Louis Mann (20 April 1865 â€" 15 February 1931) was an American
theatre actor and sometime director, who in his later life made a few
appearances in motion pictures. He was married to actress and
playwright Clara Lipman.Mann was born in New York City in 1865 to
Daniel and Caroline Mann, and made his first theatrical appearances as
a child actor, mainly in German-language theatricals. In 1896 he
appeared in the Herald Square Theatre on Broadway, in the George Dance
and Ivan Caryll production The Girl from Paris. He played Hans Nix to
Clara Lipman's Estelle Cookoo in the 1897 Morton-Kerker musical comedy
The Telephone Girl. and in 1899 the two appeared in the original run
of the farce The Girl in the Barracks. Mann and Lipman took the leads,
and were well received. Mann continued appearing in original stage
comedies, and in 1903 produced his own Broadway production, Charles
Nirdlinger's The Consul at the Princess Theatre on 29th Street. The
play had a short run, and in the later half of 1903, Mann appeared in
Weber and Fields low comedy musical Whoop-Dee-Doo.In 1906, Mann
appeared in his wife's play Julie Bonbon, which opened at Lew M. Field
Theatre, New York. He appeared in all five of his wife's works,
staging her final piece Nature's Nobleman. By 1914, Mann appeared in
his first moving picture, Giles Warren's Your Girl and Mine: A Woman
Suffrage Play. In 1918 Mann appeared in his most notable role, that of
Karl Pfeifer, in Aaron Hoffman's stage play Friendly Enemies. His most
notable film role was The Sins of the Children (1930) opposite Robert
Montgomery and Leila Hyams.
theatre actor and sometime director, who in his later life made a few
appearances in motion pictures. He was married to actress and
playwright Clara Lipman.Mann was born in New York City in 1865 to
Daniel and Caroline Mann, and made his first theatrical appearances as
a child actor, mainly in German-language theatricals. In 1896 he
appeared in the Herald Square Theatre on Broadway, in the George Dance
and Ivan Caryll production The Girl from Paris. He played Hans Nix to
Clara Lipman's Estelle Cookoo in the 1897 Morton-Kerker musical comedy
The Telephone Girl. and in 1899 the two appeared in the original run
of the farce The Girl in the Barracks. Mann and Lipman took the leads,
and were well received. Mann continued appearing in original stage
comedies, and in 1903 produced his own Broadway production, Charles
Nirdlinger's The Consul at the Princess Theatre on 29th Street. The
play had a short run, and in the later half of 1903, Mann appeared in
Weber and Fields low comedy musical Whoop-Dee-Doo.In 1906, Mann
appeared in his wife's play Julie Bonbon, which opened at Lew M. Field
Theatre, New York. He appeared in all five of his wife's works,
staging her final piece Nature's Nobleman. By 1914, Mann appeared in
his first moving picture, Giles Warren's Your Girl and Mine: A Woman
Suffrage Play. In 1918 Mann appeared in his most notable role, that of
Karl Pfeifer, in Aaron Hoffman's stage play Friendly Enemies. His most
notable film role was The Sins of the Children (1930) opposite Robert
Montgomery and Leila Hyams.
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