Thea von Harbou

Birthday: 12/19/1888
Deathday: 7/1/1954
Place of birth: Tauperlitz, Germany
Fame for: Writing
Also known as: Thea Gabriele von Harbou

Biography

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.