Esther Carena
Acting
Born August 24, 1898, Hannover, Germany
The daughter of a German father and Spanish mother, she studied medicine for one semester and trained in an Italian acrobat troupe. Until 1916 she lived mostly in Italy and performed there in stage sketches. In 1916 she came to Germany and was discovered by Swedish film actor and director Nils Olaf Chrisander. She was presented as a heroine in thrillers, dramas, and melodramas that were staged by Harry Piel at the end of the First World War. She designed many of her own costumes. In 1924 she married the set designer Franz Schroedter and retired from films.
Filmography
- 1923Der Frauenkönig
- 1921Das neue Paradies
- 1921Die Diktatur der Liebe. 1. Die böse Lust
- 1921Die Diktatur der Liebe. 2. Die Welt ohne Liebe
- 1920Der Schrei des Gewissens
- 1920Der Sünde Sold
- 1920The Vampire
- 1920Wenn Colombine winkt
- 1919Die von der Liebe leben
- 1919Ich klage an
- 1919Women Who Shouldn't Get Married — Ada Haller
- 1918Das Gift der Odawara
- 1918Die Geisterjagd
- 1918Die Geschichte eines Spitzentuches
- 1918Die sprechende Hand
- 1918Ikarus, the Flying Man — Clemence de Montignon
- 1918Sein Todfeind
- 1917Der stumme Zeuge
- 1917Zur Strecke gebracht
- 1916Die Peitsche — Bert