Brigitte Horney (German: [bÊ iˈɡɪ.tÉ™ ˈhÉ"Ê .naɪ̯] (listen), 29
March 1911 in Dahlem, Berlin â€" 27 July 1988, in Hamburg) was a
German theatre and film actress. Best remembered was her role as
Empress Katherine the Great in the 1943 version of the UFA film
version of Baron Münchhausen, directed by Josef von Báky, with Hans
Albers in the title role.Brigitte Horney was the daughter of noted
psychoanalyst Karen Horney and grew up in Dahlem, as of 1920 a
locality of Berlin. She was, for more than a decade, engaged with
Berlin's Volksbühne. When she accepted the starring role in the
highly popular film Love, Death and the Devil (1934), a new star was
born with the Leitmotif song "So oder so ist das Leben".Horney was a
good friend of the actor Joachim Gottschalk and appeared in four films
with him. Although Gottschalk had fallen from favor with Nazi
officials, Horney attended Gottschalk's funeral (Germany, 1941),
regardless of the political and career implications of doing so.
March 1911 in Dahlem, Berlin â€" 27 July 1988, in Hamburg) was a
German theatre and film actress. Best remembered was her role as
Empress Katherine the Great in the 1943 version of the UFA film
version of Baron Münchhausen, directed by Josef von Báky, with Hans
Albers in the title role.Brigitte Horney was the daughter of noted
psychoanalyst Karen Horney and grew up in Dahlem, as of 1920 a
locality of Berlin. She was, for more than a decade, engaged with
Berlin's Volksbühne. When she accepted the starring role in the
highly popular film Love, Death and the Devil (1934), a new star was
born with the Leitmotif song "So oder so ist das Leben".Horney was a
good friend of the actor Joachim Gottschalk and appeared in four films
with him. Although Gottschalk had fallen from favor with Nazi
officials, Horney attended Gottschalk's funeral (Germany, 1941),
regardless of the political and career implications of doing so.
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