Dorothy Clara Louise Haas ( April â€" September ) was a
German-American actress and singer who played in German and American
films. After moving to the United States, she often appeared in
Broadway plays. She became a naturalized US citizen and married Al
Hirschfeld, a noted portraitist and caricaturist in New York City.Haas
was born in Hamburg, Germany, to Charles Oswald Haas, a bookseller of
British-German origin, and Margarete Maria (née Hansen). Haas was
already an accomplished actress in German cinema before moving to the
United States.Her father Charles Haas was half-German, but had grown
up in England, and had British citizenship. Dolly and her sister,
Margarete, attended Jacob Loewenberg's girls' school Lyzeum in
Hamburg, the Anerkannte höhere Mädchenschule.[citation needed]
German-American actress and singer who played in German and American
films. After moving to the United States, she often appeared in
Broadway plays. She became a naturalized US citizen and married Al
Hirschfeld, a noted portraitist and caricaturist in New York City.Haas
was born in Hamburg, Germany, to Charles Oswald Haas, a bookseller of
British-German origin, and Margarete Maria (née Hansen). Haas was
already an accomplished actress in German cinema before moving to the
United States.Her father Charles Haas was half-German, but had grown
up in England, and had British citizenship. Dolly and her sister,
Margarete, attended Jacob Loewenberg's girls' school Lyzeum in
Hamburg, the Anerkannte höhere Mädchenschule.[citation needed]
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