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Traudl Stark

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Gertraud Marianne South (née Münzel, 17 March 1930 – 14 October 2021), better known as Traudl Stark, was an Austrian child actor in German cinema.

Stark was born in Vienna on 17 March 1930,[1] to secretary Siegfried Stark and Margarete Münzel. Her parents married later. She started her career in German cinema in 1934, and became known as "The Shirley Temple of Austria".[1][2] During World War II, she appeared in a number of Nazi propaganda films.[2][3] Between 1945 and 1947 she also acted on stage in Vienna. In 1948 she married Jack Elliot from Alabama and went to live with him in the United States, where they had two children together.[4]

She later married her second husband, Thomas South. From 1973, she lived in Tampa, Florida, where she died on 14 October 2021, at the age of 91.[1]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gertraud South". Legacy. Tampa Bay Times. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b Waldman, Harry (2020). "Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942". McFarland. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b Giesen, Rolf (2003). Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography. McFarland & Company. p. 195. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Traudl Stark, 1930–2021". Cyranos.ch. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  5. ^ Dassanowsky, Robert (2018). Screening Transcendence: Film Under Austrofascism and the Hollywood Hope, 1933–1938. Indiana University Press. p. 392.
  6. ^ Dassanowsky, Robert (2018). Screening Transcendence: Film Under Austrofascism and the Hollywood Hope, 1933–1938. Indiana University Press. p. 395.
  7. ^ a b c d "Traudl Stark". British Film Institute. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  8. ^ Podgorski, Teddy (1989). Seinerzeit: Geschichte des österreichischen Alltags. Müller. p. 61. Retrieved 12 December 2021.