Marianne Hoppe (26 April 1909 â€" 23 October 2002) was a German
theatre and film actress.Born in Rostock, Hoppe became a leading lady
of stage and films in Germany. She was born into a wealthy landowning
family and was initially privately educated on her father's private
estate. Later she attended school in Berlin and in Weimar, where she
began to attend theatre.Hoppe first performed at 17 as a member of
Berlin's Deutsches Theater under director Max Reinhardt. In 1935 she
was hired by the controversial German actor and Director of the
Prussian State Theatre under the Third Reich, Gustaf Gründgens. They
were married from 1936-46, until their divorce. Speaking years after
the marriage had ended Hoppe stated, "He was my love, but never my
great love, that was work."One of the characters in the film Mephisto
was reportedly based on her. Hoppe made no secret of her contacts with
the Nazi elite in the 1930s/40s, including being invited to dinner by
Hitler. Her role in Der Schimmelreiter (The Rider of the White Horse,
1934) made her famous almost overnight, while her "Aryan" face made
her a darling of the Nazi elite. Later Hoppe would label this period
of her life as "the black page in my golden book".
theatre and film actress.Born in Rostock, Hoppe became a leading lady
of stage and films in Germany. She was born into a wealthy landowning
family and was initially privately educated on her father's private
estate. Later she attended school in Berlin and in Weimar, where she
began to attend theatre.Hoppe first performed at 17 as a member of
Berlin's Deutsches Theater under director Max Reinhardt. In 1935 she
was hired by the controversial German actor and Director of the
Prussian State Theatre under the Third Reich, Gustaf Gründgens. They
were married from 1936-46, until their divorce. Speaking years after
the marriage had ended Hoppe stated, "He was my love, but never my
great love, that was work."One of the characters in the film Mephisto
was reportedly based on her. Hoppe made no secret of her contacts with
the Nazi elite in the 1930s/40s, including being invited to dinner by
Hitler. Her role in Der Schimmelreiter (The Rider of the White Horse,
1934) made her famous almost overnight, while her "Aryan" face made
her a darling of the Nazi elite. Later Hoppe would label this period
of her life as "the black page in my golden book".
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