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Gitta Alpar

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1903 - 1991

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The actress, opera and operetta singer Gitta Alpar studied music at the university Budapest where she learnt singing and piano. With it she laid the foundations of a successful singing career. It followed engagements at important opera houses in Vienna and Berlin.

The film industry became aware of the new darling of the audience and Gitta Alpar made her film debut with the productions "Gitta entdeckt ihr Herz" (32) and "Die - oder keine" (32).
Standing at the height of her career it came abruptly to an end for the political circumstances in Germany. As a Jew she emigrated first to Austria where she took part in the movie "Ball im Savoy" (35).

One year later she fled to the USA where she could continue her career as an operetta singer. She also acted again in some movies.
To her last movies belong "Everything in Life" (36), "The Loves of Madame Du Barry" (38) and "The Flame of New Orleans" (41).

Gitta Alpar was married with the actor Gustav Fröhlich verheiratet, but the marriage had to be dissolved in the National Socialist Germany.
 

Other movies with Gitta Alpar: 
I Give My Heart (35) Le disque 413 (35) Guilty Melody (36) Mr. Stringfellow Says No (37) 

 
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