Thea von Harbou
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1888-12-19 (66 years old)
Deathday
1954-07-01
Place of Birth
Tauperlitz, Germany
Also known As
Thea Gabriele von Harbou
Thea von Harbou
Biography
Thea Gabriele von Harbou was a German actress and author of Prussian aristocratic origin. She was born in Tauperlitz in the Kingdom of Bavaria. She is especially known for the 1927 science fiction film Metropolis directed by her husband Fritz Lang. She would often publish her screenplays as novels. In 1933, Lang fleed Nazi Germany as he was Jewish; whilst she made several Nazi propaganda films. She later married Ayi Tendulkar, a journalist of Indian origin - before dying in 1954.
Production
1931
as Screenplay
1922
as Screenplay
1938
as Novel
1959
as Novel
1938
as Novel
1933
as Screenplay
1922
as Adaptation
1922
as Writer
1924
as Writer
1922
as Writer
1924
as Adaptation
1924
as Screenplay
1960
as Novel
1960
as Screenplay
1938
as Novel
1937
as Screenplay
1984
as Novel
1937
as Screenplay
1938
as Screenplay
1925
as Writer
1934
as Writer
1939
as Screenplay
1923
as Writer
1937
as Story
1937
as Screenplay
1934
as Director
1934
as Director
1928
as Novel
1928
as Screenplay
1934
as Writer
1935
as Writer
1927
as Screenplay
1927
as Novel
1921
as Writer
1935
as Writer
1945
as Screenplay
1939
as Writer
1941
as Screenplay
1937
as Writer
1959
as Novel
1948
as Writer
1951
as Original Story
1936
as Writer
1921
1921
1921
1935
as Writer
1939
as Writer
1938
as Screenplay
1924
as Screenplay
1934
as Writer
1923
as Idea
1921
as Story
1921
as Screenplay
1938
as Writer
1932
as Screenplay
1924
as Screenplay
1935
as Writer
1923
as Screenplay
1921
as Screenplay
1920
as Writer
1920
1934
as Screenplay
1940
as Writer
1982
as Original Film Writer
1945
as Novel
1943
as Story
1943
as Screenplay
1929
as Screenplay
1929
as Novel
1953
as Writer
1984
as Screenplay
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