Rose Stradner (July 31, 1913 â€" September 27, 1958) was an Austrian
stage and film actress, who starred opposite Edward G. Robinson,
Gregory Peck, and other leading men of her era. She was married to the
film director Joseph L. Mankiewicz.Stradner was born in Vienna,
Austria on July 31, 1913. While still an infant, she moved with her
parents to Trieste and Isonzo, where her father was stationed as an
engineer in charge of troop transportation during World War I.
Post-war, she was sent to a convent after returning with her parents
to Vienna. After completing her education, during which she learned
English, performed in student plays and became an accomplished pianst,
she became a pupil of Austrian theatrical producer and film director
Max Reinhardt. Trained by him, she was subsequently hired by a
Hollywood studio after executives saw photographs of her.With
Reinhardt's guidance, she made her stage debut in 1937.In 1937, she
made her Hollywood film debut opposite Edward G. Robinson in The Last
Gangster, in which she played the wife of Robinson's character, Joe
Krozac. Washington's Evening Star said of her, in an image caption in
its November 10 edition that same year: "Rose Stradner is being hailed
by the M-G-M people as the studio's greatest discovery since Garbo, as
they seem to feel she is going places in the cinema."
stage and film actress, who starred opposite Edward G. Robinson,
Gregory Peck, and other leading men of her era. She was married to the
film director Joseph L. Mankiewicz.Stradner was born in Vienna,
Austria on July 31, 1913. While still an infant, she moved with her
parents to Trieste and Isonzo, where her father was stationed as an
engineer in charge of troop transportation during World War I.
Post-war, she was sent to a convent after returning with her parents
to Vienna. After completing her education, during which she learned
English, performed in student plays and became an accomplished pianst,
she became a pupil of Austrian theatrical producer and film director
Max Reinhardt. Trained by him, she was subsequently hired by a
Hollywood studio after executives saw photographs of her.With
Reinhardt's guidance, she made her stage debut in 1937.In 1937, she
made her Hollywood film debut opposite Edward G. Robinson in The Last
Gangster, in which she played the wife of Robinson's character, Joe
Krozac. Washington's Evening Star said of her, in an image caption in
its November 10 edition that same year: "Rose Stradner is being hailed
by the M-G-M people as the studio's greatest discovery since Garbo, as
they seem to feel she is going places in the cinema."
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