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Fern Andra

Fern Andra

Acting
24 Nov 1894
08 Feb 1974
Watseka, Illinois, U.S.A

Biography

From Wikipedia Fern Andra (November 24, 1893 – February 8, 1974) was an American actress, film director, script writer and producer. Next to Henny Porten and Asta Nielsen she was one of the most popular and best-known actresses in German silent films. Born as Vernal Edna Andrews in Watseka, Illinois in 1893, the daughter of a circus performer and an opera singer, Andra was already appearing in public in a tightrope act by the age of four. She later trained in song and dance. As early as 1899, ...

Also Known As

Vernal Edna Andrews, Baroness von Weichs

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