LILIAN HARVEY

Lilian Harvey (also known as Lillian Harvey; she was born Helene Lilian Muriel Pape) was born in 1906 in London to an English mother and a German father, and she spent much of her childhood in Switzerland, but then lived in Germany, where she acted in movies starting in the 1920s. She became UFA's biggest female star in the 1930s, and when the Nazis came to power, she helped many of her actor friends escape Germany, and then she too had to escape. She went to Hollywood, where she signed a contract with Fox, but she did not have much success, partly because of her strong connection to movies made during the Nazi period. After the war, she moved to Europe and worked on the stage there, and eventually retired to the Riviera. Some of her movies include: The Empress and I, Congress Dances, Three Good Friends, Quick, and Temporary Widow. Harvey passed away in 1968 at the age of 62.