Ruth Landshoff-Yorck (7 January 1904 â€" 19 January 1966) was a
German-American actress and writer.She was born in 1904 in Berlin as
Ruth Levy, later Ruth Landshoff, to engineer Edward Levy and opera
singer Else Landshoff. She came from a middle class Jewish family and
grew up in Berlin. Her uncle was the publisher Samuel Fischer.During
the Weimar Republic Berlin became the intellectual and artistic centre
of Europe. Landhoff counted among her friends Ernst Toller, Bertolt
Brecht, Thomas Mann and Albert Einstein. One of her close friends in
Berlin was Swiss writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach. She enjoyed a
privileged lifestyle in Berlin and frequented the many gay bars. She
would dress as a man and appeared in public as her alter ego René.
German-American actress and writer.She was born in 1904 in Berlin as
Ruth Levy, later Ruth Landshoff, to engineer Edward Levy and opera
singer Else Landshoff. She came from a middle class Jewish family and
grew up in Berlin. Her uncle was the publisher Samuel Fischer.During
the Weimar Republic Berlin became the intellectual and artistic centre
of Europe. Landhoff counted among her friends Ernst Toller, Bertolt
Brecht, Thomas Mann and Albert Einstein. One of her close friends in
Berlin was Swiss writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach. She enjoyed a
privileged lifestyle in Berlin and frequented the many gay bars. She
would dress as a man and appeared in public as her alter ego René.
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