Ida Wüst facts for kids
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Ida Wüst
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Ida Wüst c. 1922
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| Born | 10 October 1884 |
| Died | 4 October 1958 (aged 73) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1900–1956 |
| Spouse(s) |
Bruno Kastner
(m. 1918; div. 1924) |
Ida Wüst (10 October 1884 – 4 October 1958) was a famous German stage and film actress. She was very well-known in the 1920s and 1930s. She worked a lot with a big film company called Universum Film AG (UFA).
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Ida Wüst's Early Life and Career Start
Ida Wüst was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on October 10, 1884. Not much is known about her very early childhood. However, she quickly fell in love with the world of theater. She decided that acting was what she wanted to do for her life.
After finishing school, Ida took acting lessons. When she was just 16 years old, she got her first acting job. This was at the StadtTheatre in Colmar. She then performed in other cities like Bromberg and Leipzig. By 1907, she joined the Lessing-Theater in Berlin. There, she became a very popular actress. She was especially good at playing funny roles and characters where women dressed as men.
Marriage and Screenwriting
Ida Wüst became friends with another actor named Bruno Kastner. They started writing movie scripts together. Ida and Bruno got married in 1918. However, their marriage ended in 1924, and they did not have any children.
Becoming a Film Star
Ida Wüst quickly became a busy film actress. She appeared in many silent movies. In 1923, she was in a four-part movie series called Tragedy of Love. She also starred in The Countess of Paris. A young actress named Marlene Dietrich was also in these films.
When movies started to have sound, called talkies, Ida easily moved into this new type of film. She continued to act in many stage plays and movies throughout the 1930s.
Challenges During Wartime
World War II made things difficult for Ida Wüst's acting career. During these years, she only had a few roles in films and plays.
After the war, Ida Wüst faced some challenges. She was eventually able to continue her career in 1949. In the 1950s, she made several more films. She often played lively older ladies or funny motherly characters. She also returned to the stage during this time.
Working with Famous Actors
Throughout her career, Ida Wüst acted alongside many famous German movie stars. Some of these included Heinz Rühmann, Hans Albers, Peter Lorre, Paul Henckels, Käthe Dorsch, Hans Moser, Käthe Haack, Paul Kemp, and Theo Lingen.
Later Life and Passing
Ida Wüst passed away on October 4, 1958, at the age of 73. She died from a stroke after being very sick with pneumonia. She was buried in the cemetery of the Evangelical Lutheran parish church in Groß Glienicke, Brandenburg.
Filmography
As a screenwriter
- Only a Servant (1919)
- Der König von Paris Teil 1 & 2 (1920)
As an actress
- Der wird geheiratet (1921)
- Marquise von Pompadour (1922)
- Tragedy of Love (1923)
- The Countess of Paris (1923)
- The Doll Queen (1925)
- Chamber Music (1925)
- Oh Those Glorious Old Student Days (1925)
- Die vertauschte Braut (1925)
- Die Strasse des Vergessens (1925)
- The Queen of the Baths (1926)
- The Third Squadron (1926)
- Accommodations for Marriage (1926)
- Unmarried Daughters (1926)
- Die Bräutigame der Babette (1927)
- Das Heiratsnest (1927)
- Excluded from the Public (1927)
- Homesick (1927)
- Venus im Frack (1927)
- Im Luxuszug (1927)
- Assassination (1927)
- Mein Freund Harry (1927)
- The Last Waltz (1927)
- Queen Louise (1927)
- Der Bettelstudent (1927)
- The Case of Prosecutor M (1928)
- Die Königin seines Herzens (1928)
- It Attracted Three Fellows (1928)
- The Abduction of the Sabine Women (1928)
- Master and Mistress (1928)
- Youth of the Big City (1929)
- The Burning Heart (1929)
- Father and Son (1929)
- Diary of a Coquette (1929)
- Fräulein Fähnrich (1929)
- Madame X, die Frau für diskrete Beratung (1929)
- Zwischen vierzehn und siebzehn
- The Night Belongs to Us (1929)
- Der Walzerkönig (1930)
- Die Lindenwirtin (1930)
- A Student's Song of Heidelberg (1930)
- Rooms to Let (1930)
- Three Days Confined to Barracks (1930)
- The Caviar Princess (1930)
- Die Scikosbaroness (1930)
- Josef the Chaste (1930)
- Bockbierfest (1930)
- Das alte Lied (1930)
- Marriage in Name Only (1930)
- Madame Pompadour (1931)
- Different Morals (1931)
- When the Soldiers (1931)
- The Firm Gets Married (1931)
- Der Stumme von Portici (1931)
- Das verlorene Paradies (1931)
- Elisabeth of Austria (1931)
- Bombs on Monte Carlo (1931)
- My Leopold (1931)
- Der verjüngte Adolar (1931)
- Shooting Festival in Schilda (1931)
- Hooray, It's a Boy! (1931)
- Schön ist die Manöverzeit (1931)
- The Night Without Pause (1931)
- Two Heavenly Blue Eyes (1932)
- At Your Orders, Sergeant (1932)
- The Victor (1932)
- No Money Needed (1932)
- Once There Was a Waltz (1932)
- Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1932)
- Melody of Love (1932)
- Aus einer kleinen Residenz (1932)
- The Song of Night (1932)
- Ballhaus goldener Engel (1932)
- Zwei glückliche Tage (1932)
- Ja, treu ist die Soldatenliebe (1932)
- The Beautiful Adventure (1932)
- The Testament of Cornelius Gulden (1932)
- Mieter Schulze gegen alle (1932)
- How Shall I Tell My Husband? (1932)
- Frederica (1932)
- The Invisible Front (1932)
- I by Day, You by Night (1932)
- You Don't Forget Such a Girl (1932)
- Keinen Tag ohne Dich (1933)
- A Song for You (1933)
- Kind, ich freu' mich auf Dein Kommen (1933)
- Little Man, What Now? (1933)
- Laughing Heirs (1933)
- Refugees (1933)
- Fräulein Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1933)
- Die Wette (1933)
- The Tsarevich (1933)
- Des jungen Dessauers grosse Liebe (1933)
- Charley's Aunt (1934)
- Just Once a Great Lady (1934)
- Annette im Paradies (1934)
- Frühlingsmärchen (1934)
- Enjoy Yourselves (1934)
- The Csardas Princess (1934)
- The Daring Swimmer (1934)
- Jungfrau gegen Mönch 1934
- Love and the First Railway (1934)
- Warum lügt Fräulein Käthe? (1935)
- The Blonde Carmen (1935)
- The Private Life of Louis XIV (1935)
- Kater Lampe (1935)
- The World's in Love (1935)
- If It Were Not for Music (1935)
- Eine Seefahrt, die ist lustig (1935)
- Herbstmanöver (1935)
- A Night on the Danube (1935)
- Die lustigen Weiber (1936)
- Kater Lampe (1936)
- The Beggar Student (1936)
- Nachtwache im Paradies (1936)
- A Wedding Dream (1936)
- Der lustige Witwenball (1936)
- Heiratsinstitut Ida & Co. (1937)
- Husaren, heraus (1937)
- Fremdenheim Filoda (1937)
- Wenn Du eine Schwiegermutter hast (1937)
- The Beaver Coat (1937)
- Es leuchten die Sterne (1937–1939)
- Diskretion – Ehrensache (1938)
- Das Verlegenheitskind (1938)
- Little County Court (1938)
- Rote Mühle (1939)
- Die kluge Schwiegermutter (1939)
- Zwei Welten (1939)
- Die unvollkommenen Liebe (1940)
- Wunschkonzert (1940)
- Sein Sohn (1941)
- Happiness is the Main Thing (1941)
- Beloved Darling (1943)
- Die beiden Schwestern (1943)
- The Noltenius Brothers (1945)
- Law of Love (1949)
- When Men Cheat (1950)
- Es begann um Mitternacht (1950)
- Eva im Frack (1950)
- Heimat, Deine Sterne (1951)
- Der Jagerloisl vom Tegernsee (1951)
- I'm Waiting for You (1952)
- Aunt Jutta from Calcutta (1953)
- The Sweetest Fruits (1954)
- Sonne über der Adria (1954)
- Die Barrings (1955)
- The Mistress of Solderhof (1955)
- Roter Mohn (1956)
Selected theater performances
- Kammermusik (Lessing-Theater, Berlin, 1914)
- Drei arme kleine Mädels (Theater am Nollendorfplatz, Berlin, 1927)
- Die Männer sind nicht dankbar (Kabarett Simpl, Vienna, Austria, 1940)
Images for kids
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Grave of Ida Wüst in Groß Glienicke.
