Ilka Grüning
Biography
Ilka Grüning was an Austrian-Hungarian actress who began on stage at 17 in Miss Julie and became a leading German-language stage performer. She made her film debut in the silent Todesurteil in 1919 and worked steadily in German cinema, including Georg Wilhelm Pabst's The Joyless Street (1925), which featured Greta Garbo. She left Germany in 1938 and arrived in America in 1939, where the European Film Fund helped her resettle. Her first Hollywood film was the 1941 war drama Underground. She had a busy 1942, appearing in Kings Row (1942) and Desperate Journey (1942), and later in Repeat Performance (1947). She also had a small role in Casablanca and appeared in Madame Curie and Letter from an Unknown Woman. After returning to Berlin in the 1950s, she found it hard to resume her career and made her last film, Die Venus vom Tivoli, in 1952.
88years old at death
- Born Vienna
- Died Hollywood
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 22 years1925 to 1947
Every film, newest first
- 1947Repeat PerformanceIMDb rating 6.8
- 1942Desperate JourneyIMDb rating 6.9
- 1942Kings RowIMDb rating 7.5
- 1925The Joyless StreetIMDb rating 7.0
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First role
Ilka Grüning was 17 when she first appeared on stage, performing in Miss Julie. She went on to become a well known stage actress in a short time.
First role
Grüning was 43 when she appeared in her first film. That German silent movie, released in 1919, was titled Todesurteil.
A first
In 1952, at age 76, Grüning acted in Die Venus vom Tivoli, a small Swiss movie. It was the last movie she appeared in.
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Worked with
Ilka Grüning shares two films with Ronald Reagan, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Sam WoodDirector, 1 film, 1942
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Alfred L. WerkerDirector, 1 film, 1947
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