Brigitte Horney

Brigitte Horney was a German theatre and film actress. Best remembered was her role as Empress Katherine the Great in the 1943 version of the UFA film version of Baron Mnchhausen, directed by Josef von Bky, with Hans Albers in the title role.

Brigitte Horney was the daughter of noted psychoanalyst Karen Horney and grew up in Dahlem, as of 1920 a locality of Berlin. She was, for more than a decade, engaged with Berlins Volksbhne. When she accepted the starring role in the highly popular film Liebe, Tod und Teufel , a new star was born with the Leitmotif song So oder so ist das Leben.

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