Lisa Golm
ליסה גולם
Golm in The Hoodlum (1951)
Born
Luise Schmertzler

(1891-04-10)10 April 1891
Berlin, German Empire
Died6 January 1964(1964-01-06) (aged 72)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Resting placeHaifa Cemetery, Israel
Other namesDer rote Besen
OccupationActress
Years active1939–1962
Spouse(s)Ernest Golm
(m. 1918; died 1962)

Lisa Golm (née Luise Schmertzler, Hebrew: לואיז שמרצלר; 10 April 1891 – 6 January 1964) was a German actress who emigrated to America and appeared in a number of Hollywood films as a character actress.[1][2][3] Golm made her first screen appearance in the 1939 film Confessions of a Nazi Spy. She also featured on American television, appearing on shows such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Third Man and The Twilight Zone.

Biography

On 6 November 1918, she married Ernest Otto Ferdinand Golm in Berlin, Germany and later entered the United States at New York City on 3 December 1937.[4] She was naturalized as an American citizen on 24 September 1943, when a resident of Los Angeles.[5]

Death

Golm died on 6 January 1964, aged 72, in Tel Aviv, Israel from a neoplasm (or tumour). She was buried in the Haifa Cemetery in Israel. She was survived by her sister, Jennie Schmerzler.[6]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ Keaney p.191
  2. ↑ Capua p.157
  3. ↑ Andreychuk p.61
  4. ↑ "Lisa Golm in the California, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records". Federal Naturalization Records. 19 July 1938. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "Lisa Golm in the U.S., Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992". Naturalization Record Indexes. 24 September 1943. Retrieved 17 November 2022 – via Ancestry.com.
  6. ↑ "Lisa Golm in the U.S., Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974". American Embassy. 27 January 1964. Retrieved 17 November 2022 – via Ancestry.com.

Bibliography

  • Andreychuk, Ed. Burt Lancaster: A Filmography and Biography. McFarland, 2015.
  • Capua, Michelangelo. Janet Leigh: A Biography. McFarland, 2013.
  • Keaney, Michael F. Film Noir Guide: 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959. McFarland, 2003.
  • McLaughlin, Robert. We'll Always Have the Movies: American Cinema during World War II. University Press of Kentucky, 2006.
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