Thea von Harbou

Thea von Harbou

Known For: Writing

Gender: Female

Date of Birth: December 19, 1888

Day of Death: July 1, 1954 (66 years old)

Place of Birth: Tauperlitz, Germany

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Thea Gabriele von Harbou was a German actress and author of Prussian aristocratic origin. She was born in Tauperlitz in the Kingdom of Bavaria. She is especially known for the 1927 science fiction film Metropolis directed by her husband Fritz Lang. She would often publish her screenplays as novels. In 1933, Lang fleed Nazi Germany as he was Jewish; whilst she made several Nazi propaganda films. She later married Ayi Tendulkar, a journalist of Indian origin - before dying in 1954.

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