the_Seven_Upright_Men)* (1935) - *[Lady Windermere's Fan](/source/Lady_Windermere's_Fan_(1935_film))* (1935) - *[Confetti](/source/Confetti_(1936_film))* (1936) - *[Victoria in Dover](/source/Victoria_in_Dover_(1936_film))* (1936) - *[The Unknown](/source/The_Unknown_(1936_film))* (1936) - *[Dangerous Game](/source/Dangerous_Game_(1937_film))* (1937) - *[The Irresistible Man](/source/The_Irresistible_Man)* (1937) - *[The Mystery of Betty Bonn](/source/The_Mystery_of_Betty_Bonn)* (1938) - *[The Mountain Calls](/source/The_Mountain_Calls)* (1938) - *[The Secret Lie](/source/The_Secret_Lie)* (1938) - *[Congo Express](/source/Congo_Express_(film))* (1939) - *[The Governor](/source/The_Governor_(1939_film))* (1939) - *[The Right to Love](/source/The_Right_to_Love_(1939_film))* (1939) - *[The Scoundrel](/source/The_Scoundrel_(1939_film))* (1939) - *[Woman at the Wheel](/source/Woman_at_the_Wheel)* (1939) - *[The Journey to Tilsit](/source/The_Journey_to_Tilsit)* (1939) - *[Maria Ilona](/source/Maria_Ilona)* (1939) - *[Bel Ami](/source/Bel_Ami_(1939_film))* (1939) - *[Left of the Isar, Right of the Spree](/source/Left_of_the_Isar%2C_Right_of_the_Spree_(1940_film))* (1940) - *[The Unfaithful Eckehart](/source/The_Unfaithful_Eckehart_(1940_film))* (1940) - *[Eine kleine Nachtmusik](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eine_kleine_Nachtmusik_(film)&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1940) - *[Kora Terry](/source/Kora_Terry)* (1940) - *[Six Days of Leave](/source/Six_Days_of_Leave)* (1941) - *[Zirkus Renz](/source/Zirkus_Renz)* (1943) - *[The Woman of My Dreams](/source/The_Woman_of_My_Dreams_(1944_film))* (1944) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Baer p. 118 ## Bibliography - Baer, Hester. *Dismantling the Dream Factory: Gender, German Cinema, and the Postwar Quest for a New Film Language*. Berghahn Books, 2012. ## External links - [Lotte Spira](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0819023/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) Authority control databases International VIAF 2 GND WorldCat People Deutsche Biographie 2 This article about a German film actor born in the 1880s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Germany-film-actor-1880s-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AGermany-film-actor-1880s-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Germany-film-actor-1880s-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Lotte Spira](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotte_Spira) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotte_Spira?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.